Watching yields on sovereign debt these days is like a fantasy world, reality no longer exists.  While the debt is real, the yields are totally unrealistic.  This is particularly the case for the former Eurozone debt transgressors, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and

Nigeria

As much as 400,000 barrels of oil a day are stolen in Nigeria. This equates to losses of $1.7 billion a month for Africa's new largest economy. This represents 7.7 percent of its GDP vanishing, or more than the country spends on education and healthcare. These numbers paint a harsh picture

Several months back, I took a brief look at the velocity of money, a concept that can be rather abstract and one that seems to be unreported in the monthly slew of economic data.  Given that the economy in the first quarter of 2014 contracted, I thought that it was a good time to revisit and

The new world of investing is a different place with investors desperate for decent yields on Treasuries, CDs, GICs and bonds of all types that are above inflation. Thanks to Mr. Bernanke and now Ms. Yellen, yields on fixed income investments are at multi-generational lows and have remained there

Much has been made about the role that hydraulic fracturing – or fracking -- has played in revolutionizing the energy landscape, unlocking vast new reserves of oil trapped in shale rock. This "tight oil" is pouring into the global pool of oil supplies at a crucial time, preventing oil prices from

The Federal Reserve, in its infinite wisdom, has likely created another in a long series of bubbles.  This time, their bargain basement level interest rates have led to this:
  Total outstanding non-financial corporate debt

Back in October 2013, I posted a brief on the return of collateralized debt obligations or CDOs, those toxic little gems that helped bring the financial world to its knees in 2008 - 2009.  I thought that it was time for an update to see what the great minds of Wall Street are selling to their