Should diversification be primary consideration in asset allocations?
byRecently one of the most successful Wall Street investors Warren Buffet urged investors to forget about active investment and simply put their money into…
Economic Cycles
..Crackle, Pop
by“The enthusiasm for Snap came despite the decision by some portfolio managers to shun the stock over concerns about the company’s decision to issue…
Can Yellen Keep the Boom Going?
byBy Brendan Brown Yellen, like notorious previous Fed chiefs including Strong, Martin, and Greenspan, can now claim success in having prolonged and strengthened an asset…
Zero Hedge: China Accounts For Half Of All Global Debt Created Since 2005: Here Are The Implications
byOver three years ago, in November 2013, when the world’s attention was still largely focused on what the “Big 4” central banks would do…
Cobden Centre Senior Fellow Detlev Schlichter at the Treasury Select Committee
byYou can see Cobden Centre Senior Fellow Detlev Schlichter’s insightful and pertinent contributions at the Treasury Select Committee’s enquiry into the “Effectiveness and Impact…
Inflation To Rise – We expect UK, ECB and US Policy to Diverge
byPurely for geopolitical reasons, namely frustration at the failure of the governments of individual member states to respond to repeated calls for “structural reforms”,…
The Austrian Prescription
byAt the start of the year it has become wearily traditional for us pundits to offer one of two genres of prediction. The first…
Price controls and propaganda
byMost economists agree on one thing; price controls do not work. Many go on to say they create shortages of goods, which inevitably drives…
Jeffrey P. Snider: Economic Hope As Inventory
byInventories in the fourth quarter rebounded rather sharply, at least in terms of how inventory is calculated as a contribution to GDP. The GDP…
Can the Fed tighten without rocking the economy?
byFed policy makers are of the view that the correct interest rate policy could bring the economy onto a path of economic stability and…