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Right now, corporate spreads relative to government bonds are low historically, despite an uncertain economic outlook – it is like this every time before a major sell-off in bond markets

A humorous look at the companies that caught our eye, for better or worse, this week

Housing starts fell 8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.43 million last month. The figure for May was revised lower.

Retail sales rose by 0.2% in June, below projections for a 0.6% increase.

The economy added 209,000 jobs in June, a healthy number that surpassed some forecasts but fell short of the revised gain of 306,000 in May.

Amid all the hoopla, you can easily miss the solid returns elsewhere

FactSet Reports Results for Third Quarter 2023 ◦Q3 GAAP revenues of $529.8 million, up 8.4% from Q3 2022 ◦Organic Q3 ASV plus professional services of $2.1 billion, up 8.0% year over year ...

SFDR mandates that asset managers must start publishing ESG data in a few weeks, but sourcing the new metrics has proved challenging, and a host of questions

We are looking for banks that stand to profit from further collapses of U.S. regional banks

Tuesday’s data is a sign that the American labour market is cooling in the face of higher interest rates