Wall Street Currents

Do Investors really have to choose between Rotten Eggs? - It seems like nary a day goes by without a new article popping up hating on diversification. Not because there’s anything really wrong with diversification...

The Minimum Wage Ain’t What It Used to Be - Comparisons of the real value of today's minimum wage with what prevailed decades ago fail to account for the rise of the earned-income tax credit as a pri...

UAW Makes Promises to VW Workers It Can’t Keep - The United Auto Workers, which has lost 75 percent of its membership since 1979, is pulling out all the stops to gain recognition at Volkswagen AG’s non-un...

OTPP’s Jim Leech Champions Better Pensions for All - The departing Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan CEO calls for innovative retirement solutions that share investment risk.

Who’s Borrowing in the Fed Funds Market? - The federal funds market plays an important role in the implementation of monetary policy.

Guns and votes - Despite support from around 90% of US citizens, expanded background checks for gun purchases failed in the US Senate. This ‘gun-control paradox’ can be e...

Knowing the World: Intuition, Theories, Models, and Data - [image: Knowing the World]The new buzzword nowadays is big data, the fashionable term for capturing and analyzing the vast collections of information that ...

The Week Ahead Magazine: December 8, 2013 - With year end fast approaching investors are focused on retaining the equity gains earned on paper during the first eleven months of this year. Market retu...

Interview with Steve Forbes - I'm not certain how many interviews I've done over the last decade. Hundreds? I know it is a lot. There are some interviewers who can somehow tease out wha...

Games, Gambling, and Gadgets - Media pro Larry Haverty notes three companies he views as undervalued that are benefiting from the Internet.

December 2013 Investor Letter - Below is a letter that is written monthly for the benefit of Avondale Asset Management’s clients. It is reproduced here for informational purposes for th...

Corporate Buying for Rent - The Federal Reserve published a short research note on companies and investors buying single family homes to offer them as rental properties. The report sh...

Stovall on Sectors: 2014 Outlook - S&P Capital IQ’s Chief Equity Strategist Sam Stovall discusses this week’s Sector Watch and discusses the Investment Policy Committee’s stock market outloo...

November market review: U.S. equity still on top - Index returns in November 2013 continued the pervasive trend of this calendar year: U.S. equity outpaced the other major markets. Now might be a good time ...

Poland Doesn't Need to Fix Unbroken Pension System - Since 1989, Poland has stood out among the former communist countries as the most successful reformer with the highest cumulative economic growth. It sai...

NAAIM Offers $10,000 for Best Research Paper on Use of Active Investment Management - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NAAIM Offers $10,000 for Best Research Paper on Use of Active Investment Management December, 2013... [ Read More ]

Model Insight - The Barra US Sector Equity Model Methodology and Empirical Notes - December 2013 - This Model Insight explains MSCI's motivation for building the Barra US Sector Equity Models, describes the methodology and factor structure, and provide...

Although a Slow Holiday Week… - The post Although a Slow Holiday Week… appeared first on 361 Capital.

Adding Value through Efficient Tax Management - [image: Adding Value through Efficient Tax Management] Investors and their advisors spend a significant portion of their time researching the best invest...

Ben's Rocket to Nowhere - By: Peter Schiff Monday, November 25, 2013 Herd mentality can be as frustrating as it is inexplicable. Once a crowd starts moving, momentum can be...

Value in the eye of the storm: Why you should welcome uncertainty! - One of the responses to my last post on valuing young companies was that even if you can value companies early in the life cycle, you cannot do so with an...

VIX Futures – Extended Trading Hours – 21,534 Contract Volume This Week – By Matt Moran - CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) recently introduced two extended trading hours (ETH) periods for the popular futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®): the ...

Keep Your Eyes on Bonds - By: John Browne Friday, November 15, 2013 Last month, Americans were transfixed by the amateur theatrics undertaken by the Washington political es...

Settlement with the Feds Leaves SAC’s Steven Cohen Unsettled - SAC Capital’s $1.2 billion settlement with the U.S. government has brought only a short respite for SAC’s troubled founder.

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...