Economic Growth Unveiled: It's the rise in an economy's total goods and services value, measured by GDP. Real GDP and GDP per capita offer clearer insights into expansion and individual purchasing power. Growth stems from productivity improvements, demographic shifts, and technological advancemen...

Inflation Unveiled: It's the gradual rise in prices, eroding currency value. Measured by price level increases over time, it signals reduced purchasing power. Unlike deflation, where prices drop, inflation is tracked via indicators like CPI. Our focus on Headline CPI equips us with timely insight...

Coincident indicators, like real income and employment, provide real-time snapshots of the economy, helping us spot recessions or expansions quickly. Lagging indicators follow, leading indicators predict, but coincident indicators reveal the current state. Think of them as detectives of the econo...

Derivatives are Swiss Army knives in finance, aiding rate measurement, optimization, and more. Concepts like partial, directional, and total derivatives elevate analytical precision. The second derivative's unique role uncovers turning points, a critical insight for investment strategies. In time...

Visualize the third derivative as the "jerk" of a function, revealing how quickly the rate of change changes. It's similar to measuring the abrupt shifts in velocity and is crucial for comprehending intricate data variations.

Inflation, in itself a derivative, represents the speed of your money'...

At Pries Capital, we tackle this challenge with a meticulous bottom-up approach, akin to unbiased information processing. By delving deep into the layers and complexities, we uncover essential economic factors that may otherwise remain hidden. This method ensures our analysis is thorough and impa...

At Pries Capital, we rely on Sharpe Ratios with a three-year retrospective analysis, assessing annualized standard deviation across 34 U.S. equity sectors and style factors. This comprehensive approach provides investors with valuable insights into balancing returns and risk, aiding in making wel...

Dispersion, a statistical measure, assesses how values related to a variable spread out, using metrics like mean, variance, and standard deviation. Pries Capital leverages dispersion analysis, focusing on trailing one-month Sharpe Ratios across 34 U.S. equity sectors and style factors. Sharpe Rat...

Pries Capital employs the Elements of Market Risk as a compass to navigate dynamic markets. By assessing how asset classes respond to shifting conditions, we craft balanced portfolios. These elements gauge price behavior influenced by global macroeconomic trends, reflecting changes in investor ri...

Pries Capital's Asset Market Backtests: Your crystal ball for strategy performance using historical data. We guide investments based on monthly analysis, including returns, volatility, and more, across global asset markets. This helps anticipate market behavior in response to macroeconomic factor...

Pries Capital's Heatmap is a dynamic canvas where colors and box sizes reveal valuable insights. It's a curated collection of stock ideas from our recent top studies. Dive in to explore companies our teams are analyzing and sense their sentiment. Box sizes indicate study frequency, while colors r...

Pries Capital's top-down investing is like constructing a skyscraper, starting with a strong macroeconomic foundation. Our Top-Down Investment Portfolio serves as your financial compass, aligning macro indicators' momentum with our Bottom-Up Macroeconomic Environments. This guides your asset allo...