Markets
Are Mutual Funds Being Haunted by Shadow Banking and Illiquidity?
In the October 2014 edition of the IMF's Global Financial Stability Report, there is a very interesting paragraph buried on page (ix) of the Executive ……Read More
Business
Markets
Guess Who’s Buying Treasuries?
In case you weren't aware, the Federal Reserve's H.8 database provides the public (most of who don't pay any attention) with information about the assets ……Read More
Economy
Low Oil Prices Hurting U.S. Shale Operations
Slumping oil prices are putting pressure on U.S. drillers. The number of active rigs drilling for oil and gas fell by their most in two ……Read More
Economy
Nobody’s Home America’s Vacant Housing Problem
FRED, that wonderful source of all things economic, has a lot of interesting data that is there for the taking. As you'll see in this ……Read More
Markets
The Price-Earnings Ratio and the Overbought Stock Market
The recent volatility in the stock market has come as shock to many investors, however, looking at historical data, we shouldn't really be all that ……Read More
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