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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…
Navigating Volatility: The Case for Tactical Alpha
In today's volatile markets, alternative investments are key for diversification, resilience, and returns, but they demand expertise to navigate. Ash Lawrence, Head of AGF Capital Partners and Scott Radke, CEO and Co-CIO of New Holland Capital discuss...
Interest Rate Policy To Impact The Dollar And Commodity Related Industries
by David Templeton, Horan Capital Advisors All eyes have been on the Federal Reserve recently as talk of…
Changing Picture? (Sonders)
June 14, 2013 by Liz Ann Sonders, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Strategist, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.…
TIPS yield turns positive on 10-year note for first time since 2012
by Ben Eisen, The Tell Blog Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, passed the latest threshold in their dramatic…
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…
The Economy and Bond Market Radar (June 10, 2013)
The Economy and Bond Market Radar (June 10, 2013) Treasury yields moved higher again this week as the…
Will Labor Force Participation Bounce Back?
Will Labor Force Participation Bounce Back? by Leila Bengali, Mary Daly, and Rob Valletta Federal Reserve Bank of…
The Fed's Dilemma (Minerd)
The Fed's Dilemma by Scott Minerd, CIO, Guggenheim Partners LLC “Volatility is rising and asset prices are highly…
Japan's Easy Money Tsunami
Submitted by David Howden of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, The Bank of Japan has embarked on one…
What Is Economic Growth? (And Why Don't We Have Any)
Submitted by Martin Sibileau of A View from the Trenches blog, As we are in the final stage…
Mark Carney's False Ideology
Submitted by Caleb McMillan of the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada, Photo: Source Neil Macdonald of the…
The Economy and Bond Market Radar (June 3, 2013)
The Economy and Bond Market Radar (June 3, 2013) Treasury yields moved sharply higher this week as the…
Inflation at Odds with Equities
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism Another interesting divergence here via Societe Generale research. Like the commodity trend, we’re…
Hugh Hendry: Investment Outlook (May 2013)
From Hugh Hendry, CIO of The Eclectica Fund. The Fund was down 18 bps in April. The main…
Death by Carry
Authored by Bill Blain of Mint Partners, These are not easy times for the global bond market. We’re…