Wall Street Currents

At the New York Fed: Research Conference on FinTech - Financial technology (“FinTech”) refers to the evolving intersection of financial services and technology. In March, the New York Fed hosted "The First New...

Willingness to pay for job security - Is the rise of ‘atypical’ work arrangements – such as self-employment, freelancing, gig work and zero-hour contracts – a result of workers wanting such job...

Book Review: Bond Pricing and Yield Curve Modeling - Riccardo Rebonato combines theory with current empirical evidence to build a robust understanding of what drives the government bond market.

为什么中国仍然需要香港 - 有些人认为，中国内地经济的快速发展已经削弱了香港与内地之间的经济联系，从而给了北京方面更大的回旋余地，给香港施加更大的压力。这种论点有一定的道理，但是我的观点有所不同：尽管香港的经济规模相比内地来说已经有所萎缩，但是它对内地的地位仍然是至关重要的。 中国香港对中国经济的重要性与其规模不成比例。自1997年以来，...

Sector Primer Series: Industrials - See what makes up the Industrials sector, and what effect the sector has on the S&P 500.

How is your Tightrope? - 361 Capital Market Commentary | July 15th, 2019 Slacklines are tough. Great exercise for your core, but it takes hours of practice just to get that balan...

Dividend Payers Return Lags The Return Of The Non Dividend Payers - S&P Dow Jones Indices recently reported the return for the dividend payers and non-dividend payers in the S&P 500 Index for the period ending June 28, 2019...

Ray Dalio – John Mauldin Conversation, Part 6 - This is the final letter of the six-part series of my reply to Ray Dalio’s essays. Here are some links to help you wrap it all together.

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Meatless Future or Vegan Delusions? The Beyond Meat Valuation - In a big year for initial public offerings (IPOs), with Uber, Lyft, Pinterest and Zoom, to name just a few, already having gone public and more companies w...

Modern Monetary Theory Makes Sense, Up to a Point - The term “modern monetary theory” has been talked about so much lately that we mainstream economists need to try to understand it. We’re having trouble, th...

The Case for Avoiding U.S. Stocks and Buying Asia Instead - CLSA strategist Christopher Woods lays out his views on Asian emerging markets and the potential Trump trade deal with China—and says why the U.S. is his l...

Elevate your discovery process to help win great clients - As an advisor, honing your skills in asking the deep discovery questions sets the tone for a superior client experience. These simple steps may help you bu...

Company Notes Digest 11.05.18 - Each week we read dozens of transcripts from earnings calls and presentations as part of our investment process. Below is a weekly post which contains some...

VIX + Quants - The perception out there is that VIX traders are typically cowboys—swinging for the fences a la Mr. 50 cent or turning a small stake into millions like the...

Brackets and Defense – LOVOL and VXTH Indexes (that Bought VIX Calls) Had Lower Volatility - Over the past two months, there has been increased interest in (1) portfolio protection strategies (2) learning more about prudent uses of VIX® futures and...

Trump Plays with Fire on Trade - Our weekly commentaries provide Euro Pacific Capital's latest thinking on developments in the global marketplace. Opinions expressed are those of the writ...

Home Equity Wealth at New High - The latest flow-of-funds data from the Federal Reserve confirmed that home-equity wealth reached a new nominal high this year: $13.9 trillion at mid-2017,...

Former Morgan Stanley Executive to Expand Rockefeller Capital Management - Gregory Fleming, formerly with Morgan Stanley, will expand Rockefeller Capital Management’s asset and wealth management businesses.

A New Challenge to the Dollar - Our weekly commentaries provide Euro Pacific Capital's latest thinking on developments in the global marketplace. Opinions expressed are those of the writ...

Econophysics of Business Cycles: Aggregate Economic Fluctuations, Mean Risks and Mean Square Risks (arxiv.org) -

Robots Expose Firms to Compliance Risks - Pressure to cut costs by replacing humans with robots may end up hurting firms if they’re not careful, PwC says.

MSCI Risk Monitor: RiskMetrics Europe - October 2015 - Under a standard RiskMetrics forecasting model, this monthly Risk Monitor reports on the evolution of risk forecasts for 12 key risk factors chosen for t...