As of March 27, 2020, 217 million Americans across 23 states, 84 counties, 17 cities and one territory formally are being urged by government officials to stay home. (Source: NY Times). The economic effects are reflected in last week’s record-breaking 3.3 million...
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Research and CommentariesAn Acceleration of Effects | March 16 – 20, 2020
As of March 20, The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 209,839 cases of people testing positive for COVID-19 across 168 countries and territories, a significant increase from what was reported just one week ago. As the number of cases and deaths increases,...
Market Volatility | March 9 – 15, 2020
Last week was defined by market volatility, fledgling government policy responses, and a broader adoption of social distancing, both voluntary and directed. All markets have been volatile, with the 10 Year US Treasury yield moving from 0.54% on Monday to 0.96% by end...
Equity Markets | March 2 – 6, 2020
For the week ending Friday, March 6, 2020, the equity markets were extremely volatile and yet ended the week +0.5%. The market digested a surprise rate cut from the US Federal Reserve, increasing cases of COVID-19 globally, unexpected Super Tuesday primary results in...
2020 Capital Markets Forecast
Throughout 2019 we discussed broad based macroeconomic themes of slowing global growth, changes in trade policy, low inflation, political uncertainty, and US recession potential. Despite these concerns, global central bank accommodation, low unemployment, and a strong...
2019 Capital Markets Forecast
Our long-term forecast is designed to create a useful and well-grounded foundation for portfolio construction. During periods of volatility and constantly changing consensus views on the future, we intend to craft a forecast that serves as a ballast to such near-sided...
Gender Lens Investing | 2018
The term “gender lens investing” is less than a decade old, coined in 2009 by the Criterion Institute. Many practitioners, think tanks, asset managers, and advisors have defined the term “gender lens investing” but to start, we should ground ourselves in the...
2018 Capital Markets Forecast
Syntrinsic’s updates to long-term capital market assumptions are modest this year, with a few upward changes on the margins. We found 2017 highly encouraging in many ways, mostly for improvements in the near-term cyclical environment. We see less support for a...