Markets and public policy can move fast, but not always in tandem.

Global fragmentation and the rise of industrial policy require fundamental analysis to expand in ways that can factor in the impact of policy shifts on projected corporate earnings as well as sovereign credit spreads. Policy shifts may hit a specific sector hard, but the impact on an individual investment asset depends critically on how well the leadership has prepared for contingencies.

Policymakers and journalists deliver far more content in any 24 hour period than any human can read. Advanced firms deploy advanced technology to manage the ifnormation flows, but translating those words into market prices can take time.

When markets or policy )or both) shift, advisors and analysts face the same challenges:

–Clients demand immediate explanations

–Headlines are noisy, opinionated, speculative, and often repetitive

–Generic financial media isn’t written for fiduciaries or analysts

–Internal teams spend more time hunting and gathering information than analyzing

–Small firms must wait for research notes from firms with internal global macro teams

THE RESULT: time wasted, echo-chamber thinking, missed opportunities

Advanced technology now makes it possible for investment advisors, research analysts, and advocates to have a more level playing field relative to enterprise firms.