Chief Economist and Data Scientist, Dr. Michel Léonard Recent tariffs issued by U.S. President Donald Trump are on track to increase the price of parts and materials used in repairing and restoring property after an insurable event. Analysts and economists, predict these price hikes will lead to higher claim payouts for P&C insurers and, ultimately, … Read more
NASDAQ:COCP John M. Viglotti: Hello and welcome to Virtual Investor Conferences. On behalf of the Life Sciences Investor Forum and our co-host, Zacks Small Cap Research, we’re very pleased you joined us for our quarterly conference. Our next live presentation is from Cocrystal Pharma. Cocrystal is a clinical-stage biotech company developing novel antiviral therapeutics. Please … Read more
Last Thursday the S&P 500 finished the day down 4.8%. Then on Friday it declined another 6%. That’s a loss of more than 10% in just two days. The -10.5% loss was the fifth worse two-day stretch for the stock market since 1950. The other times this happened occurred in 1987, 2008 and 2020, some … Read more
A screen displaying the Hang Seng stock index is seen at Central district, in Hong Kong, China, on April 7, 2025. TYRONE SIU / REUTERS Asian markets collapsed Monday, April 7, after China hammered the United States with its own hefty tariffs, ramping up a trade war that many fear could spark a recession. Trading … Read more
Recent estimates suggest that insured losses from the Los Angeles, California wildfires could be higher than anticipated. As a result, catastrophe bond prices are showing signs of weakness, with the market’s benchmark recording its first-ever negative January return since its inception over two decades ago, according to cat bond fund manager Icosa Investments AG.With a … Read more