EDITOR'S CHOICE
Fed's Balance Sheet Promises
Article By:
Kevin Muir
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018 12:03 PM EDT
Everyone hates the US dollar and bonds, and is completely enamored with equities. If the Fed finally follows through with some actual quantitative tightening, market participants could be surprised with a reversal of recent trends.
Do Bond Prices Have Momentum?
Article By:
Cullen Roche
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Monday, January 29, 2018 2:41 PM EDT
Inflation and interest rates tend to exhibit long-term momentum that becomes reinforcing. Using short-term trends to decipher long-term momentum is unlikely to be a useful way to predict future bond prices.
In this article: TYX
Private Equity In Southeast Asia And China: The Trends To Watch
Article By:
ValueWalk
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Sunday, January 28, 2018 9:00 AM EDT
To gain a view of where private equity may heading in China and Southeast Asia, Knowledge@Wharton asked Kosmo Kalliarekos, managing director and chair of portfolio management for Baring Private Equity Asia, for his views on a range of related topics.
Facebook, Apple, Google And Amazon's Q4 Earnings
Article By:
Sheraz Mian
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Saturday, January 27, 2018 7:11 PM EDT
The pattern in recent years has been that estimates for the quarter start coming down as we get closer to the reporting season for that quarter. The opposite is the case with the current quarter, with estimates starting to go up in a notable way.
The Good, The Bad, The Bubble And The Downright Crazy
Article By:
Robert A. Weigand
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Monday, January 22, 2018 10:15 PM EDT
What this era of low interest rates and loose regulatory oversight has given us is distorted markets – and not just in the sense of the stock price/profit disconnect.
In this article: SPX
COT Green: DXY’s Future(s)
Article By:
Jeffrey P. Snider
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Monday, January 22, 2018 8:45 PM EDT
Nothing’s really changed, except that the last “rising dollar” is further in the past not yet having bled into the next one. The lower level net shorts so far this year might suggest the futures market wondering about that possibility, too.
Q4 Earnings Season: Strong Growth, But Weak Quality
Article By:
Sheraz Mian
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Saturday, January 20, 2018 6:24 PM EDT
A lot goes into ‘earnings quality’. But as a general rule, it is reasonable to be wary of a big variance between adjusted and GAAP earnings. Going by this simple rule, you have to question the ‘quality’ of Q4 earnings reports.
Fortress TIC
Article By:
Jeffrey P. Snider
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Thursday, January 18, 2018 5:04 AM EDT
The just-released TIC data for November in terms of bank liabilities showed a big difference to the middle month (August) of last quarter (though for the quarter as a whole it was far less different and positive).
In this article: GS
U.S. Treasuries: Starting Off On The Wrong Foot
Article By:
WisdomTree
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 8:05 AM EDT
There is no doubt 2018 has gotten off to a far different start for the U.S. Treasury (UST) market as compared to the last few years.
Ready. Set. Get Prepared For Inflation
Article By:
Andrew Zatlin
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018 4:59 AM EDT
U.S. cargo shipments contracted throughout 2015 and 2016.
JPMorgan's Positive Kickoff To Bank Earnings
Article By:
Sheraz Mian
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Saturday, January 13, 2018 6:54 PM EDT
JPMorgan’s reasonably good quarterly results reconfirm its leadership position and likely provide read-throughs for its peers that are on deck to report results in the coming days.
