Markets
Saudi-Iran Dispute Won’t Cause Lasting Oil Price Rally
Oil prices jumped on the first trading day of 2016 as Middle East tension outweighed a selloff in financial markets around the world. Oil markets ……Read More
Business
Markets
The Q Ratio and Stock Market Valuations
Way back in June, I posted a brief article on Tobin's Q, a measure that gives us a good idea of whether stock market valuations ……Read More
Economy
$10 Trillion Investment Needed To Avoid Massive Oil Price Spike Says OPEC
OPEC says that $10 trillion worth of investment will need to flow into oil and gas through 2040 in order to meet the world’s energy ……Read More
Economy
Fair Wages for Hard Work? Not in America
An analysis by Josh Bivens at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities looks at the connection between wages and inflation. The strong link between ……Read More
Economy
Adding Insult to Injury for North America’s Oil Industry
While the markets focus on oil prices, oil producers in North America are suffering from low prices in another of their commodities, natural gas. ……Read More
Economy
Bracing Ourselves for Negative Interest Rates
Way back in August 2012, I first posted an article on negative interest rates. At that time, the European Central Bank was discussing the possibility ……Read More