As 2020 draws to a close, the finance world is awash with market commentators making bold predictions for the year ahead. For what it’s worth, here’s...
Today’s news highlights the dilemma facing the Fed at this week’s meeting. This, for instance, from Bloomberg: The first Covid-19 vaccine shots were administered by U.S....
Oil gains capped as OPEC lowers forecast Crude prices pared gains after OPEC lowered their demand forecast for the first quarter and as the global equities...
Abstract: This article examines the non-issue of bank clearinghouse certificates during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Instead of a market failure, this non-issue is found...
The Canadian dollar has kicked off the new trading week with slight gains. Currently, USD/CAD is trading at 1.2748, down 0.22% on the day. The pair...
Stocks Jump On Vaccine Rollout, Hopes For Bipartisan Stimulus Bill Tyler Durden Mon, 12/14/2020 - 08:05 US equity futures jumped alongside European markets on Monday amid...
In a recent interview, Dr. Robert Shiller justified "sky-high" stock prices by using a measure called the "Earnings CAPE yield" or ECY. To wit: "There has...
The final full week of the year before the festivities start and what a week it’s shaping up to be. No easing into the holiday period...
One final push this week before markets enter into holiday mode and with so much still unresolved, it should be quite the final stretch. Asian markets...
Here Is The Little-Known Provision In The CARES Act That Could Trigger A Year-End "Selling Deluge" Tyler Durden Sun, 12/13/2020 - 18:30 One week before the...
Jerome Powell The "Most Transformational" Fed Chair Since Volcker, Bloomberg Gushes Tyler Durden Sun, 12/13/2020 - 11:00 The ignorance surrounding monetary policy in the financial journalism...
American companies have raised almost $1 trillion in the U.S. corporate bond market since March. Based on Compustat data, these companies employ more than 16 million...
CloseCloseCloseStocks plunge into a bear market as the viral outbreak threatens to devastate the economy.Healthcare has performed relatively better than the broader market which already has...
A comprehensive study of why bitcoin investment is a massively underrated opportunity in today’s macro landscape. The post Bitcoin Is The Move appeared first on Bitcoin...
Two down, two to go The month of compromise has delivered two so far. OPEC+ agreed on output targets for next year while the EU27 gave...
Solar Energy Could Power Silver Higher Tyler Durden Fri, 12/11/2020 - 07:05 Via SchiffGold.com, Saxo Bank projects silver will soar to a record $50 an ounce in 2021,...
Stock markets are in the red on Friday, as we continue to see consolidation in the markets after a fantastic run since early November. Little by...
Macroeconomic slack is such an easy, intuitive concept that only Economists and central bankers (same thing) could possibly mess it up. But mess it up they...
Logica Capital commentary for the month ended November 2020, discussing inflation breakevens. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Logica Absolute Return – Up/Down Convexity...
In 2020, the secondary market played a pivotal role. In the year ahead, it remains to be seen whether actions the Fed took will be enough...
The outperformance of growth stocks over value stocks since the Great Recession1 has been widely discussed, and many investors are questioning if it is now value’s...
Peter Schiff: The Bond Market Is Broken Tyler Durden Wed, 12/09/2020 - 13:08 Via SchiffGold.com, A lot of pundits and analysts insist inflation isn’t a problem because the...
President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that ensures the U.S. government prioritizes delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to American citizens before sending them to other nations.
Talks continue on US stimulus, Brexit In Asia, equity markets are off to a modestly positive start today, helped along by a new US916 billion stimulus...
British pound jumpy over Brexit Currency markets remain range-bound, with volatility being led by sterling as it bounces around on Brexit trade talk developments and rumours....
Are We In A "New Normal"? Tyler Durden Tue, 12/08/2020 - 16:27 Authored by Tuomas Malinen via GnSEconomics.com, The past two years have been especially brutal...
The longer-term growth outlook for the global economy continues to improve. Most recently, the news that a number of vaccines are proving effective at preventing COVID-19...
Report: $9M Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) Loan Went To Firm Tied To Convicted Felon Who Was Sentenced to Prison For Tax Fraud 3 Weeks Later...
"More Dangerous Than You Think" - Global Stock Market Cap Tops $100 Trillion For First Time Ever Tyler Durden Mon, 12/07/2020 - 17:34 One hundred trillion...
Expensive Markets Are More Dangerous Than You Think Tyler Durden Mon, 12/07/2020 - 15:30 Authored by Daniel Lacalle, According to JP Morgan, equity markets have not been...