interest rates

The Variable-Rate World Stares Into The Abyss – Again

December 6, 2016 13 Comments

Back in 2013 interest rates in the US and elsewhere started to rise, and the results were scary to put it mildly. Here’s an excerpt

These Were Supposed To Be Hillary’s Numbers!

November 30, 2016 7 Comments

Good headlines just keep coming. The Chicago PMI index of Midwest economic activity jumps to its highest level in two years. The ADP employment report

Welcome To The Currency War, Part 23: Europe Will Devalue Or Dissolve

November 27, 2016 21 Comments

No rest for the wicked. With the shockwaves from Brexit and President Trump still reverberating around the world, the established order is bracing for more

Another Election Year, Another Bunch Of Fake Growth Numbers

November 23, 2016 19 Comments

Some pretty good economic reports have energized various parts of the financial markets lately. Consumer spending is up, GDP is exceeding expectations and even factory

We’re All Hedge Funds Now, Part 4: Central Banks Become World’s Biggest Stock Speculators

November 7, 2016 42 Comments

At first, the idea of central banks intervening in the equity markets was probably seen even by its fans as a temporary measure. But that’s

The Floodgates Begin To Open

October 15, 2016 25 Comments

It’s now clear that what governments did to counter the Great Recession may have delayed systemic collapse, but did not resurrect the old normal. Growth

It’s Not Just Deutsche Bank. The Entire Financial Sector Is Sick

September 30, 2016 13 Comments

These are great times for financial assets — and by implication for finance companies that make and sell them, right? Alas, no. Just the opposite.

Even Hedge Funds Can’t Understand Today’s Manipulated Markets

August 15, 2016 7 Comments

One of the big surprises of the past few years is the number of brand-name hedge funds reporting terrible results. Their customers are not amused:

Podcast: A Tough Time To Manage Money

August 15, 2016 4 Comments

In normal times, some asset classes are expensive others are cheap, making it easy to use historical relationships to decide where to invest. That’s not

Can You Imagine The Fed Raising Interest Rates In This World? Europe In Chaos Edition

July 7, 2016 17 Comments

Two short months ago it was generally expected that US interest rates would rise for the balance of the year — a move made possible

Something Huge Is Coming From Japan

July 3, 2016 28 Comments

Pretend, for a minute, that your country responds to the bursting of a credit bubble by borrowing unprecedented amounts of money and using it to

Unintended Consequences, Part 3: “How Do I Get Away From Negative Yields?”

June 9, 2016 10 Comments

The theory was pretty straightforward: push interest rates down far enough — in some cases to negative territory where borrowers actually turn a profit on

Unintended Consequences, Part 2: Easy Money = Overcapacity = Trade Wars

May 27, 2016 12 Comments

It’s unclear what China was thinking when it was borrowed all those trillions to quadruple its capacity to make steel, cement and other basic industrial

Wall Street Is Falling Off A Cliff, And The Bottom Is A Long Way Down

May 6, 2016 16 Comments

For the past 50 or so years, the quickest way for a sharp young sociopath to get rich has been to join an investment bank

Podcast: Corporate Earnings (Among Other Things) Go From Bad To Horrendous

April 21, 2016 9 Comments

Goldman, Morgan Stanley and IBM release numbers that look, well, depression-like. Housing starts plunge, gold and silver spike, China’s bond market seizes up, and Deutsche

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interest rates

The Variable-Rate World Stares Into The Abyss – Again

These Were Supposed To Be Hillary’s Numbers!

Welcome To The Currency War, Part 23: Europe Will Devalue Or Dissolve

Another Election Year, Another Bunch Of Fake Growth Numbers

We’re All Hedge Funds Now, Part 4: Central Banks Become World’s Biggest Stock Speculators

The Floodgates Begin To Open

It’s Not Just Deutsche Bank. The Entire Financial Sector Is Sick

Even Hedge Funds Can’t Understand Today’s Manipulated Markets

Podcast: A Tough Time To Manage Money

Can You Imagine The Fed Raising Interest Rates In This World? Europe In Chaos Edition

Something Huge Is Coming From Japan

Unintended Consequences, Part 3: “How Do I Get Away From Negative Yields?”

Unintended Consequences, Part 2: Easy Money = Overcapacity = Trade Wars

Wall Street Is Falling Off A Cliff, And The Bottom Is A Long Way Down

Podcast: Corporate Earnings (Among Other Things) Go From Bad To Horrendous

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