November 8, 2021

Major Central Bank Meetings Last Week Despite the sound global economic recovery and improving outlook, rising inflation levels continue to be a major source ...

3 Central Bank Meetings Last Week: all accept current inflation

November 4, 2021

  The COVID shutdown and reopening created extraordinary volatility in the global economy and financial markets. Many parts of the world, especially developing countries, ...

Funding Market Secondaries: expanding investment opportunities for everyone

October 28, 2021

There is strong forward momentum to pass a significantly scaled down version of the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) social spending bill. The White ...

Weight Watchers Build Back Better Act

October 21, 2021

As the world gets ready for COP26, it is a great time to review the Biden administration’s policies on climate change and know what ...

COP26: US Thin Green Gruel

October 8, 2021

We’ve been writing on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) over the last year, with ESG Supercharged by government spending, Why ESG Now?, EU Carbon ...

Marley and ESG: a brief history

October 1, 2021

This has been a week of political discovery for the markets and the economy. Three major events occurred. Democrats and Republicans moved to keep ...

Q4 DC outlook: unsavory market leftovers

September 23, 2021

“This quarter, and I think we’ll continue to see that a little bit in Q2 and Q3, had some of the most difficult supply ...

Supply Chains: why the mess and when will it end?

September 13, 2021

ESG remains one of the hottest investment themes over the last 10-years but has truly picked up pace since President Biden came to power. ...

ESG Supercharged: $235B and $835B on clean energy & social safety net

September 2, 2021

As the torrent of money into ESG vehicles continues to flow, the question running through many people’s minds is “why now?” To me, there ...

Why ESG Now?

August 19, 2021

There is a global infection surge of the Delta COVID variant driving governments and companies to enact policies to reduce the risk. New Zealand, ...

US Delta Surge Peak: mid-September

August 15, 2021

Typically, a good preacher will understand what is causing concern and angst in their community and more broadly, the world. Then she/he will connect ...

Home Prices and Rent: a rapid price recovery

August 1, 2021

The US releases its monthly unemployment rate and non-farm payroll data on Friday. The charts below show the rapid recovery in jobs since the ...

What McDonald’s can tell us about the labor shortage