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Capstone's Capital Markets Advantage
Proposed regulation and a burgeoning activist philosophy on the part of regulators is transforming industry. Our team complements its expertise in policy and politics with substantial investment buy-side and sell-side experience. We rigorously identify and quantify regulatory and political risks and opportunities in a wide swath of companies and specific transactions, providing differentiated insight in the process.
We dig deeper
Our process always involves a deep-dive analysis of state, federal, and international, and global policy. Our analysts mine news outlets, legislation, events, and other public resources to come up with unique investment ideas with a policy angle. We leverage our extensive outreach to relevant industry associations, advocacy groups, regulators, policymakers, and think tanks to gain a solid understanding of the relevant political landscape and the issues at hand. Our analysts focus on the minutiae of public policy by reading and reviewing public documents, including proposed rules and comment letters, proposed and enacted legislation, as well as policy meetings and hearings.
We engage
Our analysts regularly consult with our clients to help them understand important policy issues. An engagement with Capstone includes the ability to request ad-hoc policy research on existing and potential investments. At the direction of clients, our team can quickly identify key regulatory issues impacting investments. We treat client requests with complete confidentiality. Our focus on a fee-based model, rather than one requiring us to drive trading volume among our clients, allows us to maintain a more compact customer base permitting a more robust dialogue with our clients than our peers.
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Trump’s Movie Tariff Effort Faces Key Obstacles
May 21, 2025 By Andrew Gier, CFA, Head of Capstone's Trade Practice Capstone believes material obstacles will prevent the Trump administration from imposing tariffs on foreign films, shielding producers and streamers such as Netflix Inc. (NFLX), Walt Disney Co. (DIS),...
Section 232 Could Sink US Port Revenues
May 20, 2025 By Andrew Gier, CFA, Head of Capstone's Trade Practice Capstone believes that tariffs on China and Section 232 tariffs on heavy industrial products and vehicles will lead to significant long-term import slowdowns across US ports due to the magnitude of...
A Fractured Front: Why the US-Iran Negotiations Will Stall
May 2, 2025 By Daniel Silverberg, co-head of Capstone’s National Security practice The White House MAGA-versus-hawks fight was on full display after Donald Trump Jr. attacked the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a hawkish think tank advocating a complete...
