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How Much Could the Trade War Affect American Corporate Profits?
I measure the impact of Trump's 2025 tariffs on corporate profits.

Yannick Laurent
Apr 1410 min read
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A Beginner's Map to the Finance Industry
I wrote this article to help aspiring financial professionals understand who the main industry actors are and how they fit together.

Yannick Laurent
Mar 58 min read
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How DeepSeek Could Change the Future of the AI Industry
Yesterday’s unveiling of DeepSeek rattled markets and raised questions on the current and future dynamics of the AI industry.

Yannick Laurent
Jan 294 min read
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Allocating to European Stocks Without Sacrificing Returns
European equites have underperformed their American counterparts, especially in the years following the 2008 financial crisis....

Yannick Laurent
Jan 235 min read
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Identifying and Measuring Transshipment in the U.S.-China Trade War
Originally published in the Spring 2020 Edition of the Macalester Journal of Economics ABSTRACT The trade war between the United States...

Yannick Laurent
Jan 131 min read
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Impact Investing meets Private Equity: the next trend in value creation and AUM?
Published on The CAIA Association Blog and The Street Smarts ( Success Stories ) It is no secret that the rise of private markets and...

Yannick Laurent
Jan 66 min read
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CAGR Edge Cases: calculating compound growth with negative numbers and zeros
Have you ever worked on a business or finance project and ran into a situation where you were analyzing compound growth rates only to be...

Yannick Laurent
Nov 27, 20241 min read
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