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Currencies The euro (EUR) climbed to a seven month high at 1.3568 against the US dollar (USD), after the FOMC statement last week. The pair now consolidates above its new support at 1.3500 and it...
As you might guess from its title, Bonds Are Not Forever: The Crisis Facing Fixed Income Investors (Wiley, 2013) is an admonition about investing in bonds under current conditions. Simon A. Lack, who...
Asian markets had a mixed day. Investors received better than expected PMI data out of China. Still volumes were very thin as the Japanese financial markets we closed for a public holiday. Today China...
Markets are rather steady as the week starts. The euro remains firm in tight range against the greenback after German Chancellor Merkel's victory in election. But, some weakness is seen in the...
Signals are automatically generated by integrating electronic weekly statistics with proprietary algorithms. GOLD WEEKLY MOVING AVERAGES The December gold futures contract closed at 1326 . The market...
EUR/USD Today’s support: - 1.3500 and 1.3478(main),where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3466, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3449. Break of the latter would result in...
Once upon a time there was a strong correlation. Then it broke: Of course, we know that correlation is not and does not imply causation. But, I think there was an underlying causation to the...
If you are teaching or taking an introductory macroeconomics course this fall, you will, at some point, encounter the money multiplier. The multipier posits that there is a stable ratio between M2,...
After Sunday's German elections, it seems much easier to point out the losers than the winners. Alternative für Deutschland got 4.9% of votes according to the preliminary results late Sunday...
Following the impressive 0.7% second quarter economy expansion, the UK has continued their momentum throughout the summer period. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
The surprising decision of the Fed not to taper QE sent the dollar plunging, but reactions were quite different among different currencies. Last week, the highly anticipated FOMC meeting caught...
Fed Brings Uncertainty Just two short days ago the Fed told us the economic data did not justify tapering their monthly bond purchases. The stock market jumped higher. Less than 48 hours later,...
With Fed's dovish stance, and the withdrawal of Lawrence Summers as candidate for Fed chairman, the biggest tail risks for risk assets were removed this week. In combination with lower tail risk from...
Lifting a cloud of uncertaintyDelay in QE3 taperingFirst results on Sunday eveningWhereas Germany’s electoral campaign has been relatively consensual, or even boring, in the eyes of the...
This is not the first time the European economy has rebounded. From 2010 until spring 2011, the eurozone seemed to be back up and running. Buoyed by the United States and China, and supported by...