Recalibrating Investment Strategies: Adapting in an Ever-Changing Landscape
If we took a five-minute helicopter view of the global economic landscape, what would we have observe? Starting from the country of the rising sun, we could say that Japan has been struggling for 25 years now to find its pace, and still may have a lot of work to do in...Weekly Market Update
Market Action Utilities were once again a leading sector in U.S. equity markets this week as stocks delivered weak results. With the 10-Year treasury yield once again dipping below 2.2% investors sought out the high dividends offered by utilities. Employment data for...The Failure of Politics: Merkel’s Euro Debacle?
It may be the great magic trick of the management consulting world: No matter how complex the situation and how iffy the outcomes may appear to be, just draw a two-by-two box for your client. Define what options to write on the x and y axes – and then the client can...Weekly Market Update
Market Action Some poor earnings reports from a handful of notable companies and weaker than expected economic data kept equity markets in check for much of the week. With the poor data in hand Treasury yields fell giving a boost to the dividend rich Utilities and...Monthly Barometer’s Forward-Looking Monthly Review: An Interdisciplinary View of our Complex Global Economy
The global economic backdrop of slow and diminishing growth forecasts is being exacerbated by the financial drama occurring in countries as diverse as China and Greece. There is no end in sight to this morass, because everywhere, incremental policy-making prevails....Sign Up for Our Publications
