The global financial markets are full of anxiety. As yields on 10-year U.S. Treasury debt dropped to 1.44 percent yesterday, close to the all-time low of 1.30 percent in July 2012, the two most basic hedges against inflation and uncertain monetary policy, gold and TIPS, are the brightest areas in the market.The global financial markets are full of anxiety. Since Brexit looked like the reality it became, the British pound has lost about 10 percent of its value relative to the U.S. dollar and 9 percent against the euro. Yields on 10-year government debt are negative 0.12 percent in Germany and negative 0.19 percent in Japan, both record lows. Those on 10-year U.S. Treasury debt dropped to 1.44 percent yesterday, close to the all-time low of 1...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
Illuminating the value of technical research
On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.