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Negative Interest Rates A New Reality Coming Soon to a Federal Reserve Near You?

January 29, 2015 Tyler Perry 0

The very concept of negative interest rates seems counterintuitive. After all, why would you pay someone to hold your money for you? It intrinsically seems ……Read More

Stock Market Headwinds

January 21, 2015 Tyler Perry 0

In a recent posting, I looked at how demographic changes in the United States would have a long-term impact on housing prices. As baby boomers ……Read More

Switzerland National Bank’s Negative Interest Rates A Desperate Measure

January 19, 2015 Tyler Perry 0

Switzerland National Bank's (SNB) recent announcement that they were allowing the value of the Swiss franc to float upwards against the euro, discontinuing the ceiling exchange ……Read More

Why Did the Swiss National Bank Unpeg the Swiss Franc?

January 17, 2015 Tyler Perry 0

The announcement that the Swiss National Bank (SNB) was allowing the Swiss franc to "readjust" in value took the market by storm. Switzerland had long ……Read More

5 Ways To Play The Oil Price Plunge

January 14, 2015 Afsheen Shafiq 0

The collapse of the oil price has created losers and winners, and like every major movement in a commodity sector, the trick for investors is ……Read More

The Consequences of Overheating in the Energy Bond Market

January 12, 2015 Tyler Perry 0

A speech by Jeremy Stein, former Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis looks positively prescient, particularly as interest rates appear to be ……Read More