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The Ukraine crisis has gripped markets over the past month and now has worsened with Russia’s invasion of the country. Our overall BlackRock Geopolitical Risk Indicator, refreshed in mid-February, has spiked to its highest level in more than a year amid heightened market attent...
Russia has invaded Ukraine. Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions team reflects on the human tragedy that is occurring as they also parse the data to understand the resulting economic and market implications. On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine and shelled military installations ...
FIA recently released its statistics on the number of futures and options traded on exchanges worldwide in 2021, marking the fourth consecutive year of record-setting trading activity. Two years ago, we reported that the Chinese volume growth entered into a new category; the 1billion ...
The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index edged down in January from the previous month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors to adjust the forecast reduces GMI’s ex-ante risk premium to an annualized 5.4%. Th...
The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) ticked lower in November but remains elevated relative to recent history. Adjusting the forecast with short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) reduces - substantially - GMI’s ex...
The recent run higher in the Sharpe ratio for the Global Market Index finally reversed in October. Risk-adjusted performance has slipped, but GMI's rebound in October lifted it to a new record high. GMI is useful as a baseline to begin research on asset allocation and portfolio de...
The long-run risk premium forecast for the Global Market Index (GMI) rebounded in October, edging up to 6.1%, based on revised numbers through last month. The new estimate is calculated in terms of the projected return over the “risk-free” rate, according to a risk-based...
US real estate investment trusts (REITs) and stocks posted the strongest returns for the major asset classes in October - by wide margins. US REITs surged 7.7% last month, reversing September’s sharp decline. The recovery puts American property shares in the lead for 2021 with ...
Risk-adjusted performance continued to rise in September for the Global Market Index (GMI), an unmanaged, market-value-weighted portfolio that holds all the major asset classes (except cash). GMI’s 0.97 Sharpe ratio is close to the highest levels reached in recent history. ...
Most of the market “data” everyone obsesses about is just noise, especially when it comes to economic data. We just finished another quarter during which a lot of things were supposedly newsworthy but somehow produced almost nothing in the way of major market movements. ...
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DALLAS, Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CSW Industrials, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSWI or the "Company") today reported record results for the fiscal 2024 third quarter and nine-month fiscal year-to-date periods ended December 31, 2023. Fiscal 2024 Third Quarter Highlights (compar...
DALLAS, Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CSW Industrials, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSWI or the “Company”) announced that Jeff Underwood has been appointed Senior Vice President of CSWI and General Manager, Contractor Solutions, reporting to Joseph B. Armes, CSW Industrial’s Chairman, C...