Charts of the Week
Weekly Research Roundup
March 13, 2019
Selected charts and excerpts from our research over the past week
Selected charts and excerpts from our research over the past week
An interactive chart showing long-term interest rates
Mild inflation might help keep the Fed at bay, but it is only one part of the overall economic picture.
Today's topics include more on the MMT debate, the Fed’s failures, no-deal Brexit, the ECB after Draghi, hedge funds bet on consumer stocks, negative fee ETFs, reverse mortgages are staging a comeback and triple leveraged oil funds.
A replay of our January 25, 2019 conference call
Although the concept of modern monetary theory has been around for some time, Ben Bernanke laid much of the groundwork for applying it to real-life scenarios.
On Monday S&P Dow Jones released their annual SPIVA report, comparing actively managed funds against their benchmarks. The results do not paint a pretty picture of active management.
Today's topics include a new Brexit deal, the odds of a Trump impeachment, a contrarian look at inflation, credit fears, the reinvestment act and the labor market, corporate debt, why investors should focus more on the fundamentals, the White House proposes a record $4.75 trillion budget and the HFT battle in Aurora.
Applies to Quants in Finance Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should… https://t.co/oBKYZ9Ilsh — Jeff Goldblum (@jeffreygoldbIum) March 9, 2019
Citi's economic data indices do not currently paint a rosy picture for the global economy.
With the first quarter essentially complete, we look at expectations for the rest of 2019. Current forecasts are not pretty.