Wall Street Currents

Migration before railways: Evidence from Paris - Little is known about migration to cities in the era before railways. The column uses data on the origins of women arrested for prostitution in Paris in th...

The Good News Economy - In my business, there is a fine line between standing by your conclusions and being unwisely stubborn. But no matter what I say, people will still label me...

Just Released: August Regional Survey—Businesses See Tariffs Raising Prices - This week, we released our August surveys of manufacturers and service firms. Our Supplemental Survey Report, released this morning, reveals how businesses...

Deja Vu In Turkey: Currency Crisis and Corporate Insanity! - This has been a year of rolling crises, some originating in developed markets and some in emerging markets, and the market has been remarkably resilient th...

China’s $60 Billion Tariff Announcement - The latest volley of tariff actions and threats in early August between the United States and China has established one obvious pattern: President Trump’s ...

Larry Jeddeloh Says a New Era for Markets is Here. And It's Not Just Because of Trump - Larry Jeddeloh has a solid history of predicting economic and political changes. Today he notes encroaching social problems and more trade policy issued un...

Watch the Leverage! - “We’re transitioning into a very delicate and challenging time for fixed-income investing,” Anne Walsh, CFA, told the audience at the 63rd Annual Financial...

Investing Is a House - When looking to build model strategies—or investment portfolios that target and solve for specific client objectives—we should be conscious of our competen...

Near Record Small Business Optimism - As I review and highlight business and consumer optimism, I feel as though my thoughts are a bit like a broken record that plays the same song over and ove...

Istanbul. Whoa. - August 13, 2018 If you are a bit more adventurous in your travel destinations, then Turkey is calling your name. If the financial markets gave you some l...

Company Notes Digest 8.13.18 - 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...

The Economy Grew Even Faster in Truman’s Presidency. So What? - Based solely on a few headline numbers, the American economy looks good. But it would be a mistake to read too much into the data — or to give too much cre...

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...

Tulane University Professors Win the 2018 NAAIM Founders Award and $5,000 - Littleton, CO – May 7, 2018 – Professors Shuoyuan He and Gans Narayanamoorthy of Tulane University in New Orleans, LA,... [ Read More ]

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...

Science-Based Targets: How Aligning Carbon Reduction Targets With Climate Science Can Drive Business Growth - Science-based targets (SBTs) are environmental performance targets that are set to align business objectives with scientific evidence on the planet’s abili...

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,...

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) -

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...

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