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Ryan Nauman's Weekly Recap: COVID-19 Market Edition 04.12.21

The week ahead will be a busy week for economic data, but it also marks the beginning of the Q1 corporate earnings season. Inflation has been a highly anticipated economic data release during the past few months, and it will be again during the week ahead. Despite the growing angst and rising prices in pockets of the the economy, like producer prices, headline inflation has remained muted. We will see if some of the higher prices in segments of the economy start to trickle through to the broader headline inflation number when the CPI is released. Q1 earnings season kicks off with blue chip financials reporting during the week ahead. Investor enthusiasm and expectations are high, so it will be important for companies to release solid earnings and forward guidance...

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Ryan Nauman's Weekly Recap: COVID-19 Market Edition 03.29.21

The manufacturing sector cannot catch a break, first it was a trade war, next came the pandemic, now it is dealing with broken supply chains that have thwarted production. During the week ahead we will get more insights on the manufacturing sector and the psyche of managers when the Markit PMI and ISM manufacturing surveys are released. Additionally, the March jobs report will be released on Friday and will be widely watched as vaccinations ramp up and business’ transition to “normal” operations. The belief is that we are a long ways from full employment, so a beat on the upside could surprise many...

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Alternatives and Roles they play in Asset Allocation

In the aftermath of the Credit Crisis, diversification has come under the microscope. Portfolios that were traditionally considered diversified could not withstand the global reach of the crisis and protections failed when they were needed most.

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The Markets in 2016, and What's Ahead in the New Year

Read the 2016 market in review and insights on market trends for 2017.

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Q2 2016 Fixed Income Quarterly

New issuances in the investment grade corporate credit market showed no signs of slowing during the second quarter of 2016.  With assistance from our colleague Drew Jamner, Credit Analyst of Informa Global Markets (IGM), we take a look back at the second quarter of 2016 within the investment grade corporate credit capital market space.

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Money Market Reform

Money-market funds will be required to increase the transparency of fund operations and risks. Funds will need to disclose their levels of daily and weekly liquid assets on their websites on a weekly basis in addition to net inflows/outflows, NAVs, fees, and sponsor support. Money market funds will also be required to report portfolio holdings within five business days after month-end and improve private liquidity fund reporting.

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Brexit Revisited

The much anticipated Brexit referendum is now in our rear view mirror, but the uncertainty is far from over as Britons voted to leave the EU and will be led by a new Prime Minister during this unprecedented time.

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Presidential Parties and the Stock Market

Democratic or Republican party, which has the better impact on the market?

Q2 2016 PSN Top Guns - Brexit Vote Rattles the Global Market

Brexit was the dominating theme throughout the second quarter of 2016. Read the market commentary for our top performers for Q2 2016.

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A Closer Examination of Drawdown Risk

In conjuction with this article on the Drawdown Risk statistic, we have added a new downside risk template to Zephyr StyleADVSIOR's template library.  

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Q1 2016 - Top Guns US Equity Markets make a U-Turn

U.S. equity markets make a U-turn. Read this quarter's PSN Top Guns market commentary.