News

Facts are hard to come by these days.

In the ad-based online era, commercial news outlets have taken on the echo chamber quality of social media, reporting to a select audience in an openly biased fashion.  Unfortunately, the average citizen does not have time to manage his or her own fact-checking department.

Here are a few organizations with a mission to help make government data highly accessible.  Want to…

  • Draw your own conclusion on the economic recovery by exploring unemployment trends or leading economic indicators? (usafacts.org)
  • Understand exactly what is in the $1.9T American Rescue Plan Act, and how it differs from the $2.2T CARES Act? (usafacts.org)
  • Browse fact-checked news by date, by issue, by person or geographic location? (factcheck.org)
  • Read the least-biased news available? We like The Economist (economist.com), Financial Times (ft.com) and Consumer Reports (consumerreports.org).  Subscribe for full access, or browse the home pages and headline summaries for free.

Reasoned judgment and dispassionate analysis are at the core of our portfolio management process; we look to news sources that provide the same.  For the complete picture, however, sometimes it is necessary to go straight to the source: The voices of industry and the institutions that govern them.  Here are a few examples:

 

Semiconductor Industry

  • SIA, the Semiconductor Industry Association (semiconductors.org), advocates and organizes industry action
  • SEMI represents 2,400 companies in the electronics manufacturing & design supply chain (semi.org)
  • Semiconductor Engineering (semiengineering.com), deep insights for the tech industry from an engineering perspective

 

Pharmaceutical & Biotech

  • PhRMA (phrma.org) represents the leading biopharmaceutical research companies, supporting the search for new treatments and cures
  • S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA.gov)
  • The National Institute of Health’s medical trials database (ClinicalTrials.gov)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov)

 

Finance

  • Federal Reserve Bank (federalreserve.gov)
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (occ.treas.gov)
  • S. Securities & Exchange Commission (sec.gov)
  • American Bankers Association (aba.com)
  • Independent Community Bankers of America (icba.org)

 

Government & Trade

  • Congressional Budget Office (cbo.gov)
  • Office of Management & Budget (whitehouse.gov/omb)
  • Federal Trade Commission (ftc.gov)
  • S. International Trade Commission (usitc.gov)
  • Library of Congress (congress.gov)

 

Aerospace & Defense

  • Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov)
  • International Air Travel Association (iata.org)
  • S. Department of Defense’s news listings (defense.gov/Explore/News/Listing/) or department websites (defense.gov/Resources/Military-Departments/DOD-Websites/)

 

Autos, EVs & Supply Chain

  • Alliance for Automotive Innovation (autosinnovate.org)
  • GoElectricDrive (goelectricdrive.org)
  • Original Equipment Suppliers Association (oesa.org)

 

Internet & Communications

  • Telecommunications Industry Association (tiaonline.org)
  • Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Assn. (ctia.org)
  • Computer & Communications Industry Assn. (ccianet.org)

 

Chemicals, Advanced Materials & Mining

  • American Chemistry Council (americanchemistry.com)
  • Composites Manufacturing (compositesmanufacturingmagazine.com)
  • National Mining Association (nma.org)

 

Industrials & Manufacturing

  • International Society of Automation (isa.org)
  • National Association of Manufacturers (nam.org)
  • Association of Equipment Manufacturers (aem.org)
  • Material Handling Industry of America (mhi.org)

 

Engineering & Construction

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (asme.org)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (asce.org)
  • Associated General Contractors of America (agc.org)

 

Transportation & Logistics

  • Association for Supply Chain Management (ascm.org)
  • National Association of Wholesalers & Distributors (naw.org)
  • American Trucking Associations (trucking.org)
  • American Association of Railroads (aar.org)
  • World Shipping Council (worldshipping.org)

 

Energy & Renewables

  • United States Energy Association (usea.org)
  • Renewable Energy World (renewableenergyworld.com)
  • Oil & Gas Journal (ogj.com)