Wall Street Currents

On the economics of the Google Android case - A general challenge facing competition authorities in the digital era is learning how to apply the traditional tools of competition policy in multi-sided p...

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...

Trade Talks Episode 51: Trade at the White House in Not So Normal Times -

Just Released: Cleaning Up Collections - Household debt balances continued their upward trend in the second quarter, with increases in mortgage, auto, and credit card balances, according to the la...

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...

The Privatization of Tesla: Stray Tweet or Game Changing News - After my last two posts in Tesla, I was planning to take a break from the company, since I had said everything that I had to say about the company. In shor...

The Maine Surprise Was Time - I’m back from Camp Kotok. As always, it was both rejuvenating and enlightening. The Maine woods, lakes, and general environment encourage more candor than ...

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,...

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...