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Zurich launches parametric weather product for non-physical damage
Zurich North America, a division of the global insurance and reinsurance firm Zurich, has launched a new product to provide insurance protection for weather related non-physical impacts to the construction industry in the United States. The parametric insurance product is designed to fill gaps in traditional builders insurance policies, where physical damage from weather loss…
Read MoreFour REITS Flagged As Overbought By News Sentiment Model
Value investing has always traditionally relied on an analysis of company fundamentals, however, adding news sentiment into the mix can potentially improve timing and increase returns. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Below we provide current short sell candidates using a value-sentiment screener developed using RavenPack news analytics data. The model has evidenced […]
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Read MoreWhat SV Professionals Miss About The In Person Office
Up until last year, a large part of the human experience involved leaving one’s home, encountering a specific bunch of people, trying to get along with them, doing some work, bidding them goodbye, and going home again. Because of COVID-19, a large part of America’s workforce has spent most of 2020 working from home. Q3 […]
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Read MoreThis is an MBA Graduate’s “Dream Job” According to Wall Street Journal
Forget finance and mergers. In 2016 the Wall Street Journal dropped a bombshell on the business world by announcing a new brass ring for MBA candidates. Instead of brokering mammoth acquisitions or landing plum jobs as VP of Operations, B-school grads increasingly want to be product managers. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more […]
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Read MoreUse Of Digital Technology To Build Resilient Portfolios
Use Of Digital Technology To Build Resilient Portfolios. Going Beyond 60/40 Traditional Asset Allocation. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more 60/40 Portfolios have been the safe harbour of institutional investors for decades, their steady state. For decades, they have exhibited much better risk-adjusted returns than both Equity and Bond pure-plays; displaying only marginally […]
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Read MoreFY 2020 Investment Banking, M&A, Capital Markets Review
“Worldwide M&A activity totaled US$3.6 trillion during FY 2020, down 5% compared to the same period last year and slowest annual period for deal making since 2018 (US$3.2 trillion). Bolstered by two consecutive quarters to surpass US$1 trillion, second half 2020 deal making activity totaled US$2.3 trillion, a 90% increase compared to the first half […]
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Read MoreThe Race For The Ongoing Runoff Elections In Georgia
Commenting on the ongoing runoff elections in Georgia and today’s trading, Gorilla Trades strategist Ken Berman said: Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The Runoff Elections In Georgia Are At The Center Of Attention The major indices are mixed and flat at midday following a choppy but active morning session on Wall Street. […]
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Read MoreFrom The Impatient To The Patient
“The stock market is a device which transfers money from the impatient to the patient.” – Warren Buffett Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Avoiding A Stock Market Failure As we enter 2021, it appears that Buffett had things upside down in 2020. The things which had gone up the most by the […]
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Read MoreAI Can Remove Bias From Healthcare Decisions, Panel Says
Medical ethicists have long been troubled that racial disparities make their way into healthcare decisions, with worse outcomes for racial minorities and other at-risk classes. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more For example: Black patients in emergency rooms were 40% less likely to be prescribed pain management medication than white patients. Hispanic patients […]
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