Research
Stoxx 600 shouldn't worry about a U.S. tax hike
U.S. taxes may be on the way back up and European equities have significant exposure, but we believe the global cyclical recovery's impact on Stoxx 600 earnings into 2022 will be far more important.
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Using Bloomberg analytics to make better pre-trade decisions
Pre-trade transaction cost analysis (TCA) is still new to the fixed-income space but is growing in popularity.
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Addressing the confidence challenge of peer analytics in post trade TCA
Peer benchmarks are emerging as an important requirement for contextualizing trading performance in fixed income markets.
Market Analysis
Financial stocks continue to gain from pandemic volatility
The coronavirus pandemic has sent vast waves of volatility through markets, and another surge in the first quarter has helped U.S. finance giants.
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Passive likely overtakes active by 2026, earlier if bear market
Passive investing should sustain steady growth in the U.S. for the foreseeable future, in our view, with its market share on pace to overtake active within five years due to a widening lead in equities and expansion in fixed income.
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Themes could outgrow sectors as ETFs show sea change in effect
Theme exchange-traded funds are now bigger than any of the GICS sectors by ETF assets.
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Weather's impact on the stock market
Weather affects the stock market in ways that are difficult to quantify. How can weather data be used to gain insights into stock performance?
Market Analysis
Will dogs of Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index shine after rough 2020?
Analysts are anticipating an ever-closer relationship between markets in Mainland China and Hong Kong.
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Stock-market gamification unlikely to end soon or draw new rules
The stock-market gamification seen in the Robinhood-GameStop trading saga is unlikely to end soon or draw major near-term regulatory actions, according to our analysis.
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GameStop highlights importance of option-related equity flows
The wild price action that hit GameStop this year is a textbook example of how flow related to the options market can accelerate volatility in an underlying asset.