Publications
By: Laura Hochstetler | On: September 15, 2018 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Global equities rebounded this week, spurred by calmer emerging markets and modest hopes that US-China talks will defuse growing trade tensions. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury […]
By: Ken Rietz | On: September 12, 2018 |
Is Amazon Causing a Retail Apocalypse?
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) are the first US companies to cross the one trillion dollar market cap ribbon, with Apple winning by a nose. (They are not the first […]
By: Laura Hochstetler | On: September 8, 2018 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Global equity prices slipped on the week amid ongoing emerging market concerns. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note rose 12 basis points to 2.94% as US […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 5, 2018 |
The Spider of Currencies and Trade: Monolithic Tribalism
Over the course of the next few months, problems in emerging markets may intensify. Here is a list of the primary candidates: Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, and China. We certainly do […]
By: Laura Hochstetler | On: September 1, 2018 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action The S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and Russell 2000 indices all hit new record highs this week. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note edged up 2 basis […]
By: Andy Quirk | On: August 29, 2018 |
Crossroads: At the Intersection of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics
Here are some critical issues to watch around the globe over the coming month: North America The US and Mexico have reached an agreement to revise key portions of […]
By: Laura Hochstetler | On: August 25, 2018 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action On Wednesday, the US stock market set a record for the longest-ever bull market (9 years, 5 months, 13 days) in spite of fresh political developments signaling new […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 22, 2018 |
Equities and Earnings Trajectory: What Have We Learned From the Q2 Reports?
With very little doubt the good earnings growth has uplifted and sustained stocks to high levels. At the same time, good economic growth has uplifted consumer and business confidence levels […]
By: Andy Quirk | On: August 18, 2018 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action It was a good week for US stocks as the Dow and the S&P 500 saw major gains on Thursday. US government debt yields fell this week amidst […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 16, 2018 |
Dollar Shortage, Contagion Fears, and Currencies’ Tremors
Over the course of the last few days, emerging markets currencies have been experiencing tremors due to contagion fears originating in the Turkish lira. As the first graph below shows, […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 19, 2018 |
Monetary Policy, Currency Misalignments, and Markets’ Memory: Pausing the Hiking of Rates
Inflows to emerging markets dropped by over 65% between July and August of this year. A strengthening American economy and the growing trade tensions have created a rout in emerging […]