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Ned Davis Research Launches Thematic Opportunities Strategy to Target Trends in Technology, Demographics and Global Shocks
VENICE, Fla., Nov. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Ned Davis Research (NDR) today announces the launch of its Thematic Opportunities Strategy, offering alpha-generating investment recommendations using a theme-based approach. NDR reviews hundreds of macro-fundamental trends to find the highest-conviction investment themes, and provides recommendations to asset managers and wealth managers based on NDR’s favorite stock, ETF or basket …
Health disparities, demographics reveal Houston’s potential coronavirus vulnerabilities
The city of Houston established a task force of city, community and health care system representatives to coordinate an outreach campaign targeting under-served communities. (Courtesy Adobe Stock) When the Metropolitan Transit System of Harris County began reporting confirmed cases of coronavirus among drivers, Gulfton resident Sandra Rodriguez told her mother she would begin driving her …
Exit polls: South Carolina voter demographics set state’s primary apart from previous three contests
It is the first state with a majority black electorate to weigh in on the Democratic nomination fight. The racial composition of South Carolina’s Democratic primary electorate has shifted slightly compared with 2016, and early exit polls indicate it is slightly less black and a bit more white than it was four years ago. That …
Demographics and technology explain secular stagnation and more
Advanced economies will face large demographic and radical technological change in the next decades. This column shows how demographics and endogenous technological changes, which encompass both innovation and automation, can interact to limit the future prospects for growth and alter the factor income distribution. Due to a trade-off between innovation and automation, lower fertility and …
Youth Suicide Rate Rises 56% in Decade, CDC Says
Suicide and homicide rates have increased in recent years among young people in the U.S., according to a new federal report. The suicide rate among people ages 10 to 24 years old climbed 56% between 2007 and 2017, according to the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rate of homicide deaths …