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We Shouldn't Be Shocked By This New Proposal... But We Are
by Simon Black of Sovereign Man blog, Prof. Ken Rogoff’s book ‘This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of…
May 30, 2014
Interest Rate Scenarios and Stock Market Performance
by Ben Carlson, A Wealth of Common Sense “In the case of equities or real estate or farms…
May 22, 2014
Behold the Bounce Back in Risk Parity Returns
by Macro Man Although tomorrow's Fed minutes will likely attempt to elucidate some semblance of a revamped exit…
May 21, 2014
Putting the Plunge in Eurozone Yields into Perspective
by Dr. Ed Yardeni More surprising than the rally in US Treasury bonds is the plunge in Eurozone…
May 9, 2014
Louis Vincent Gave: Why Are Bonds Yields So Low?
by Louis Vincent Gave, Gavekal Research Why Are Bond Yields So Low? As long as men continue to…
May 7, 2014
An Improving Economy, But Lower Rates. Why the Disconnect?
Despite economic data showing an improving economy, interest rates remain stuck in a low and narrow range. Russ…
May 6, 2014
Economic Policy Uncertainty Doesn’t Tell us Much About Stock Returns
by Rick Ferri What happens in Washington has broad-reaching effects on the economy and our personal wealth. Uncertainty…
May 2, 2014
Want to See The Markets Get Confused? Even Lower Interest Rates
by Market Anthropology The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and…
May 1, 2014
Why the Bull Market (and Economy) Still Have a Couple of Years to Run
The Transition From a Risk Premium Reduction Market to a Growth Market by Conor Sen Matt Busigin (@mbusigin)…
April 28, 2014
Deborah Frame: Why Do We Accept Volatility as a Measure of Risk?
Not Your Grandfather’s Risk Measurement by Deborah Frame, Vice President, Investments, Cougar Global Investments Why Do We Accept…
April 28, 2014
Why Americans are Biased Toward Real Estate – They Can't Calculate Returns
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism The other day I posted this story citing a Gallup poll about how…
April 25, 2014
What Does Disinflation Mean for Bond Investors?
by Kathy Jones, Vice President, Fixed Income Strategist, Schwab Center for Financial Research Key Points With slow global…
April 25, 2014
Gold and Long Term Bonds: What's Most Likely?
by SIACharts.com This week for the Equity Leaders Weekly, we going to highlight a long-term interest rate and…
April 24, 2014
The Long-End of the Yield Curve Flattens
by Eddy Elfenbein, Crossing Wall Street Here’s a look at the yield spread between the 5- and 30-year…
April 23, 2014
Don't Bet on the Treasury Rally to Continue
by SoberLook.com Treasuries rallied sharply last week, mostly on the back of the sell-off in equities as well…
April 15, 2014