Search Results for: financial crisis
Dumb – And Dumber — Money Keeps Pouring In
August 11th, 2017
Someday, stock, bond and real estate valuations will matter again. And the mechanism by which this return to sanity is achieved will probably be the torrent of money now flowing in from people who, for various reasons, don’t care ...
Betting on market volatility? Here’s what you need to know
August 8th, 2017
The CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, is a key measure of market expectations of a near-term volatility conveyed by S&P 500 stock index option prices. The VIX has closed 17 times below 10 this year and close to 50 ...
Why economists cannot forecast recessions
July 28th, 2017
The purpose of this article is to draw the widest attention to the chronic inability of the economic establishment to forecast recessions. Next time you hear an economist make a prediction on mainstream media, your default assumption should ...
How can the Fed possibly unwind QE?
July 21st, 2017
There are currently two important items on the Fed’s wish list. The first is to restore interest rates to more normal levels, and the second is to unwind the Fed’s balance sheet, which has expanded since the great financial ...
Here is a list of world’s safest currencies
July 14th, 2017
When it comes to havens among currencies, the yen is the safest of them all, according to a correlation analysis by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economists. Goldman Analysis Has Yen Topping Swiss Franc as Safest of Havens Japan’s currency ...
The logic of a modern gold standard
July 14th, 2017
The logic of a modern gold standard In last week’s Insight, I analysed the current geopolitical situation and concluded that it was now in the interest of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to break from the US dollar completely, ...
Cosco Shipping to acquire Orient Overseas for $6.3bn
July 10th, 2017
Cosco Shipping Holdings Ltd agreed to buy Orient Overseas International Ltd for $6.3bn in cash, creating the world’s third-largest container-shipping company as the industry shrinks after years of losses and overcapacity. Cosco, China’s biggest container carrier, will pay shareholders ...
Barclays and former executives charged with fraud conspiracy
July 3rd, 2017
Ex-CEO John Varley, Roger Jenkins among four men charged Charges relate to Barclays’s 2008 capital raising with Qatar Barclays Plc and four former executives will appear in a London court for the first time Monday to face allegations they ...
How gold can rescue pensions
June 15th, 2017
The World Economic Forum, in conjunction with Mercers (the actuaries) recently estimated that the combined pension deficit currently stands at $66.9tr for eight countries, rising to $427.8tr in 2050. The eight countries are Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Netherlands, ...
Asia Stocks Mixed Before Key Europe, U.S. Events
June 8th, 2017
Asia Stocks Mixed Before Key Europe, U.S. Events Oil crawls back after tumbling Wednesday on stockpiles report Investors remain cautious; yen erases loss on BOJ report Investors were reluctant to add big positions ahead of key events looming in ...
