Week End Blog – Wanted: Easy Monetary Policy
Didn’t you love the military parade in China? Not because of the military ‘gadgets’ that were showcased, but primarily because Chinese markets were closed for a couple of days. Some […]
Didn’t you love the military parade in China? Not because of the military ‘gadgets’ that were showcased, but primarily because Chinese markets were closed for a couple of days. Some […]
Last week I surrendered and dedicated most of my blog to Greece. Perhaps that was under the (unknowingly) naive assumption that Greece would have gone away by now. But, of […]
The relationship between stock market returns and volatility is negative. Common investor knowledge, I presume. Since the start of this millennium the correlation between weekly changes in the VIX index […]
Volatility is back. And it has not gone unnoticed. As the VIX index spiked to above 25 for the first time since June 2012, US equities plunged 8% since the […]
This week was overshadowed by sad events in the Ukraine and the Middle-East. The phrase of ‘it’s all relative’ comes to mind. The events had their impact on financial markets. […]
Ms. Yellen took center stage this week as the Fed again trimmed its bond buying program. The Fed cut its estimate for this year’s US economic growth, after a dismal […]
The ECB monetary policy meeting yesterday was the financial event of the year, so far. As expected the ECB lowered interest rates, including an introduction of a negative deposit facility […]