Markets
Margin Debt and the Stock Market Feeding Frenzy
Thanks to the folks at the NYSE, we have a historical recap of monthly outstanding margin debt going all the way back to the 1950s. ……Read More
Business
Economy
Quantitative Easing The Risk Reward Balance
Now that Janet Yellen and her fellow American central bankers have signalled that the Fed's long experiment with quantitative easing is soon to end, it ……Read More
Markets
Using Tower Building to Predict Stock Market Returns
An interesting paper by Dr. Guenter Loffler, a Professor of Finance at University of Ulm in Germany titled "Tower Building and Stock Market Returns" draws ……Read More
Economy
The Stagnant Wage Modest Economic Growth Conundrum
A recent study, "Wage Woes" by Russ Koesterich at BlackRock examines what is missing in the post-Great Recession recovery and how this missing factor is ……Read More
Economy
Negative Interest Rates The Swiss Conundrum
A single sentence in a recent IMF Article IV Consultation by the IMF shows us how the world's current economic situation can only be termed ……Read More
Markets
The Banking System’s Disappearing Money Act
Now that Janet Yellen has telegraphed what the Federal Reserve will be doing next, with the economy looking rather weak at best, one has to ……Read More