Economy
President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Legacy
Now that the Obama Administration is officially finished, I thought that it was a good time to revisit a subject that I haven’t posted on ……Read More
Business
Markets
Stocks sink as Trump talk turns to trade
Market Insights Stock markets around the world have been declining to start the first full week of the Trump Administration as the potential risks to ……Read More
Markets
CAD and MXN in focus as mixed markets await today’s big Trump speech
Market Insights The big day everyone has been eagerly awaiting (or dreading) for over two months since the US election is finally here. Today Donald ……Read More
Economy
Losing Jobs to Computerization
While Donald Trump quite regularly refers to either bringing jobs back to America or keeping jobs in America, a paper by Carl Frey and Michael ……Read More
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
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