Wall Street Currents

Credit supply and the housing boom - There is no consensus among economists on the forces that drove the historical rise of US house prices and household debt that preceded the Global Crisis...

Banks of Tax Haven Mauritius Pursue Wealth Management - A major source of foreign direct investment in India, the island nation is now looking to serve ultrarich African clients.

Weekend Reads for Finance Pros: Secular Sabbath, Fiduciary Standard, and Investing - [image: Weekend Reads for Finance Pros: Secular Sabbath, Fiduciary Standard, and Investing]Take time to pause this weekend, even if it's to read an article...

Labor's Declining Share in Manufacturing - The slowdown in the growth of US wages in recent years is the result of many factors. Among them is the fact that in the last 15 years, the share of labo...

Tips for connecting with Millennials - Hoping to connect with Millennials? Consider having a social media presence.

Cyprus Wants the World to Know, “We’re Not Greece” - Cyprus has rebounded more quickly than Greece from its economic woes earlier this decade, although domestic and geopolitical risks still linger.

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...

9 Markets in Backwardation and Contango - At the beginning of the year, we came out with some serious and some not so serious suggestions to play the Crude Oil inevitable rebound, one of them inclu...

The 2005 Bankruptcy Reform and the Foreclosure Crisis - Our previous post showed that the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) was associated with a sizable rise in foreclosure, in...

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...

Debt Be Not Proud - Some things never change. Here is Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, one of the founding intellectuals of the Austrian school of economics, writing in January 1914, la...

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...

And Stocks take the lead… - The post And Stocks take the lead… appeared first on 361 Capital.

Years with weak earnings growth but strong stock performance - According to Factset, S&P earnings growth for the calendar year 2015 is now expected to be just 2.9% (vs. 8.2% expected growth on Jan 1). […] The post Ye...

Last Week in VIX – 2/22/2015 - VIX was down some last week and the newly christened front month March future followed the index lower and then some. Despite the drop, the March future fi...

Time To Be Careful - Before I dive in, let me be very clear, I remain bullish over most time frames. Nothing has changed. Five... [ Read More ]

Investing in Cuba - Investment pro Tom Herzfeld started a fund focused on Cuba 21 years ago. Now, it looks as if his foresight could be about to pay off.

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 -...

A Rising Bearish Wedge Pattern Is Developing In the S&P 500 Index - Near the end of October last year the S&P 500 Index moved into a sideways trading range that has seen the market move back and forth between 1,975 and 2,09...

Greece Dependency Has Created Dangerous Illusions - Our weekly commentaries provide Euro Pacific Capital's latest thinking on developments in the global marketplace. Opinions expressed are those of the wri...

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

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...