Markets
The Impact of Europe’s Negative Interest Rates
Here is an interesting graph from the European Central Bank: Notice that the first part of the curve has a negative yield? Currently, ……Read More
Markets
Markets
Are Margin Debt Levels Telegraphing the Stock Market’s Future?
Given the current high level of volatility in the stock market, I wanted to revisit a metric that reveals a great deal about investor sentiment, ……Read More
Markets
The 10 Biggest Energy Company Bankruptcies
Running a multi-billion dollar energy company isn’t easy. Just ask the executives in the corner suites of some of the energy companies that have gone ……Read More
Markets
The Bond Market Massacre
While the Federal Reserve is telegraphing that interest rates are likely to remain at their current near-zero interest rate levels for the foreseeable future, the ……Read More
Markets
Wall Street’s Newest Asset Class – Rental Income Bonds
The newest asset class on the block has its roots in the American housing market crash. Since October 2013, billions of dollars have been invested ……Read More
Markets
Fed Up With Federal Inaction, States Act Alone on Cap-and-Trade
Unsatisfied with the pace at which the federal government is acting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, several U.S. states and a few Canadian provinces are ……Read More