Blog: Imagine Monetary Policy Implemented by Politicians
Would they have the guts to crash the economic party?
Topic
Market Uncertainty
A collection of 104 issues
Blog: Did August Market Volatility Mean Anything?
Was it "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing" or "Something wicked this way comes?"
Blog: Fuzzy Sets and the "Probability" of Fed Rate Cuts
Traders are unconsciously using fuzzy sets.
Blog: The Inflation Outlook Is Worse Than it Looks
Fed policy may not be as affective as investors think.
Newsletter: The Dispersion Index - A new measure of risk
A complement to the VIX.
Blog: Yield Curve Calls for Warp Speed
Interest rate risk signals full speed ahead.
Blog: Risk Measures - How Low can They Go?
Blog: Yet Another "New Normal"
The markets expect stability.
Blog: Picking a Winner
Market lessons from Paul the Octopus.
Blog - Leverage is Increasing: Is that a good thing, or a bad thing?
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that leverage is rising. Many people think leverage, which is going into debt, is always bad. Others feel the opposite. The fact that most people in the middle class borrow at least 80% of the value of their homes to buy them is