Recession Imminent? (CNBC) The Stock Market's Surprising New Stars (MarketWatch) They Want Your IRA (WSJ) Buy or Rent (NYTimes) More bad policy from Obama Administration (WSJ) Japan's Problems Can't be Solved with Monetary Policy (WSJ) … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: All that Glitters is Still Gold
All that Glitters is still Gold (WSJ) 5 Investing Lessons you Can Learn From Baseball (Money) Sub-zero Interest Rates Confound (WSJ) HSBC Calls End to Manufacturing Slowdown (Business Insider) Draghi to Dominate European Corporate Bond Market (WSJ) Oil Bust Roils Calgary Housing Market (WSJ) Big Data at Domino's (Forbes) The Vancouver Housing Bubble (WSJ) Like a Broken Record, IMF Calls for More Global Stimulus (Fortune) … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: Mutual Funds Worst Performance in Two Decades
Active Managers have Worst Performance in Two Decades (Financial Times) What $350,000 buys you in San-Fransisco) (Fortune) Are Earnings Recession Positive for Stocks? (MarketWatch) Why Fannie & Freddie Cannot be Recapitalized (Moneybeat) Wisdom Wanes for "don't fight the Fed" (Financial Times) The Monetary Petri Dish (WSJ) IMF Sees China Weighing on Global Stocks More (WSJ) … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: International Plunge Protection Teams Save the Quarter
Did you Know? "The S&P 500 Index finished the quarter up nearly 1% after falling as much as 10.5% at one point in February. That makes it the first quarter since the Great Depression where the benchmark fell more than 10% and then rebounded to end higher, according to LPL Financial. " (Source: Moneybeat) "Yellen’s stance that the Fed must “proceed cautiously” assured investors that the Fed will risk letting the economy run hot before raising rates, jolting the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its biggest quarterly turnaround in eight decades." (Source: Bloomberg) China's Plunge … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: Saudi Arabia’s $2 Trillion Fund
Saudi Arabia's $2 Trillion Fund (Bloomberg) Gold Posts Biggest Quarterly Gain in Decades (WSJ) $15 Minimum Wage Push Stirs Up (WSJ) Consumer Stocks Worth a Look (Kiplinger) Would the Blockchain have Saved Lehman? (Fortune) Was March Rally the Calm before the Storm? (Marketwatch) 19 April Fool's Products That We Sorta Wish We're Real (Money) … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: Underestimating Retirement Spending
Underestimating Spending in Retirement (WSJ) The Academic Journal Racket (WSJ) Investors Flee the 2 and 20 Funds (WSJ) Chipotle Jumps into Gourmet Burger Fray (Fortune) London Real Estate on Fire (WSJ) The Death Cross Indicator (Marketwatch) Shale is the Odd Man Out in Oil Reckoning (WSJ) Bond Investors Suck at Math says the Bond King (MarketWatch) Majority of Americans Oppose Nuclear Energy (Gallup) … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: The Coming Condo Bust
The Coming Condo Bust (WSJ) Shorts Betting Energy Pain Isn't Over (Bloomberg) Why Trade Critics Are Gaining Traction (WSJ) Will Value Investing Stage a Comeback (Financial Times) The Best States for Survivalists (richardcyoung.com) Yellen's List of Excuses for Easy Money Grows Longer (Bloomberg) … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: Chinese Pile Into Gold
The Chinese Pile Into Gold (WSJ) Central Banks Can't Save Us (Bloomberg) Markets Say Don't Trust this Rally (WSJ) Debt Buybacks in Vogue (Financial Times) Home Prices up 5.7% (CNBC) The Problem with Discretionary Monetary Policy (Zero Hedge) … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: The Coming Oil Price Shock?
Why We Could see an Oil Price Shock in 2016 (USA Today) What Wall Street Gets Wrong about Amazon (WSJ) Unconventional Asset Allocation Advice in Retirement (Fortune) Putnam Absolute Return Funds Fail (WSJ) The Next Perfect Banking Storm (Bloomberg) Solar-Panel Installers Face Clouded Future (WSJ) Glamour Can Distract Investors (ETF.com) For Oil Companies, It’s All About the ZIP Code (WSJ) An Unemployment Plan: California Aims for $15 Pay Floor (WSJ) … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: Why This Stock Market Rally Looks Exhausted
Why this Stock Market Rally looks Exhausted (Marketwatch) Boom-Era Missteps Prove Haunting for Brazil (WSJ) Investors Replace Futures with ETFs (Financial Times) Inflation Stirs as Federal Reserve stands still (Financial Times) Central Bank Endgame Revealed (Bloomberg) Helicopter Ben (Jim Grant) … [Read more...]