Brandeis IBS Global Markets Investment Club

13/06/2018

Powell Lauds Economy as Fed Nudges Up Interest-Rate Hike Pathhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-13/fed-raises-rates-officials-boost-outlook-to-four-hikes-in-2018

Just saw the news about 25 bps increase on the interest rate by Feb on my way to the office and cannot help thinking whether China will follow this change, which is especially reflected on the interbank repo rate, and thus give banks more pressure in attracting deposits (demand deposits especially) in the near future.

21/09/2017

The deadline is approaching!! All Brandeis students who are interested in finance and investments are welcome!

18/09/2017

2017 Stock Pitch Competition is now open for registration. Form your team with 3-4 teammates and get ready for the amazing journey with company analysis. Please feel free to contact GMIC Board if you have any questions! For Brandeis students who have not received the details of the registration process, please feel free to email [email protected].

14/09/2017

Registration for 2017 Stock Pitch Competition is now open! Please check your email box and find the registration link in the email from GMIC Board!

07/09/2017

Come and join us on Friday! We will introduce our plan for the new year. Besides, we are honored that prof. McKay will be our guest speaker to talk about CFA Challenge this year. See you on 3pm, Friday, at Lee Hall!

02/09/2017

Thank you for talking with our board members and showing your interests in investments yesterday. Look forward to meeting you all next Friday!

22/07/2017

China has opened a path for a transformation of its financial markets that could see them match the U.S. in size and lure more than $3 trillion in capital from abroad by 2025, according to a study by Citigroup Inc.

13/06/2017

KKR rewards its buyout company's employees with ownership of the company...

The bid to boost returns is entrenched in the tech sector but rarely found among old-fashioned manufacturers—and it gets harder as a company grows.

27/04/2017

Check out the world's most successful hedge fund that has made $55 billion in 29 years, with all four founders billionaires.

The Medallion Fund has made about $55 billion over the past 29 years.

27/04/2017

And its consequences....

A point-by-point look at how much it will increase the federal deficit.

27/04/2017

The Trump administration released its tax plan on Wednesday, which would lower individual tax rates, drop the alternative minimum tax and eliminate most deductions.

06/04/2017

A massive equity rotation opportunity coming around for cheap EU equities.

The chorus of strategists and investors rooting for European stocks over their U.S. peers is getting stronger.

06/04/2017

Malls and department stores are dying!!!

Wall Street’s bet against empty malls is getting too crowded, according to Citigroup Inc. analysts, who instead recommend wagering against individual retailers as the “next big short.”

05/04/2017

Surprising? Chinese stocks are rewarding a dividend yield higher than those by the US and European markets.

You'll have to be quick.

05/04/2017

'Miles' royalty program steals more than your air travel spending. Banks are amassing billions from customers with high credit scores..

The golden goose isn’t your ticket or bag fee—it’s the credit card you use to collect frequent flier miles.

04/04/2017

One of the best interview offering insight on H1-B new regulations. It would be a lose-lose once these tech positions are restricted to Americans.

The U.S. administration began to deliver on President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to crack down on a work visa program that channels thousands of skilled overseas workers to companies across the technology industry.

26/03/2017

Do you wanna know what kind of research CFA challenge team does and how we manage our portfolio? Do you wanna hold your own portfolio and form your own investment strategy? Are you also interested in the Forex market? We provide you with the chance to start and discuss. It's Now or Never! Come to join us on March 30 for our investment strategy sharing reception with the CFA challenge team. Dim sum, pizza, fried chicken, and drinks will be provided.

17/02/2017

Repost!

Join us on March 17 in the MIT Sloan Investment Conference at Intercontinental Boston!! This is a great opportunity to communicate with professionals about anything you want to know about capital markets. Detailed information can be found in GMIC emails. Feel free to contact us if you have any problem!

17/02/2017

Join us on March 17 in the MIT Sloan Investment Conference at Intercontinental Boston!! This is a great opportunity to communicate with professionals about anything you want to know about capital markets. Detailed information can be found in GMIC emails. Feel free to contact us if you have any problem!

31/01/2017

Goldman Sachs overweights on Europe equities, saying banks are very juicy investment targets.

European equities will catch up to their U.S. peers once the uncertainty surrounding near-term elections is lifted, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

11/01/2017

Compelling! What in addition to BIG MAC Index you may use to compare food prices.

There are other ways to gauge the strength of your dollar.

22/12/2016

Confidence in higher prices has returned since OPEC, Russia and other producers agreed to their first production cut deal in 15 years earlier this month. The International Energy Agency says that if the producers don’t cheat on their commitments, oil demand could overtake supply in the first half of next year, a significant change after three consecutive years of oversupply.

Call it a pre-Christmas lottery ticket, but someone in the oil market has been busy making a bold bet, buying contracts that will be profitable if oil surges again to $100 a barrel.

22/12/2016

“Last year we favored the U.S. over Europe and Japan, and this year I see that as being flipped around,” said Sheets at Morgan Stanley.

The outperformance will be driven by improvements in European corporate earnings and the likelihood that populist candidates won’t prevail in German and French elections next year, one of the concerns that’s clouding the outlook for the region’s assets.

Trumponomics may promise more than it delivers, says Morgan Stanley, while investors steering clear of Europe may find it delivering more than it promises.

14/12/2016

"The ratio of company debt to gross domestic product has surpassed 2007 levels and is approaching an all-time high. The increasing pile of company debt, brought on by years of low interest rates, is a top threat to stability.

Stress-testing firms under a scenario that includes severe corporate defaults and sharp declines in U.S. equity and commercial real estate prices could reduce security risks, according to the report."

The biggest buyers in the $8 trillion market for U.S. corporate bonds, including mutual funds, pension funds and life insurers, should be stress-tested to help prevent instability during a market downturn, according to a research unit of the Treasury Department.

06/12/2016

Fabulous post-election insights into 2017

From social breakdown in the U.S. to a nuclear crisis in North Korea to the defeat of Angela Merkel in Germany, the potential for chaos is great. These aren’t predictions. But they show what your social-media news feed could look like if things go wrong.

06/12/2016

The value of the liability is based on the current 35 percent tax rate and would fall by about $22 billion at a 20 percent corporate tax rate and drop by $29 billion at 15 percent.

Berkshire has jumped about 8 percent in New York trading since Trump won the Nov. 8 election, helped by the increasing value of Buffett’s holdings in bank stocks as interest rates climbed.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. could get a $29 billion boost to its book value under tax-rate cuts advocated by President-elect Donald Trump, according to Barclays Plc.

29/11/2016

"Zatreanu also advises firms to break down the walls between managers and quants, who struggle to understand each other. Many analysts need a crash course in statistics, he said, to avoid the common misstep of trying to use data to support preconceived ideas."

It was big data’s big moment.

25/11/2016

In late October 2016, AT&T (T) announced that it will acquire Time Warner (TWX) in a stock and cash transaction of $107.50 per share, a 36.0% premium.

25/11/2016

Treasury bonds oversold? 3 charts may be indicative of a nadir level

Technical indicators show the biggest Treasury market selloff in seven years is coming to an end. So far, they haven’t been enough to stop the rout.

23/11/2016

Hedge funds underperform SPX 4% vs. 9% net of fees in 2016. Overweighting IT stocks post-election is only one account for the struggle...

Trump + tech = another bad year for hedge funds.