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Is Traditional Wall Street Research Useless?

In the 1990s, investment recommendations were made based on reports, meetings and “kicking the tires.” A lot has changed since then.
Nicholas Vardy explains the new world of investment management and what it means for your ETF portfolio.

Stockbroker Fred Schwed asked the question in the title of his 1940 classic book, Where Are the Customers’ Yachts?
Fast-forward 80 years, and the question remains the same.
Many investors spend countless hours poring through fundamental research produced by Wall Street’s investment banks.
This focus on company fundamentals, however, masks a new, broad and deep-rooted trend: Computer-driven strategies are transforming the way Wall Street invests.
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Unilever names Braams as new marketing head in expanded role

Unilever Chief Executive Alan Jope had previously said https://www.marketingweek.com/unilever-keith-weeds-replacement-cmo the company would not hire a direct replacement for Weed, and instead would tack on additional responsibilities to the role of chief marketing officer, a job he described as “CMO++”. Braams, currently executive vice president of middle Europe, joined Unilever in 1990, and has held a variety of marketing and general management roles across key European and Asian markets, Unilever said. …read more […]