…euro is unattractive: rising interest rates. Why does the stock market care? Because a lot of large US companies earn a substantial amount of their profits overseas, particularly in Europe….
…of the average volatility for the first quarter compared to the average volatility of all of last year and found that, yes, markets were a little more volatile. I’m not…
…he’s right. We don’t short securities, so this doesn’t affect us directly, but it’s a useful example of why we want short-sellers in the market. Often times, particularly in the…
…the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise short-term interest rates. If the move yesterday was the first salvo in a currency war where countries compete to devalue their currency, it could…
…what will happen to bond prices when the Fed raises rates. Well, now the Fed has hiked rates and bond prices have risen – the Agg is up 1.50 percent…
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union comprised of 28 countries from the tiny island of Malta with a population of 429,000 situated on 122 square miles…
As you can see in the chart below, earnings season is upon us. While 31 companies have already reported, a full 421 companies report in the next three weeks, leaving…
…that Buffett was not worried, even though he was largely silent at the time because he knows that even the most successful investing takes time and goes through rough patches.…
…based portfolio, and he’s right. Cliff’s solution, known as risk parity, takes equal risk within stocks and bonds (and other asset classes like commodities and credit). The chart below shows…
…Thorpe created a hedge fund that earned 20 percent per year for decades, net of his fees, which was one percent of the assets under management and 20 percent of…
