Research

What’s The Right Beta For Your Portfolio?

In December, we wrote a detailed note about beta (link), and how there is persistent alpha destruction associated with each incremental increase in portfolio beta. Investors tend to ignore beta when the market is performing well, like it did in 2023 and 2024. But the recent price action is likely a warning sign for CIOs,

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Level Set – The Compelling Case to Buy Industrials

As part of our year ahead outlook in early January, we upgraded the Industrials sector to overweight. So far this month, the sector has been the best performing in the S&P500, up 7.1%, vs the market at 3.3% (see below). GEV (up 28%), GE (up 18%), BLDR (up 17%), HWM (up 16%), and MMM (up

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VIDEO – Beneficiaries from The Biggest New Technology Themes

Late in 2024, research firm Gartner, Inc. came out with a report highlighting the ten Technology trends to watch for 2025. We searched the earnings call transcripts and websites of 383 public US Technology companies, and created baskets of stocks in these key areas to help us understand these Technology trends and identify stock ideas.

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Level Set – Where Is the Revenue Growth?

We wrote in our year-ahead outlook, that revenue acceleration would be an important variable for stock selection in 2025. After gross margin growth was its most effective for stock selection in 2024 in over 20 years, we now think revenue growth and acceleration will matter more for stock pickers in 2025. To be clear, at

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Beneficiaries From The Biggest New Technology Themes

Late in 2024, research firm Gartner, Inc. came out with a report highlighting the ten Technology trends to watch for 2025. We searched the earnings call transcripts and websites of 383 public US Technology companies, and created baskets of stocks in these key areas to help us understand these Technology trends and identify stock ideas.

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Level Set: Agreement and Pushback

We published our year-ahead outlook last Monday, January 6th (see here), and spoke with many investors about our market views over the last week. While we were not surprised by some of the pushback we received, we were surprised about areas where we DID NOT receive much pushback. We thought we would address both the

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3 Most Asked About Exhibits from our 2025 Year-Ahead Outlook

Below are the three most asked about exhibits from our 2025 Year-Ahead Outlook research. CLICK HERE to access the full report. If you have questions on these or any other topics related to the current investment landscape, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. 1. COMPANY-SPECIFIC RISK AND REPLICABILITY ARE KEYS Where should a

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2025 Year Ahead Outlook

Attached is our 2025 year-ahead outlook. We will be hosting a zoom at 11am EST today to discuss this research and take Q&A (click here to register). There will be a replay link sent out later today if you can’t join live. If you would like to schedule a 30-minute one-on-one zoom with Adam Parker

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What Really Happened In Q4 2024

At the start of each quarter, we provide a detailed summary of the just completed quarter with the goal of helping investors make better investment decisions, in addition to providing insights that will facilitate investor communications, client conversations, and quarterly letters. Furthermore, our quarterly report seeks to identify emerging risk management concerns and give investment

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The Power 5: Trivariate’s Best Research of 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, we take a moment to reflect on the key themes and insights that shaped the markets this year. At Trivariate, our mission has always been to deliver differentiated insights that stand out, empowering our clients to navigate the complexities of the U.S. equity market with clarity and precision. To

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