The biggest advantage of passive investing is not that it mirrors the market; that advantage becomes a disadvantage when the market declines. No, the real advantage of passive investing is that inve...
Back in June, Deutsche Bank’s Aleksandar Kocic set out to quantify complacency. While there’s certainly been no shortage of commentary containing the term “complacency” from analysts and p...
Orthodox monetary theory tells us that central banks matter, a lot. Monetary policy is supposed to be the difference in everything from economy to currency. If one central is doing one thing and anoth...
Investors who have held Facebook (FB) shares for years are probably well-accustomed to concerns that the social network is falling out of favor among teens, which date back years, but these concerns ...
Video length: 00:07:24 The tone of the markets has changed. We are seeing higher levels of stock correlation and volatility products are all pointing towards risk. Watch tonight’s video as we lo...
Let’s take a closer look at recent activity in US Treasuries. The yield on the 10-year note ended the day at 2.17% and the 30-year bond closed at 2.75%, both their lowest since late June. Her...
According to the most recent report on the U.S. Financial Institutions Derivatives trading activity, the U.S. banks held a record amount of precious metals contracts in the first quarter of 2017. Not ...
Volatility and uncertainty have raised the appeal for dividend investing lately. Though the broad equity markets are showing up after two consecutive weeks of losses on steady economic fundamentals an...
As value managers, we are often asked if a company whose stock price is down substantially is a value trap. This is especially true when we are auditioning new holdings. We like to buy a company with ...