For over 10 years, FactSet has continued to build our collection of global datasets offering you the most accurate information and unparalleled transparency. Now the FactSet Research Desk complements FactSet-sourced data with thought leadership, commentary, and research reports. FactSet clients receive reports through the FactSet platform. If you are not a client, subscribe below to receive new reports by e-mail.  | Economic Insight Frequency: Monthly
Overview: Research and analysis into topics affecting the global economy
Publication Highlights: - Details on how a country's yield curve can be an indicator of economic stability
- Insight into unemployment rates and other measures
- Predictions for economic estimates on the path of the U.S. economy
|  | Earnings Insight Frequency: Weekly
Overview: An in-depth look at earnings trends of companies in the S&P 500 index
Publication Highlights: - Key metrics to analyze corporate revenues and earnings using FactSet Estimates
- Extensive historical data from FactSet Market Aggregates on sector- and index-level valuations
- Comparison of annual estimates from industry analysts (bottoms-up) relative to strategists (top-down) at the index-level
|  | Targets and Ratings Frequency: Monthly
Overview: Examines the trends in target prices and recommendations for companies in the S&P 500 index at both the company and aggregate level.
Publication Highlights: - Aggregate data on the number of buy, hold, and sell ratings at the sector and index level
- A breakdown of companies with the highest percentages of buy, hold, and sell ratings
- A comparison of the aggregate, index-level target price from industry analysts relative to the mean target price from strategists
- A look at companies with the highest percentage of upside or downside differences between their mean target and closing price
|  | Buyback Quarterly Overview: Analysis of current and historical share buyback activity at the company, sector, and index levels for the S&P 500 index.
Publication Highlights: - Examinations of buyback-related metrics including shares available for repurchase, trends in shares outstanding, and dollar-value buybacks relative to free cash flow
- Examinations of company-level metrics, including buyback yields and repurchase prices relative to average stock prices
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Dividend Quarterly
Overview: An in-depth look into the dividend trends of companies in the S&P 500.
Publication Highlights: - Commentary on sector-level dividends per share, yields, and payout ratios
- Comparisons of company EPS growth to short, medium, and long-term DPS growth rates
- Backtest results of the dividend-related factors that have best predicted forward returns
|  | Cash and Investment Quarterly Overview: Outlines the trends in corporate cash balances and quarterly investment activities of companies in the S&P 500 index.
Publication Highlights: - Research on capital expenditures, dividend payments, share buybacks, and M&A
- Examinations of company, sector, and index level net long-term debt issuance
- Backtest results examining the relevant factors to cash and corporate investments
|  | Ownership Quarterly Overview: Two global reports that feature top-level equity exposures and trends within the largest institutional investors and hedge funds.
Institutional Report Highlights: - Insight into the most popular institutional holdings as well as securities that are rapidly gaining and losing favor
Hedge Fund Report Highlights:
- An examination of the fifty largest hedge funds and their largest portfolio holdings, purchases, and sales
- Analysis of the securities experiencing the largets increases and decreases in positions, as well as new holdings and complete liquidations within the largest hedge funds
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