Aging Gracefully The mid-year outlook is always an interesting combination of a report card and a progress report. It’s a time to review our annual outlook and see what has materialized as expected and what hasn’t. It’s also a time to check in on year-to-date market activity, economic developments, and to recalibrate an outlook for…Read more
Animal spirits carried the stock market to a new all-time high in May. Risk sentiment returned in a big way in May, with stock indexes setting new all-time highs. Economic data came in mixed, as the latest nonfarm payrolls report showed fewer jobs added than expected while some inflation data remained hot. The latest batch…Read more
Engagement Drain Low employee engagement may be dragging down global GDP by as much as 9% per year, or nearly $9 trillion, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report. Why are employees so checked out, and what can be done to change it? Worker Woes Remember “quiet quitting” and “bare minimum Mondays”? Both…Read more
