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Our talented team of investment professionals regularly create and distribute educational materials delivering timely data, perspectives, and insight on the markets and related topics.
Research Review: First Quarter 2021
Continued tailwinds in the way of ultra-accommodative monetary and fiscal programs, paired with gradually improving economic conditions, have sent major global equity indices to record high levels. In March, some survey-based composites that seek to capture general business activity sentiment, such as the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) composites, increased to multi-decade highs. Along with continued vaccination efforts, it begs the question—do the markets see the pandemic's end in sight?
FEG Insight: "What About Bitcoin?"
The Bitcoin phenomenon may seem to have developed in recent years, but the story really began in January 2009 following the publication of a white paper by the enigmatic pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. Since its origination, the growth of the Bitcoin network has been even more sensational than the mysteriousness of its creator. For now, Satoshi may have disappeared into oblivion quickly after emerging as the mastermind of the world's first digital currency, but the legacy of Satoshi's work on the future of cybercurrency remains.
How to Launch a Diversity and Inclusion Initiative
We live in rapidly changing social, cultural, and economic environments which challenge organizations to be adaptable and ready for change. Organizations across the globe have been called upon to evaluate their organizational culture through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We can no longer rely on staff to self-govern when it comes to issues of justice and equality—what an organization permits, it promotes. For this reason, many organizations are seeking to launch their first Diversity & Inclusion initiative, but aren't quite sure where to begin.
Research Review: February 2021
Uncertainty related to the near-term path of inflation—with much attention focused on the potential for positive inflation surprises—has been a key driver behind the nearly 100 basis point rise in nominal 10-Year Treasury yields since their bottom last fall.
Spending Policy: Finding Answers Beyond the Endowment
Organizations are still grappling with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and many are turning an eye to spending policy. Is now the time to increase spending or change methodologies? FEG's Vice President, Matt Finke, sits down with Head of Institutional Investments, Nolan Bean, to discuss the role of spending policy and how organizations can find answers beyond the endowment to alleviate shortfalls during challenging times.
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