Markets
Sink or Swim Dow Jones Today
With eight years of rising debt worldwide amid political stress from wars to elections, discussion about relief has increased sharply. Still, central bankers have in ……Read More
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Quantifying a Bond Market Correction
I recently posted an article on the unintended consequences that central bank actions have had on the global bond market. According to a recent poll ……Read More
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The Next Sector To Recover From The Oil Price Crash
Oilfield services, shipbuilders and other industries that rose with the pre-2014 oil price boom have had it hard. Since barrel rates fell, their previous patrons ……Read More
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Unintended Consequences I – The Bond Market
In this multipart series, I will take a look at the unintended consequences of the ultra-long period of near-zero or negative interest rates. In part one, ……Read More
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OPEC’s Output Freeze: What Has Changed Since Doha?
It's possible that OPEC is crying wolf with hints of an output freeze next month in Algiers; but it's also possible that they are ramping ……Read More
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How the Federal Reserve Blew Up the Stock Market
Sometimes after retirement, central bankers become surprisingly candid about the economy, their role in the economy and the Federal Reserve's role in how the economy ……Read More