A predominant narrative in legal industry conversations is that while the rest of the business world evolves at warp speed, law firms steadfastly refuse to change – and unless they begin to innovate, they’re in danger of being overtaken by new delivery models.
The CFA Institute sponsored an online discussion on October 14, on behalf the Systemic Risk Council, to discuss whether a second phase of reforms were needed to ensure the resilience of the financial system, not least in light of the market dislocations prompted by Covid-19.
The worsening pandemic has investors concerned, and areas of the market that are insulated from stay-at-home orders are once again outperforming, and those more sensitive to life-as-we-used-to-know it getting hit hard again.
Certainly, the two candidates represent very different views, not just in policy terms but in terms of what type of leader the U.S. should have but, there is one other thing about this election that is different, and that could well have a bearing on investment decisions.
Few companies have benefited from the pandemic-induced shift to technological solutions more than Microsoft (MSFT) which has seen its shares surge to near all-time highs with year-to-date return of 40%.
The focus this week is on rising coronavirus cases in the U.S. and Europe and next week’s election. Recently the race has begun to look like it might be tighter than earlier polls have predicted, adding to the overall heightened level of uncertainty.
One of the most popular exchange-traded funds (ETFs) used as underlyings for covered call writing is Invesco QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQ) which consists of 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq exchange.
We are rapidly approaching an election that we are frequently being told is the most important of our lifetime, or maybe ever. It might even be true this time.
Selling insurance has always been a laborious time, paper and process intensive business that has been, per the industry’s nature, slow to innovate and employ cutting-edge technology. But that is starting to change, very rapidly.