What Will Happen to Markets When QE Ends?
Good piece in the FT online today by Gavyn Davies on what wil happen to markets when QE (quantitative easing) ends. As we have witnessed...
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Stock Splits – A Momentum Effect
Mark Hulbert had a recent piece in the Wall Street Journal called How to Use Stock Splits to Build a Winning Portfolio. I find it...
Blackstone (BX) to Pull Much of its Client Money from SAC Capital: Report
SAC Capital Advisors, the $15 billion hedge fund founded by billionaire Steven A. Cohen, is losing the financial support of its biggest outside investor, according...
The Breathtaking Rally Could Be Running Out of Steam
Yes, we’ve seen this movie before and it ends badly. Not only has the little-guy investor joined the stock party, but they are doing so...
A Subtle View of Labor Market Improvement
In a speech delivered Tuesday to the Japan Society in New York City, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley offered his view...
Bernanke Saves the Day
There was some...itial consternation yesterday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave the clarity we were hoping to see. From Reuters: “If we see continued...
Sovereign Debt Concerns in 2013
Interest rates on government debt for a number of European countries– notably Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Spain– shot up considerably during 2010-2012. Those yields...
The ‘Smart Money’ Ain’t So Smart Anymore
Not long ago it seemed that the “smart money” was invested in hedge funds which generated outsized returns for investors. When broad markets fell by...
Pyromaniacs on the Potomac: The Problem With Obama’s Second Term
Six months...to a second term and the Obama White House is on the defensive and floundering: Benghazi, the IRS’s...vestigations of right-wing groups, the Justice Department’s...
We See Bubbles Everywhere – PIMCO’s Bill Gross
PIMCO’s Bill Gross brought a smile face mug on Bloomberg TV’s “Market Makers” today to illustrate to Erik Schatzker and Sara Eisen how happy he...