The Best Industries to Invest
…chuckled because they pointed out that market returns reflect what society wants, and companies respond by providing those goods and services. Beer and smokes – that’s what America has valued…
…chuckled because they pointed out that market returns reflect what society wants, and companies respond by providing those goods and services. Beer and smokes – that’s what America has valued…
…demand for basic materials like aluminum and steel. As housing has slowed there, demand for commodities has dropped, which we can see in the current commodities bust. The good news,…
…pays 2.45% for one year is because they believe rates short term rates will fall over the coming five years. This view is confirmed in the futures market. Based on…
…to include mainland Chinese stocks in their indexes. In the article, I noted that the fund had a 29 percent exposure to Chinese stocks at that time, which would increase…
…one major Wall Street firm said recently that he watches four indexes that serve as canaries in a coal mine: commodity prices, emerging market stocks, high yield bonds and small-cap…
…shrink in the coming years if Fed stops reinvesting the interest payments and maturities. Notice that even after it shrinks, their balance sheet still stands around $2.5 trillion – much…
…technology industry. Unlike most banks with a diversified deposit base that includes individuals of all sizes and types of businesses in different sectors, SBV’s deposits were mostly venture capital-backed tech…
…the future, but how much they pay for options contracts on the S&P 500 does signal how much volatility they expect. We’ve written a number of times about the low…
…while core inflation was 1.9 percent (core inflation excludes volatile food and energy costs). Everyone at Acropolis knows that retirees and pre-retirees worry a lot about healthcare costs. A recent…
…last week we got two important pieces of data about unemployment that told different stories. The good news is that the unemployment rate in march was 4.4 percent, which is…