If you knew with 100% certainty that an economic recession was coming, would you alter your long-term asset allocation? If your answer is yes, then proceed to the next question. If you knew that trying to time the market correctly is virtually impossible, would you try to do it anyway? If so, you need to …
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Short and sweet, Lots of charts. Here is a brief update on some the major macro issues moving markets.
Credit markets around the globe are beginning to show signs of stress. The one outlier is the US High Yield bond market. Can the performance be sustained? Click here to read the entire post on Forbes
If you have picked up a newspaper in the last week, you are probably aware of the turmoil in Europe. Anti-Euro rhetoric in Italy is once again threatening financial stability in the region. The political chaos in Italy is spreading to other European markets, causing financial stress across asset classes. Here are 5 charts highlighting the impact …
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Warren Buffett popularized Ben Graham’s notion of “Margin of Safety” when evaluating the quality of an investment. The idea is that the future is unpredictable and we have to allow for the chance that our projections may be wrong, so we need a cushion in our analysis to protect us when things don’t go according to plan. …
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Stress in Italy; a break out in 10-year yields; carnage in emerging markets. Lot’s happened this week in fixed-income. Read the post to get the details.
Unfortunately, many people ruin their chances to get hired at first contact by failing to execute a simple maneuver: the handshake. Click here to read the entire story on LinkedIn
This week’s edition has some interesting charts on investor sentiment, the reflation trade, the Iranian Rial weakness, higher EM bond yields, share buybacks and more.
The (temporary) breach of the 3% level in 10-year rates, corporate earnings, the weakness in emerging markets, the recent bounce in the USD and the potential easing of geopolitical tensions are all driving the news flow. Here are some observations from last week: There is usually a pretty tight correlation between interest rates and stocks …
A brief summary of developments in the global fixed income markets.
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