Thought Leadership

The coronavirus is different than ones that came before. But the macroeconomic policy tools to respond to it are the same: fiscal policy and monetary policy. Here's a look at both.

New research uses methods of physics to develop a dynamic model to measure financial market liquidity and make better investment decisions.

COVID-19, with its staggering economic fallout, is 'the greatest global crisis of the century,' Lemma Senbet explains, in a discussion with IMF and World Bank policy experts.

What stocks do the smartest fund managers love, and are they worth knowing? Investors Chronicle recently posed this question and revisited a Russell Wermers co-authored study for an answer.  

Do ETFs contribute to market volatility? New research may hold the answer.

Research finds no advantage, just superior skills for institutional investors when it comes to reading and reacting to news with stock trades.

Growth across sub-Saharan Africa is expected to outpace global growth this year and next, and the reasons why accentuate the importance of economic diversification, says Maryland Smith’s Lemma Senbet.

With passively managed funds and ETFs surging in popularity in recent years, it might seem like active investment managers would soon be a relic of the past. Here's why they won't be sidelined.

Today, Africa is set to become home to the largest free trade union in the world, both by area and by population. Already, the trade agreement is changing the continent.

It should have been a banner week for Samsung Electronics, but wasn’t. Instead, it was a master class in 'efficient markets.'