Monday, March 14, 2022

Financial Analysts Journal: Decarbonizing Everything

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Different climate risk metrics lead to portfolios with different carbon and risk–return profiles. Analyzing the merits and applicability of various climate data can help investors manage climate risk and improve risk-adjusted returns. Read more here.

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Financial Analysts Journal: Active Trading in ETFs -- The Role of High-Frequency Algorithmic Trading

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

High-frequency algorithmic trading adds to ETF market stability by reducing the discrepancy between fund prices and net asset values (NAVs). Read more here.

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Saturday, March 12, 2022

"Featured in EMEA Tribune" On Ukraine

By SIMON CONSTABLE

 Sanctions will only increase Putin’s control over his people

“The issue is that sanctions often prompt a country’s population to rally around the flag. … Put another way, a siege mentality takes over with people banding together to weather the economic storm.” — Simon Constable,

Read more here.

 

Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine
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Friday, March 11, 2022

Time Magazine: Putin’s War in Ukraine Will Make Your Next Car Even More Expensive

By SMON CONSTABLE

Many Americans got a case of sticker shock when they went to buy a new car last year. That might have been bad enough on its own, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means there’s more of the same to come, experts say.


“New vehicle prices will be pushed up even higher and there doesn’t appear to be any relief in sight,” says Garrett Nelson, North American Auto industry analyst at CFRA. “All the momentum is to the upside.” Read more here.


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Monday, March 7, 2022

Time Magazine: How Sanctions on Russia Will Hurt—and Help—the World's Economies

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Barring a near-miracle, sooner or later, sanctions will cripple Russia's economy. To most economists, that seems like an open and shut case.

What's more nuanced, however, is how those same bans on trading with Russia will send ripples through the rest of the global economy. While forecasting anything is complicated, it's trickier still when there's a war. Still, experts say the effect across the world will be uneven—creating some surprising winners and losers. Read more here.

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WSJ Financial Flashback -- March 2002

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Available exclusively in the print edition