ABOUT 6 HOURS AGO at 10:00am EDT
Managing risk isn’t about being short or just having a high allocation of capital to cash, but rather preparing and contemplating events that could happen and impact our portfolios.
1 DAY AGO at 11:52am EDT
When it comes to fiscal and monetary policy in Japan and the U.S., there have been plenty of mistakes made throughout the past few decades.
2 DAYS AGO at 10:51am EDT
Currently as we survey the global macro landscape, we see a number of markets making trails that both concern us and really inform our broader perspective. This morning we highlight three of those: the yield curve, the Swiss Franc, and copper.
3 DAYS AGO at 11:30am EDT
Despite the political curtain that is often drawn in Russia, the country’s natural resources offer a compelling investment opportunity with a commensurate risk premium.
3 DAYS AGO at 05:40pm EDT
Today’s made-up numbers from the commerce department suggest that the economy is in fairly bad shape.
4 DAYS AGO at 01:36pm EDT
Never forget that Wall Street makes its money by getting its hands on yours. Whether they pride themselves on their banking, their trading, or their research, marketing is the Sweet Spot in nearly every successful investment bank.
4 DAYS AGO at 12:47pm EDT
The one key takeaway from Chairman Bernanke’s speech should be that he remains somewhat naïve about how much the U.S. economy has slowed, and its ability to regain trend line growth.
4 DAYS AGO at 08:22am EDT
One good metric for evaluating the economic leadership and their ability to know what they are pitching is the unemployment rate.
