Markets
What are Credit Default Swaps Telling Us About the Economy?
Credit Default Swaps (aka CDS) are one of those little understood (by Main Street) but highly imaginative products brought to you by the creative minds ……Read More
Business
Economy
Negative Interest Rates Caught Between and Rock and a Hard Place
Throughout the six year history of this blog, I have occasionally posted articles on negative interest rates, a monetary policy that seemed utterly far-fetched back ……Read More
Markets
Wall Street and Washington You Scratch My Back and I’ll Scratch Yours
We keep hearing about various presidential candidates, particularly Hillary Clinton, and their connections to Wall Street but few of us are aware just how significant ……Read More
Economy
The Impact of Low Oil Prices on the Global Economy
We've all seen oil prices do this over the past two years: …and have heard many pundits, economists and experts pontificate about the impact ……Read More
Economy
America’s Long-term Fiscal Problem
Given the fact that the United States is in the middle of a presidential cycle, one subject has received a backbench status when compared to ……Read More
Economy
The Debt Trap This Time It Really Is Different
With the volatility in the world's stock and commodity markets being foremost on many investors minds, I wanted to take a look at some recent ……Read More