Wall Street Currents

No Guarantees, No Trade! - World trade fell 20 percent relative to world GDP in 2008 and 2009.

Recessions and the making of career criminals - Recessions can lead to an increase in youth unemployment, which could later negatively affect labour market outcomes. This column explores the effect of ...

Bulgaria Has Problems--But Also Growth Prospects - The latest European Commission's economic forecast for Bulgaria, published on February 26, projects economic growth in 2016 to fall to half its 2011 rate...

Economic Indicators Dashboard – January 2015 update - Assess the health of the U.S. economy with the latest Economic Indicators Dashboard update.

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Reboots Despite Departures - Last year saw a lot of turnover, but the Microsoft co-founder’s family office is investing while rebuilding the team. In the works: a new CIO.

Attain and RCM to Join Forces! - We’re happy to announce today that we’ve entered into an agreement to join forces RCM Alternatives.

Greek Problems Born from Socialism - Our weekly commentaries provide Euro Pacific Capital's latest thinking on developments in the global marketplace. Opinions expressed are those of the wri...

Credit Worries in Europe and EM Countries Offset U.S. Strength - Our Country Credit survey shows widespread weakness stemming from concerns about the euro area and the health of emerging-markets economies.

Multi-Asset Strategies: A Primer - [image: Multi-Asset Strategies: A Primer]Multi-asset strategies are the decathlons of the investment industry. They require practically all the investment ...

Where did you find your Bonus Points? - The post Where did you find your Bonus Points? appeared first on 361 Capital .

S&P Price to Peak Earnings Multiple - Below is an update of a chart that I first ran last year around this time. It’s the multiple of the S&P 500 using “peak” […] The post S&P Price to Peak ...

The Herd Can Be Blind - Our weekly commentaries provide Euro Pacific Capital's latest thinking on developments in the global marketplace. Opinions expressed are those of the wri...

VIX Last Week – 2/23 – 2/27 - The S&P 500 hardly budged on a week over week basis and VIX drifted lower. The March future drifted lower basically in sync with the index, but is still at...

Equity Valuations, Recessions and Market Declines - This past week Germany sold five-year debt at a negative yield for the first time in history. Read, wash, rinse... [ Read More ]

TIAA-CREF's Saira Malik's International Stock Picks - Saira Malik expects strong markets both here and abroad—but is most focused on the international consumer.

Market Advance Not Extraordinary In Terms Of Magnitude And Duration - In prior post over the past year I have highlighted the current market advance as it relates to prior bull market*s*. This information has been prepared by...

Shovelin’ Schmitt Against the Tide - There is an obsession in the marketplace over the date when the Fed will once again begin to raise rates. As if another 25 basis points is going to change ...

The Aging of the Tech Sector: The Pricing Divergence of Young and Old Tech Companies - As the NASDAQ approaches historic highs, Apple’s market cap exceeds that of the Bovespa (the Brazilian equity index) and young social media companies like...

Inside the S&P 500®: Dividends & Reinvestments - Over 400 of the 500 stocks in the S&P 500 pay dividends. Watch this video as David Blitzer, Chairman of the Index Committee, discusses the S&P 500 Dividend...

Home Prices Grew at Twice the Rate of Inflation in 2014 According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices - Data through December 2014 shows a slight uptick in home prices across the country. Nine cities reported monthly increases in prices. S&P/Case-Shiller Home...

Research Insight - Backtesting Risk Models: 2014 Year in Review - February 2015 - This 2014 Year in Review reports the results of one-year backtests using four types of simulation models available in RiskManager: - Monte Carlo -...

2015 ESG Trends to Watch - [image: jpg_msci_esgtrendstowatch_300x250_without.jpg]*Happy New Year from all of us at MSCI ESG Research!* If 2014 was any guide, there is a shortening ...

Good Poker Players Aren't Lucky - An Idaho court rules that poker is a game of skill, not a game of chance like craps or roulette. If card players are lucky, maybe the Justice Department wi...

Economix Meets the Gales of Change - Economix is coming to an end, but it will be succeeded by The Upshot, a new politics, policy and economics site.

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...