Tina Byles Williams https://www.xponance.com/author/tina-byles-williams/ An asset management and investment firm focused on emerging manager strategies Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:33:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.xponance.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Favicon-01-3.png Tina Byles Williams https://www.xponance.com/author/tina-byles-williams/ 32 32 The Precariat Are Still Mad! Real Talk on Immigration – Part II https://www.xponance.com/the-precariat-are-still-mad-real-talk-on-immigration-part-ii/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:11:26 +0000 ® Insights]]> https://www.xponance.com/?p=242325 This is the second of a three-part series on the two issues that led to 2024’s anti-incumbent party backlash. This paper evaluates salient macroeconomic, demographic, and social factors that have or should inform immigration policy, as well as the policy solutions put forward by the incoming administration to address unauthorized workers in America.

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]]> The Precariat Are Still Mad! An Analysis of 2024’s Incumbent Party Shellacking – Part I https://www.xponance.com/the-precariat-are-still-mad-an-analysis-of-the-incumbent-party-shellacking-in-2024-part-i/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:16:40 +0000 ® Insights]]> https://www.xponance.com/?p=242280 The electorate is in a foul mood. Not just in the U.S., but globally, where incumbent parties have faced unprecedented levels of reversal. In each of the 10 major countries tracked by the Financial Times’ ParlGov global research, incumbent leaders were either given the boot or a painful thrashing.

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]]> What? Me Worry? Geopolitics in the Age of Fiscal Largesse https://www.xponance.com/what-me-worry-geopolitics-in-the-age-of-fiscal-largesse/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:08:31 +0000 ® Insights]]> https://www.xponance.com/?p=241856 The summer of 2024 threatens to ignite transnational conflict with an unprecedented array of flashpoints never seen in the modern world.

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]]> Generative AI: Hope, Hubris, or Harrowing? https://www.xponance.com/generative-ai-hope-hubris-or-harrowing/ Mon, 26 Jun 2023 17:45:11 +0000 ® Insights]]> https://www.xponance.com/?p=240438 Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) models such as ChatGPT represent a transformative leap in the ability of machines to exhibit human-like behavior and to learn autonomously. AI can now surpass humans in a wide variety of cognitive tasks. Accordingly, a recent paper out of the University of Pennsylvania concluded that large language models could displace at least 10% of work tasks, affecting 80% of the US workforce.

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]]> Calling on the Ghost of Alexander Hamilton https://www.xponance.com/calling-on-the-ghost-of-alexander-hamilton/ Thu, 25 May 2023 18:21:18 +0000 ® Insights]]> https://www.xponance.com/?p=240293 In a report presented to Congress in 1790, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton described the “punctual performance of contracts”—that is, meeting all financial commitments on time—as a matter of national honor. It was also critical, Hamilton argued, to build confidence in a financial system and a national currency that could underwrite his fledgling country’s industrial development and provide “security against foreign attack”.

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]]> Alpine Snowball: Q2 2023 Market Outlook https://www.xponance.com/alpine-snowball-q2-2023-market-outlook/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:14:28 +0000 ® Insights]]> https://www.xponance.com/?p=240202 The graveyard of once legendary business franchises has just added one more new member to its ignominious fraternity. The hastily arranged acquisition of Credit Suisse by its chief Swiss rival UBS in March 2023, ended the 166-year run of the global symbol of Swiss banking largesse. Credit Suisse was once the 15th largest bank in the world with offices in 50 countries and assets of over $1 trillion USD.

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]]> Xponance Named a Best Place to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments for Third Consecutive Year! https://www.xponance.com/xponance-named-a-best-place-to-work-in-money-management-by-pensions-investments-for-third-consecutive-year/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 06:01:28 +0000 ® Press Release]]> https://www.xponance.com/?p=239697 The post Xponance Named a Best Place to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments for Third Consecutive Year! appeared first on Xponance | Asset Management and Investment.

]]> Michael A.B. Orr Joins Xponance as Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Alternatives https://www.xponance.com/michael-a-b-orr-joins-xponance-as-managing-director-chief-investment-officer-alternatives/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 14:10:50 +0000 ® Press Release]]> https://www.xponance.com/?p=239502 ​Philadelphia, October 17, 2022 - Xponance, Inc., a multi-strategy investment firm, announced today that Michael A.B. Orr has joined the firm as Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer of the firm’s Alternatives subsidiary, Xponance Alts Solutions, LLC (“XAlts”).

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]]> The Times They Are A-Changin’: Q4 2022 Market Outlook https://www.xponance.com/the-times-they-are-a-changin-q4-2022-market-outlook/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:21:30 +0000 ® Insights]]> https://www.xponance.com/?p=239427 As I write this research note, (October 13, 2022) annual core inflation has hit a 40-year high at 6.6% from a year ago (8.2% for overall inflation), guaranteeing another punishing rate hike by the FOMC. Market commentators are prognosticating about ...

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]]> The Monetary Caped Crusaders Find Their Kryptonite: Q3 2022 Market Outlook https://www.xponance.com/the-monetary-caped-crusaders-find-their-kryptonite-q3-2022-market-outlook/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:26:10 +0000 ® Insights]]> https://www.xponance.com/?p=239147 It’s not just Cardi B. asking the question! Economists, investors, CEOs of some of the country’s top companies and many in the general public are also worried that the economy is on the verge of recession. Plunging consumer and business confidence, contracting real incomes, and a peak in housing activity all point to a significant weakening in growth, even if the labor market remains healthy.

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