by Laura Hochstetler | May 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sir Paul Tucker is a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and chair of the Systemic Risk Council. Previously, he was Deputy Governor at the Bank of England, sitting on its monetary policy, financial stability, and prudential policy committees. Internationally, he was...
by Andy Quirk | May 19, 2018 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action The stock market gave back 25% of last week’s gains as investors watched US-China trade tensions. Both the Dow and S&P 500 fell 0.5% and the Nasdaq lost 0.7%, while the Russell 2000 gained 1.2%. Treasury yields retreated from multi-year highs...
by John E. Charalambakis | May 17, 2018 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
In late 1999/early 2000, the excitement of the internet and the dot-com exuberance attracted capital away from investments that require a medium to long-term perspective. The result was that supplies dropped while demand was rising. Welcome to the revenge of...
by Laura Hochstetler | May 13, 2018 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Global equities showed a solid advance on the week, helping push the major US benchmarks back into positive territory for the year to date. Crude oil prices reached their highest levels since December 2014. President Trump withdrew the US from the 2015...
by John E. Charalambakis | May 10, 2018 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
The dollar has been getting stronger at a time when the Chinese have started to price oil in renminbi. In simple statecraft language, such action by the Chinese could just be perceived as unacceptable at a time when the US trade deficit with China stands at such high...
by Andy Quirk | May 5, 2018 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Argentina’s central bank shocked markets by raising interest rates to 40 percent on Friday. The peso moved nearly 5 percent higher to 21.17 against the dollar, but remains down 15 percent so far this year. Argentina’s treasury minister said the treasury...