Online vs. Brick And Mortar Retail Recovery
Online sales grew substantially, while brick-and-mortar contracted slightly. Within online, Amazon continues to reign, but is losing space to other large retailers (such as Target, Walmart). Smaller shops moving online fared better than their peers stuck on the physical space alone. Across sectors, …
Wall Street’s Oldest Black-Owned Investment Bank Makes History
Blaylock Van L.L.C, Wall Street’s oldest continually operating Black-owned investment banking firm, has gained more success in the last year as more American companies and municipalities recognize the value of doing business with Diverse Business Enterprises (DBE), especially when it comes to Black-owned businesses within the financial services industry.
Covid-19 Recovery’s Lagging Indicators: Unemployment and Workers’ Participation in the Economy
Is the recovery just around the corner? 2020 was a devastating year. The US economy slid from “business as usual” to a severe lockdown within a matter of days last March. Analysts1 now disagree on when the US economy will have a strong economic recovery, or whether some lagging indicators2 may d…
Blaylock Van LLC: Bigger and Stronger, the New Wave of Growth Has Yet to Come
Wall Street’s Oldest Continually Operating Black-Owned Investment Banking Firm Blaylock Van Furthers Legacy of Corporate Diversity
Blaylock Van, LLC serves as one of four Black-owned firms to syndicate Citi’s recent $2.5 billion bond issuance
GameStop, Reddit, Robinhood, Gen Zers, Warren and the SEC
What happened? – On January 25th. Reddit’s r/WallstreetBets allegedly incited investors to concertedly boost stock prices and put a squeeze in hedge funds’ short positions on GameStop shares. The squeeze forced funds to post billions in collateral as share prices soared 1,625% in a week. Young inves…
America’s COVID Recovery – A Macro Economic Analysis
America’s Covid crisis was a one in a hundred-year plague, a Black Swan event per se. It is important to take a hard look at this year, and what lays ahead in the coming months, across countries, industries, and demographics. Countries – If you went back in time, you would find it hard to believ…
Following the Money: New Ways of Funding Healthcare Companies Could Mean More New Drugs Faster
The pace of advancement in our understanding of numerous diseases and our ability to treat those diseases has moved forward at a staggering rate, in good part driven by the availability of investment capital to fund new companies developing new therapies. Breakthroughs in healthcare tend to follow…
Up Against Wall Street Bond Giants, Minority Firms Want More
