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Bloomberg View – Tim Duy: Fed Must Look at Soft Data to Justify a Rate Hike Note that the divergence between markets and the Fed appears to have been more a matter of increasing confidence in the outlook than one of dramatic change in the...
The Financial Times – Capital controls the talk of China parliamentarians “The biggest bottleneck enterprises encounter is the strict controls on foreign exchange,” Fu Jun, chairman of conglomerate Macrolink, told state media. “After a...
Of Dollars And Data (Blog) – The Fees Are Too Damn High: How Active Funds Have Cost Investors Over $250 Billion You read that right: The fees are too damn high and they have cost investors over $250 billion since the year 2000. I am talking...
MarketWatch.com – Bull market’s 8-year anniversary reminds us that the Dow rewards the bold Apple has gained nearly 1,000% since 2009 If investors took a leap of faith when the bottom fell out of the market eight years ago and invested...
The Financial Times – Goldman Sachs’ lessons from the ‘quant quake’ Nearly 10 years after its nadir, quantitative investing is again the hot trend in finance What became known as the “quant quake” subsided in a week and was largely...
The Wall Street Journal – Corporate Insiders Haven’t Been This Uninterested in Buying Stocks Since Ronald Reagan Was President Corporate executives are buying their own firms’ shares at the slowest pace in at least 29 years, the latest sign...
Charts of the Week Topics Covered This Week Include: Commitments of Traders Update – New Format Now Available! Time To Start Watching ADP? Time To Start Watching ADP? – 2 A Look At The Upcoming FOMC Meeting Equities Pricing In Strong Consumer And Govt Spending A Final Look At Q4 2016 Earnings Growth A Final Look… Continue reading Charts of the Week
The Financial Times – OECD warns of need to escape global ‘low-growth trap’ Static forecasts signal disconnect between business upswing and real economy outlook A strong upswing in business and consumer confidence and buoyant financial...
CBS News – 60 Minutes: France’s Marine Le Pen says she’s not waging a religious war “Everyone has the right to practice their religion, to worship as they choose,” the French presidential candidate says. “My war is...
The Wall Street Journal – Short-Dated U.S. Bond Yields Hit Post-Crisis High on Fed Anxiety Fed Chairwoman Yellen is scheduled to speak Friday The bond market is finally getting real to the possibility of a Federal Reserve interest rate...
February Total Return Review: A Look At Stock, Bond And Commodity Total Returns The attached tables and comments update the total returns through February. This month, we take a look at stock, bond and commodity returns.