Further Fed Stimulus Falls on Increasingly Barren Ground
Evidence mounts that, after 10 years of extremely low rates, the impact of more cuts is limited.
Market Drilldown
A Blunt Assessment: Marijuana Has Smoked a Lot of Investors
Enthusiasm over falling legal bars led to business overexpansion and overoptimistic investing. But prospects long-term are, yes, high.
What Falling US Interest Rates, Negative Global Yields Mean for Asset Allocators
Real assets still look attractive.
Why Frontier Markets Hold Promise, with an Asterisk
Political unrest still can upend otherwise impressive growth in places like Kenya and Sri Lanka.
Retirement Funds Are in the Crosshairs of US-China Conflict
Across-the-board portfolio limits on investing in Chinese firms will harm the US, say critics.
Why Are We Still Using the P/E Ratio?
The storied multiple takes a lot of flak, but maybe it has value after all.
When Will the Party Be Over for Oil?
Now the dominant energy source, despite the glamor of renewables, the day it will peak may be in 2050.
How Asset Balancing Has Gotten More Complex
Bring on the exotica: Public pension plans are going lighter on stocks and bonds, as their alt ownership has almost quadrupled.
Hooray, LDI Is Progressively Making Corporate Pension Portfolios Less Risky
Fixed income now is their largest asset class, but this comes with a caveat. Sliding interest rates might thwart further improvements.
Bounteous Apartment Growth Soon Will Wilt
The millennials are big renters, but the next generation, Gen Y, won't provide as many work-force entrants. So multi-family housing investments aren’t great long-term.
Game Changer? Challenge to Pension Plan Could Bring More Lawsuits
If the Supreme Court backs beneficiaries over US Bank’s overfunded program, look for more actions against company retirement funds.
So What if Tax Breaks Are Cut for Wind and Solar Power?
Higher demand and other financial sources should fill the gap, eventually.
How Sustainable Is the Gold Rally?
As the metal shoots over $1,500 and looks to head higher, questions arise about its volatility.
Is China Unstoppable?
The world’s second-largest economy seems destined to overtake the US over the next decade. At the same time, its growth rate is slowing.
Sure, Hedge Funds Are Charging Less, but There’s a Catch
Some of them aren’t as pretty as they look, by playing games with how fees are calculated.