By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 12, 2016 |
Corporate debt is at record high. Net equity issuance has been negative for the last few years. The shares buyback pattern is simply staggering. The fact that almost 70% of […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 4, 2016 |
The extraordinary global increase in the debt-to-GDP ratio requires a growth rate of at least 4% in order for the debt to be sustainable. The unfortunate thing is that such […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: July 20, 2016 |
Somewhere in the middle of the Pacific last weekend over dinner with Bob Zimmerman the lyrics of his song “A Series of Dreams” echoed in my ears. The attempted coup […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: July 14, 2016 |
It seems that the bond and equities markets are telling us two different stories. The former with the declining – and in some major cases negative – yields is like […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: July 7, 2016 |
It is the argument of this commentary that following the Brexit vote we may be entering into a period of regime uncertainty. By the latter we mean political, economic, and […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: June 29, 2016 |
The Brexit vote (for which we reserve some doubts that it is ever completed) generated some panic selling, sending investors to the refuge of safe havens. Hence, government bonds experienced […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: June 23, 2016 |
“A greater Quantity [of money] employs more People than a lesser Quantity”, said John Law in 1705 in his pamphlet titled “Money and Trade Considered, with a Proposal for Supplying […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: June 14, 2016 |
Last week the European Central Bank (ECB) started buying corporate bonds. Over the course of the last four year the ECB has committed to “do whatever it takes” to save […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: June 1, 2016 |
Productivity growth in the US will decline for the first time in over thirty years, raising the obvious question: How about all those magnificent innovations that constantly change our lives […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 18, 2016 |
Reconciling Market Signals
In last week’s commentary we pointed out that the accumulation of debt by corporations may be behind the market upswing (through shares buyback programs while the fundamentals do not support […]