How Stock Price Volatility Broke All the Rules
Because of the market torpor, the VIX had a spasm once the S&P 500 dropped hard.
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Is Higher Inflation Coming? Hedge Fund Star Griffin Makes a Case
Fear of inflation-inspired Fed rate hikes has touched off the February stock rout. The Citadel boss thinks worse lies ahead.
Prospect of Extended Credit Cycle to Leave Bond Markets Yield-Thirsty for Longer
Fixed income Investors need to be mindful of different market dynamics this time around.
Back to the Future
The last year was one of sharp departures from past trajectories. Donald Trump, a firebrand former reality television host, among other ventures, won the US presidential election, bucking what...
Where to From Here?
Bolstered by hopes of fiscal expansion and above-trend GDP growth, 2017 saw expectations of rate rises climb—only to roll over again.
Timing Your LDI
Institutional investors who may be worried about writing bigger checks than they expected for their pension contributions may want to start thinking about liability-driven investing (LDI) now, before any...
Thought Leadership
Rethinking De-Risking
Traditional approaches to de-risking DB plans haven’t yielded the desired results
Asset Management Culture
Scott Evans: We’re Living in a Period of Time that’s Extraordinary
CIO of NYC pensions explains how he’s reaching for yield.
Research
Mortgages, Cars, Credit Cards Drive Household Debt Higher
US household debt has surged more than 15% in just four years.
MSCI EM Index Up 25% YTD
WTI Crude prices hit $50 for the first time since May.
World’s Largest Pension Fund Reports 3.5% Increase in Q1
Largest gains point to domestic, foreign equities.
Newsmakers
Chase’s Dimon Concerned EU can “Dictate” Job Locations in Wake of Brexit
CEO says Brussels may wield too much influence, and also warns Fed may unwind QE too fast.
Sohn Speaker Serra Sees UK Gilts as a Short Play
Davide Serra sees the United Kingdom as the “divided kingdom,” one with a broken growth model, and says shorting the country’s government debt, or gilts, is a good bet....
Research
Atlanta Fed Revises US Growth Outlook, Clashing with IMF Views
“Medium-term imbalances” cast a cloud on the outlook, according to a report.