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This Will Be the Decade of Sustainable Brands with a Strong Social Bias

Doing well by doing good is a wonderful investment theme. In a wild and crazy world with high uncertainty and widening income inequality, I wanted to focus on a key investing trend that is only gathering more momentum as time goes by.

Nasdaq: Investors Need Yield

In an era of near zero interest rates, few investors have sufficient retirement savings to live off the income produced by a portfolio of low-risk bank deposits and Treasurys. Investors can strive to address this shortfall by reaching down the scale of fixed-income credit quality (to aptly named “junk” bonds) or through exposure to high volatility, high-yielding alternative asset classes.

Nasdaq: Investors Need Yield

In an era of near zero interest rates, few investors have sufficient retirement savings to live off the income produced by a portfolio of low-risk bank deposits and Treasurys. Investors can strive to address this shortfall by reaching down the scale of fixed-income credit quality (to aptly named “junk” bonds) or through exposure to high volatility, high-yielding alternative asset classes.

Global Manager Says: Value Investing Does Not Mean Low Multiple Investing

At the 73rd CFA Annual Conference, Aswath Damodaran, Professor of Finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business was asked for his thoughts...

Brands Expert Comments on the Sweet Spot in the Economic Data

While May’s Retail Sales Report showed a historic rebound versus historic plunges in March and April, we expect most economic data to normalize at lower levels and continue to stay volatile.

Adaptability through the Pandemic: Poetry and Machine Learning

Barry Goodman Mr. Goodman is Co-Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Trading of Millburn Ridgefield Corporation, and is a member of Millburn’s Investment Committee....

What Happens After the Crash, V-Shaped Recovery? The Stagnation Phase

Key Points • Stock markets often over-react, the truth mostly lives in the middle. • We have likely begun the stagnation part of our economic reality. •...

The Bull is Back! Markets Charge as the Economy Lags

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the widely expected employment report for May. Despite continued weekly jobless claims over the last month exceeding more than 8 million, the BLS reported an increase of more than 2.5 million jobs in May.

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