Research & News
Asset Allocation Bi-Weekly – Uranium Demand, Supply, and Investment Prospects (March 4, 2024)
by the Asset Allocation Committee | PDF In an important adjustment to our Asset Allocation strategies last October, we introduced an exchange-traded fund focused on uranium producers into our mid-cap equity exposure. At the time, we noted in our Asset Allocation Quarterly that the move aimed to take advantage of government policies around the world… Read More »
Bi-Weekly Geopolitical Report – Posen vs. Pettis (February 26, 2024)
by Bill O’Grady | PDF Michael Pettis is a professor of finance at Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in Beijing and a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is a well-known analyst of China’s economy and financial system. Adam Posen is currently the president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. … Read More »
Asset Allocation Bi-Weekly – Who Wants US Treasurys? (February 20, 2024)
by the Asset Allocation Committee | PDF Before August 2023, the Treasury’s quarterly refunding rarely raised eyebrows. Investors readily snapped up US debt, and announcements were largely ignored by markets. However, Fitch Ratings’ surprise downgrade of the US credit rating from AAA to AA that month, just days after a $6 billion increase in the… Read More »