Markets
Corporate Financial Strip Mining The Plague of Stock Buybacks
A paper by William Laconic entitled “Profits Without Prosperity” looks at the main reason why high levels of corporate profitability after the Great Recession have ……Read More
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Markets
Bond Market Volatility Lessons from the Past
A rather fascinating article posted on the Bank of England’s Bank Underground website by Paul Schmelzing at Harvard University takes a very, very long look ……Read More
Markets
Oil Prices Running Out Of Reasons To Rally
Oil prices faltered at the start of the second week of the year, as fears set in about a rapid rebound in U.S. shale production. ……Read More
Markets
Oil and Gold active ahead of Trump press conference
Market Insights Oil and Gold active ahead of Trump press conference Equity traders have been reluctant to make big commitments ahead of today’s developments, but ……Read More
Economy
Ignoring the Reality of Economic Policy Uncertainty
While the stock market is on a tear and there seems to be nothing that will interrupt its rise to the stratosphere, an interesting measure ……Read More
Economy
Alternative Work Arrangements and the Real Health Of Employment in America
While the mainstream media, the Federal Reserve and Washington would have us believe this about the U.S. unemployment rate… …in fact, recent research by Lawrence ……Read More