Investment Officers
Federal Reserve: Low Interest Rates Not Inducing High Risk-Taking…Yet
Federal Reserve staff conducted a wide survey but found no evidence so far that the U.S. central bank's ultra-low interest rate policy has encouraged excessive risk-taking, the Fed said on Wednesday. ...
Japan’s Big Leak: Where Will the Money Go?
The Bank of Japan's massive new bid for inflation will create growth but to its chagrin much of it may well be concentrated in financial markets and outside of Japan. So long as Japanese consumers ...
Pension Funds Chasing Yields Eye Catastrophe Bonds
Pension funds are turning to specialist bonds that bet on the likelihood of a natural disaster, in a search for yield and returns that are not correlated to the rest of the market. What was once ...
Trying to Fix Broken Economics: Kaletsky
Here is a list of economic questions that have something in common: In a recession, should governments reduce budget deficits or increase them? Do zero percent interest rates stimulate economic ...
Study Shines Light On Link Between Customer Experience, Stock Performance
Companies that deliver a great customer experience are rewarded – by Main Street and Wall Street. That's the conclusion of a six-year analysis of stock market returns for companies that lead in ...
‘Black Swan’ Hedge Funds Losing Favor with Investors
Hedge funds set up to profit from huge market slides are falling out of favor, signalling that investors are increasingly confident leading central banks can avert the kind of meltdown that followed ...
Risk Appetite On the Rise in U.S. Capital Markets: Fed Survey
Hedge fund and derivative investors are taking on more risk as aggressive monetary easing and an improving economy boost demand for higher-yielding securities, a Federal Reserve survey showed on ...
U.S. Encourages South Korea to Join Trans-Pacific Trade Talks
The United States would welcome South Korea joining negotiations on an Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, a senior U.S. trade official said on Wednesday, as Washington continues to weigh Japan's bid ...