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Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Danger) of Data

Musings on Markets

In corporate finance and investing, which are areas that I work in, I find myself doing double takes as I listen to politicians, market experts and economists making statements about company and market behavior that are fairy tales, and data is often my weapon for discerning the truth. Financing Flows 5. Margins & ROC 3.

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The European asset management industry: Navigating volatile times

Mckinsey and Company

The effect was compounded by broad sell-offs of US Treasury securities, usually viewed as a market safe haven. US Treasury securities increased by 47 basis points between April 4 and April 11 in the US Treasury benchmark ten-year yield. Alpha seekers see the best net flow effect, at 5.1%.