Let’s face it, the Central Bank Bubble is still on the up and up. Yes, it was off to a rocky start this year, and last year, well, last year was a total bore. But the the Fed, ECB, BOJ, and PBOC are clearly doubling down on their desire to keep the rally from 2009…
Be it the Great Depression of 1929 or the financial crisis of 2008-09, excess leverage has played the most important role in inducing the crisis. Several economists argue that lack of action in 1929 translated into depression, but the decade preceding the great depression was characterized by significant leveraging in the economic and financial system….
Well that escalated quickly. Yellen’s uber-dovish (coin-flip whether we hike or QE) speech has sparked panic-buying in everything… and USDollar dumping… as rate-hike odds collapse…
LOS ANGELES, March 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq:ENT) (“GEE”), a worldwide provider of aircraft connectivity systems, operations solutions and media content to the travel industry, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program, under which GEE may repurchase up to $50 million of its outstanding…
The latest installment from Tadas Viskantas’s series on “financial blogger wisdom” (is that an oxymoron?) asked a bunch of smart people (and also me) about smart beta. I was short: Smart beta and factor investing are the newest versions of high(er) fee active management promising the fairy tale of “market beating” returns in exchange for higher fees…
Hooker Furniture (HOFT – Snapshot Report) is a leading manufacturer and importer of residential furniture, primarily targeted at the upper-medium price range. The Company offers diversified products, consisting primarily of home office, entertainment centers, imported occasional, bedroom, and wall systems, across many style categories within this price range. The company is the Bull of the Day after it…
Financial markets are awash with analysis of the potential implications of a British exit from the European Union, commonly referred to as “Brexit.” The referendum vote will take place on June 23rd and threatens to suspend the United Kingdom’s membership with the EU in what some high profile opponents to leaving consider the equivalent of economic…
Wage inequality is a topic in elections around the world. What can be done to provide more income for those without jobs, and those with low wages? Wage inequality is really a sign of a deeper problem; basically it reflects an economic system that is not growing rapidly enough to satisfy everyone. In a finite…
This is a true story from a new client that describes almost everyone reading this today. “John, I just got back to even this year on my retirement account after being down for about 8 years.” Does this sound familiar? I asked this client if he had ever heard about a reset and he said “no”. If…
In the early days of Etsy a site sprang up called Regretsy that made me (and many others) laugh to the point of tears. Their tagline was “where DIY meets WTF” and it was simple but brilliant. They would find tragically bad works on Etsy and share them with a brief comment. At first, Etsy…
