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President Biden recently announced the inaugural members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States. The establishment of this Council was a significant commitment announced by Vice President Harris on behalf of the Biden-Harris Administration during the 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, aimed at enhancing dialogue between United States officials and the African Diaspora.
NIGERIA: Macroeconomic Overview
Economic and political analysts concur that Nigeria has underperformed relative to potential during the post-independence period (since 1960).
US POWER UTILITIES: Essential Service, Uncertain Path Forward
Download the article here US POWER UTILITIES: Essential Service, Uncertain Path Forward Written by: Christina Surowiec The term power utility as used in this piece refers to retail purveyors of electricity service, in some cases combined with metered gas access. Deregulatory initiatives enacted in the 1990s transformed the US power utility landscape via a major […]
Financials Sector Establishes Top Attractiveness Ranking
Improvement in the fundamental outlook, as indicated by earnings revisions and the correspond-ing trend line in revisions, has resulted in the financials sector breaking into the top 5 group of our attractiveness rankings. In contrast, the aerospace/defense sector has slipped back out of the top 5 group due to weakness across all our core metrics. […]
Preliminary Sign of Vulnerability for Energy Sector
After several months of maintaining a ranking among the most attractive sectors, the energysector has dropped out of the top-ranked group, due primarily to lower technical scores. Giventhe typical volatility in our rankings we will watch to see if this directional change holds over thecoming weeks. The business services sector has also fallen out of […]
Attractiveness Ranking for the Consumer Discretionary Sector Rises Sharply
December 21, 2022 | WEEKLY SECTOR ROTATION | Brian T. Hannon, CFA Improved catalytic and technical scores have helped the consumer discretionary sector to moveup from the bottom group to the top 5 group of our attractiveness rankings. Favorable behaviorpreference has also contributed to this sector’s ranking move. In contrast, the retail sector hasslipped out […]
Retail Sector Rises to Top of Attractiveness Rankings
Higher catalytic scores, providing an indication of an improved fundamental outlook, have resulted in the retail sector rising to the top of our attractiveness rankings. The ranking for the transportation sector has also moved up due to improved catalytic properties. Moving in the opposite direction, the business services sector has fallen out of the top 5 group due to lower valuation […]
Attractiveness Rankings Slip for Aerospace/Defense and Transportation Sectors
December 7, 2022 | WEEKLY SECTOR ROTATION | Brian T. Hannon, CFA Sector attractiveness rankings have been relatively stable this week. In the notable exception,lower scores across all metrics (valuation, technical and catalytic) have resulted in the utilitiessector dropping into the bottom 5 group of our rankings. See Tables 5 and 6 for top-ranked namesfrom […]
Earnings Release Preview: November 14th – November 18th, 2022
Earnings Release Preview November 11, 2022 (for Companies Reporting Week of November 14th thru November 18th) In the Earnings Release Preview we provide detailed analytics for each of the companies in the Polaris core universe that are expected to report earnings NEXT week. This report provides portfolio managers and analysts with our proprietary rankings for each stock […]
Attractiveness Ranking for the Utilities Sector Drops
November 23, 2022 | WEEKLY SECTOR ROTATION | Brian T. Hannon, CFA Sector attractiveness rankings have been relatively stable this week. In the notable exception,lower scores across all metrics (valuation, technical and catalytic) have resulted in the utilitiessector dropping into the bottom 5 group of our rankings. See Tables 5 and 6 for top-ranked namesfrom […]