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Washington Update: The Fan-in-Chief
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Unless you have been without power and newspapers for the last 96 hours, you know that on Sunday the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) won their fourth soccer World Cup in the last 28 years.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Washington Update: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Gerrymandering But Were Too Afraid to Ask
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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a flurry of decisions last week as it closed its 2018-2019 session. While its ruling rejecting the Trump administration’s rationale for a U.S. Census citizenship question will have important repercussions for representation across the U.S., another case also could impact the partisan balance in the lower chamber of Congress … unless voters in a handful of states get a say about it.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Washington Update: Fed Bashing - A White House Tradition
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James Carville, a strategist to then-Gov. Bill Clinton’s insurgent 1992 campaign for the presidency, famously – and succinctly – captured the essence of the race for the White House with the phrase “it’s the economy, stupid.” As we begin the march towards the twenty-eighth anniversary of President Clinton’s defeat of President George H.W. Bush, Carville’s truism still holds.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Washington Update: Congress Takes a Break
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Ah, spring break. It’s not only college students who long for a few lazy days come March and April. Congress adjourned last week and now is in the middle of a two-week “district work period,” which most politicos refer to instead as recess. Unlike the students who flock to Miami, though, lawmakers likely aren’t sitting by the pool or even resting much.
Behavioral Finance
The Bid: Can money make you happier?
It’s a timeless question that’s puzzled people from Cicero in Ancient Rome to rappers like Kendrick Lamar today: Can money really make you happier?
Sustainable Investing
Sustainability: The future of investing
We discuss key themes driving transformation in sustainable investing and explain why the future of investing is sustainable.
Behavioral Finance
Correction or bear? 6 charts that explain market declines
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How often do market corrections turn into entrenched bear markets? Not very often. In fact there have already been six market corrections since the current bull market started in 2009.