Market Moves
As Oil Prices Surge, Iran Conflict Cools Investors’ Taste for Emerging Markets
The broad effect of the war is shifting investors who were more positive on emerging markets to more neutral.
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Risk
What Could Go Wrong? 5 Black Swan Scenarios for 2024
BCA Research sketches out how such events could roil the markets—and the world.
Pensions
CalPERS Rejects Reinvesting in Tobacco Again
Pension plan’s investment committee votes down a second attempt from member Jason Perez to reverse its 20-year-old ban.
Post-COVID, What’s on the World Scene That Could Muck Things Up?
Geopolitics will continue to roil the investment landscape for US investors, experts warn.
Asset Allocation
Why Wall Street’s Ho-Hum Reaction to Iran? Déjà Vu
Stocks haven’t suffered much or taken long to recover in past conflicts.
When Will the Party Be Over for Oil?
Now the dominant energy source, despite the glamor of renewables, the day it will peak may be in 2050.
Newsmakers
CalPERS Reviews Divestment of Companies with Ties to Sudan
Nokia, Nordea Bank lead list of 13 firms with potential ties to African nation.
CalPERS Names 12 Firms not to Divest over Iran, Sudan
Investment committee research finds companies don’t meet divestment threshold