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How Big Are Commodity Index Funds? At over $336 billion in long index positions as of March 11, 2008, index trading accounts for almost 70% of all the money in the commodities market as measured by the CRB. These numbers are even more impressive...
Inflation Watch Update The attached tables update inflation rates through February 2008. In this month’s update, we also point out that 10-year Treasury yields are lower than annualized CPI for the first time since 1980.
What Is Taylor-Rule Neutrality For The Federal Funds Rate? Where should a neutral federal funds rate be? The Taylor Rule offers an objective standard to answer this question.
Mutual Fund Flows Update Tables updated through January 31, 2008 with data released February 28, 2008. Comments on Stock Funds, Bond Funds and Hybrid Funds, and the public’s break-even level. While domestic stock mutual funds had their largest...
Update On Canadian Markets The Canadian dollar is positioned to challenge its November 2007 high barring a reversal of American monetary policy.
Charts of the Week Topics Covered This Week Include: What Indicators Will Tell Us When The Bear Market Ends?- 1 What Indicators Will Tell Us When The Bear Market Ends?- 2 Stocks Continue To Diverge From Credit Housing Prices Are Not Bottoming Comparative Assessment Of The March 18th FOMC Meeting Is CMBX The New ABX?… Continue reading Untitled
Credit, Monolines And Auditors: Updating The Credit Crisis Audio Link of Conference Call February Conference Call Presentation Package.
Municipal Bonds Remain Under Pressure The municipal bond market remains in disarray with continued negative fundamentals.
Steeper Yield Curve’s Industry Group Effect On U.S. Equities The net effect of a steeper yield curve on U.S. equities is strongly positive, with the greatest benefits in the consumer sectors.
Commitments of Traders Update/Analysis Statistics cover the CoT report for January 22, 2008. Further charts and comments include: Eurodollar Futures: Hedgers Massively Short Swiss Franc Futures: The Franc Carry Trade Unwinds Crude Oil Futures: Crude...
Tanker Tariffs To Pressure U.S. Crude Oil In Short-Term Rising crude oil tanker tariffs presage an inventory build in the first quarter of 2008.
What Is The Real Cause Of The Credit Crisis? The credit crisis is the result of a nationwide decline in home prices. This, not the price of CDOs and other derivative securities, is what needs to end for the current crisis to end.