Echoes of War: Undisciplined Policies in the Context of Historical Developments
Our world has been cycling between chaos and order since the beginning of the modern economic era. We define the modern economic era as the period that started with the confiscation of America’s precious metals (mainly Peru’s and Mexico’s) in the middle of the 16th...Jackson Hole and the 10th Anniversary from the Financial Crisis: QExit and Prospects
The central bankers’ conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming ended last week, and with it several questions arose as we reached the 10th anniversary of the financial crisis started showing its ugly face. During that period a number of assets classes have more than...The Ataraxia (Tranquility) of the Market and Its Breath: Stoic, Epicurean, or Sceptic?
It has been well-recorded that the equity market’s volatility is pretty low by historical standards as the following 10-year graph shows. This kind of ataraxia (tranquility) may be the equivalent of the period when the Platonic and Aristotelian Schools of Thought were...Corporate Earnings, Equities Trajectory, and Risks: Considering the Purchase of Cheap Insurance
Over the course of the past several months we have reiterated the point that good growth earnings provide market justification for further rises in the equities market. We continue supporting that thesis and we still hold the view that future earnings for the next...Sign Up for Our Publications
