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...Thus only a fraction of overall AUM is deployed in strategies that have a direct impact on the VIX® index (e.g. 1-month over/underwriting strategies on the S&P 500 index)....
...In other words, in case of a significant market sell-off, the volatility suppressing force from these strategies is likely to disappear, leaving markets more vulnerable to other selling flows (e.g., from...
...In 2021, S&P started publishing numbered scores from 1 to 5 for the three E, S and G categories as part of corporate credit scores....
...Currently, the building has an energy rating of E, in an official range where A+ is best and G is worst. It did not disclose the terms of the deal....
...Payments company Visa, for example, had received a two for “E” and “S” and a three for “G”....
...The acquiring consortium, known as Renaissance, includes Switzerland-based Petrolin and four Nigerian oil producers, ND Western, Aradel Holdings, First E&P and Waltersmith....
...The latter trades on a price/earnings (p/e) ratio of 5.8 times, which he argues compares very favourably to US banks such as Citibank, which trade at more than 10 times....
...with our emphasis below: Following the regional banking crisis earlier this year, markets took an optimistic view: soft landing became a consensus, European stocks rallied at the back of China reopening (e.g...
...P [oil and gas exploration and production] industry”....
...This could be either in our current role as a compensator (e.g. if the consolidator’s funding strategy failed a claim could be made on the PPF) or by making some use of PPF reserves....
...PetroChina, part of the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation, and chemicals group Sinochem “have been on the hunt” for staff to set up desks in London, say the people....
...e ratio of 9 times next year’s earnings in China....
...This in turn drives buying of stocks by funds that mechanically increase exposure when volatility declines (e.g. volatility targeting and risk parity funds)....
...Standard p/e’s are slightly above historical averages, the Shiller cyclically adjusted p/e ratio is very high and the equity risk premium is near a decade low....
...domestic travel has returned (as a reminder, up to 50% of luxury sales in Beijing and Shanghai is contributed by non-local customers), the average spending ticket has continued to rise, and the very high end (e.g...
...Despite the downturn, tech remains more highly valued on a forward p/e basis than any other sector in the S&P 500. SVB’s interest rate risk was a double whammy....
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...Plot the S&P 500 index return against the Nikkei 225 from just before the pandemic....
...The Development Finance Corporation (DFC) could support resilient global supply chains while supporting economic development....
...Now, one way of looking at whether a company is cheap or not is a calculation known as p/e....
...By plain old valuation measures (like a forward p/e of 12), EM stocks look cheap, but Aghassi and Villalon have done more detailed work on just how cheap....
...Conflict of interest could also arise as index administrators may not fully implement policies to ensure protection of sensitive information (e.g.; information regarding inclusion or exclusion of a particular...
...However, he added that “going forward, there will hopefully be more focus on the ‘S’ and the ‘G’ and less on a highly politicised interpretation of the ‘E’....
...Also: Magic sales nearly doubled over the course of the pandemic and secondary market prices skyrocketed (e.g., Reserved List cards more than tripled)....
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