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The Trouble with Tapering (Minerd)
The Trouble with Tapering Rising interest rates are beginning to put pressure on the recovery in the housing…
June 21, 2013
Key ETF Performance and Fed Day Doldrums (Bespoke)
by Bespoke Investment Group Fed days have historically been good days for the market, but the last two…
June 20, 2013
"Hey Mr. Market, That QE Monkey On Your Back Has You By The Throat"
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog, Mr. Market has one little problem: the Fed monkey on his…
June 20, 2013
Managing Equity Risk: Some Rules for the Road
by Kurt Feuerman, AllianceBernstein Under the surface of May’s strong equity returns were major shifts in sector leadership,…
June 19, 2013
Tail-Risk Parity: The Quest for a Crash-Proof Portfolio
by Ashwin Alankar (pictured) and Michael DePalma, AllianceBernstein By any name—Black Swan, three-standard-deviation event or negative tail event—the…
June 19, 2013
Mr. Market’s Temper Tantrum Over Fed Tapering Talk
Mr. Market’s Temper Tantrum Over Fed Tapering Talk (via Market Shadows) Mr. Market’s Temper Tantrum Over Fed Tapering…
June 11, 2013
The Fed's Dilemma (Minerd)
The Fed's Dilemma by Scott Minerd, CIO, Guggenheim Partners LLC “Volatility is rising and asset prices are highly…
June 6, 2013
Japan's Easy Money Tsunami
Submitted by David Howden of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, The Bank of Japan has embarked on one…
June 4, 2013
Mark Carney's False Ideology
Submitted by Caleb McMillan of the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada, Photo: Source Neil Macdonald of the…
June 3, 2013
Death by Carry
Authored by Bill Blain of Mint Partners, These are not easy times for the global bond market. We’re…
May 29, 2013
QE from 35,000 Feet
by Scott Minerd, CIO, Guggenheim Partners LLC “A number of macro trends have proven fortuitous for the Federal…
May 23, 2013
