Documents tagged "Quantitative"
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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023567.txt
The document discusses the impact of quantitative easing on insurers and pension plans in Europe. It highlights how the European Central Bank's asset purchase programs have led to the insolvency of life insurers and defined benefit pension plans. The author warns that these problems threaten not only the European economy but also the careers of institutional investors. The article suggests that Europe cannot afford policy mistakes like America and Canada, where social dissolution is less likely due to a larger margin for error. The text references the borderless Schengen area and the European Commission president's recent comments about the single currency in relation to the Schengen agreement's failure.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023069.txt
The document discusses the potential impacts of corporate tax reform on equity markets. It focuses on four key components that could have significant equity implications and assesses their impact at a market, sector, and industry level. The authors suggest that there could be a near-term boost to EPS but that the long-term impact would vary depending on the specific reforms implemented. They also discuss how cutting the corporate tax rate could add $8 to EPS and estimate that repatriation of overseas earnings could lead to buybacks that could boost EPS by 3%. The document is intended for Amanda Ens from BAML and unauthorized redistribution is prohibited.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016996.txt
The document discusses a study conducted by Jean-Baptiste Michel and colleagues at Harvard University that analyzed a massive corpus of digitized books to investigate cultural trends quantitatively. The team analyzed linguistic and cultural phenomena in the English language between 1800 and 2000, focusing on topics such as word usage, genre distribution, and gender representation in literature. They found patterns of cultural change over time and identified correlations between certain events and changes in literary expression. The study highlights the potential of "culturomics" to provide new insights into human culture and behavior.