Wall Street Currents

Q&A: The Fed Will Manage a Soft Landing - An interview with John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, about recent economic trends and the Fed's response.

Seth Klarman: Investors Downplaying Risk “Never Turns Out Well” - Today’s Outside the Box is unusual in that it isn’t an original document but rather a summary of a client letter from one of the greatest investors of our ...

Intel Science Contest Is Overrated - Congratulations to the winning finalists in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search. But why all the hoopla? Such contests are fraught with misperceptions.

Conservation Finance Aims to Profit from Environmental Stewardship - Financial firms are working with nonprofits to find investment opportunities in sustainable fisheries and other eco-friendly efforts.

New evidence on the durability of social norms - Social norms have been shown to have important effects on economic outcomes. This column discusses new evidence showing that social norms are deeply root...

How to Move ESG from Philosophy to Alpha Generator - [image: ESG]Many investors are incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their equity analysis as a source of alpha. Read more

See you in May, CPAs - Tax season is upon us, bringing you an opportunity to reach out to CPAs and get on their calendar in May to discuss tax-aware investment strategies that ...

The Sterling Ratio Explained - The Sterling Ratio measures return over average drawdown, versus the more commonly used max drawdown. We break down the formula, its history (or lack of), ...

Putin Plays for Keeps in Crimea - By: John Browne Tuesday, March 11, 2014 For those investors who have grown used to the relatively minor geo-political crises of the past few years...

All-time Volume for VIX Futures in Extended Trading Hours (ETH) Tops 1.1 Million – By Matt Moran - Extended Trading Hours (ETH) are now offered for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) during the following time periods – 2:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Mo...

US-India Intellectual Property Rights Issues: Comment on USTR Special 301 Review [pdf] - Arvind Subramanian describes developments in intellectual property in India and proposes a way forward for the United States and India to settle issues i...

And Just Like That… - The post And Just Like That… appeared first on 361 Capital.

Has Automated Trading Promoted Efficiency in the FX Spot Market? - The relative merits of algorithmic and high-frequency trading are most often discussed in the context of equity markets.

Week Ahead Magazine: March 9, 2014 - Monday marks the five year anniversary of the current bull market. The Wall Street Journal reported return facts on this bull market run on Saturday. Highl...

Bitcoin Q & A: Bubble or Breakthrough? Both! Cult or Currency? Both! - As I have talked about or written on topics, I have learned that there are hot-button issues that almost always attract firestorms. Thus, when I write abou...

LOGIN TO REGISTER FOR the 2014 Uncommon Knowledge Conference - Please LOGIN above to register for the 2014 Uncommon Knowledge Conference. You may also register by downloading the UK 2014 Registration Form... [ Read More ]

A Chess Master Scans the Market for a Checkmate - Grandmaster Capital's Patrick Wolff discusses strategy, stocks he likes and dislikes, and his global outlook.

Weather or Not? - By: Peter Schiff Friday, March 7, 2014 Everyone agrees that the winter just now winding down (hopefully) has been brutal for most Americans. And w...

February 2014 Commodities Clip - Jodie Gunzberg, Head of Commodity Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices discusses the fundamentals driving the S&P GSCI for the month of February. To find out m...

Why the Gap Between the U.S. and Mexico Has Widened - Sluggish growth in Mexico’s manufacturing and production industries has made it difficult to keep up with its northern neighbor.

Technical Note - Introducing the Loan Pool Specific Factor in CreditManager - March 2014 - In the CreditMetrics framework, the value of a pool of loans at the risk horizon is determined by the state of its driving market factors and the idiosyn...

Company Notes Digest 2.28.14 - A digest of some of the top insights that I’ve gathered from this week’s earnings calls. Full notes can be found here. The Macro Outlook […] The post Co...

How the Cities Did — December 2013 - Click on the table for a larger image

2 Degree Investing Initiative Conference: Carbon Metrics for Investors: Why? How? What's Next? - [image: 2Degree_Investing_Initiative_medium.png]The 2° Investing Initiative [2°ii] is a multi-stakeholder think tank bringing together financial institut...

Friday Fun: Read the Fine Print - A Russian man didn’t like the terms offered to him by a local credit card company, so he took it upon himself to make them more favorable: But instead of r...