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White papersBiden agenda: tackling income inequality and its potential inflation impact
The election of President Joe Biden has led to a turn in US government policy. This paper explores income and wealth inequality in the United States and President Biden’s policies aimed at addressing this issue, including his proposal of a corporate tax hike.
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Surging Home Prices May Lead to Rate Hikes
The return of housing as an economic driver gives the Fed options.
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Seeking Value Stocks on the Right Side of Change
Accelerating disruption creates potential opportunities for value investors.
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The Fed’s Last Call for the Punchbowl?
Dr. Sonal Desai discusses the Fed’s challenge. With high uncertainty on the inflation and employment outlook, adjusting its exceptionally loose monetary stance at the right time and pace become a very difficult high-wire act.
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Blog | 2021 Russell Recon: the only way was up
Last Friday we announced preliminary changes to the Russell US Indexes for our 33rd annual Russell Reconstitution. More than $10 trillion is benchmarked to these indexes—and the annual “Russell Recon” is critical to ensuring they accurately represent the ever-changing US equity market.
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What if the Democrats succeed in passing the capital gains tax?
Since Joe Biden’s elections, most observers have been surprised by how Democrats managed to pass significant fiscal policies despite their thin majority. We believe the capital gains tax hike could go ahead regardless of the Republicans opposition.
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Blog | US stocks meander in May but small-cap Value bias persists
Like most major indexes, US large- and small-cap stocks wobbled in May, ending the month with modest gains. The Russell 1000 rose 0.5%, barely ahead of the Russell 2000’s 0.2% gain ‒ snapping the latter’s winning streak since the global reflation rally began last November.
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Muni Market View on the American Jobs Plan
Highlights of US President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan, and how it could impact the muni market.
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U.S. direct lending market update
Ken Kencel, President & CEO, Churchill Asset Management, an investment-specialist affiliate of Nuveen, gives his insights on recent trends and market activities as well as the impacts of the pandemic.
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The Jump In U.S. Inflation Is Here. This Is Where It May Head Next
The highly-anticipated jump in U.S. inflation has arrived. While the sustainability of the increase remains open for debate, recent readings have surged and market-based indicators continue to show a surprisingly prolonged increase in inflation expectations.
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Asset Manager News
GLP Raises US$850 Million with the Launch of the Largest US$ Green Subordinated Perpetual Securities Globally
GLP has successfully priced a landmark US$850 million Regulation S offering (the “Offering”) of Green Subordinated Perpetual Non-Call 5-year Securities (the “Green Perpetual Securities”) at a coupon of 4.500%.
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US inflation – Higher for longer?
US inflation looks set to rise significantly heading into the summer. Contrary to the view that this will be a temporary increase, a number of forces could combine to create greater structural pressure pushing prices higher for longer.
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The Rebalance of Power: Tesla, Walmart, & Disney Join the S&P 500 ESG Index, Facebook, Wells Fargo, & Costco Dropped
ESG momentum shows no signs of stopping, with sustainable fund assets nearing USD 2 trillion, following record inflows in Q1.1 Pressure on firms to perform in sustainability rankings has never been higher, as Wall Street’s hottest topic gets hotter still. But what firms benefit from all this heat?
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US Stock-Bond Correlation: What are the Macroeconomic Drivers?
For the last 20y, the correlation between stock and bond returns has been negative, enabling CIOs to increase stock allocations, with bonds acting as a hedge, while still satisfying a given risk budget.
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4 reasons why US debt may not spin out of control
Is surging US debt sustainable, or will it spin out of control?
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Finding yield: how insurers are employing new approaches
Loomis Sayles Market Insight: Insurers swapping out bond portfolios for higher-yielding credit instruments found deep in the capital structure
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NIM Solutions Insight - 100 Days of Biden
Natixis Affiliate Publication: President Biden has reached his first milestone, 100 days in office. What has this time told us about who he will be as president and how his policies might impact markets?
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Fed to keep policy easy despite arrival of economic boom
Evidence continues to mount that a combination of vaccinations and stimulus are creating some of the strongest economic growth data in decades. Even so, the Fed remains committed to easy monetary policy until unemployment falls further and inflation materializes.
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Blog | How stretched are US valuations?
Stock valuations have surged globally this year, but none has climbed as high as those of the US benchmarks. Here’s where they stand relative to their own history and compared with peers.
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Sustainability means more than just green bonds
Sustainability is driving innovation in investment-grade credit. This is particularly visible in the euro-denominated market, although we expect that the Biden administration will encourage a sustainability focus in the USD market going forward.
