De-risking Corporate Pension Plans Is Getting Tougher
After making great strides to improve DB funded ratios, increased market volatility and delayed contributions may reverse that momentum.
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Market Moves
Tail Risk Hedges Are Vital for Investors Now, Argues Black Swan Theory Guy
Things are so unpredictable that buffering yourself against unknown surprises only makes sense, says Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Will Mega-Stimulus Bring Inflation After COVID and Recession Are Gone?
Unlikely. Here’s why, despite all that federal money sloshing around in the system, price rises should stay tame.
Market Moves
Gundlach Charges the Fed Is Propping Up Rickety Companies
The central bank’s program to buy corporate debt just delays the inevitable collapse and makes it worse, the Bond King contends.
Market Moves
How the Stock Market Will Forecast Who Wins the White House in 2020
Since 1928, an LPL study shows, if the S&P 500 is up three months before Election Day, then the incumbent party almost always triumphs.
Asset Allocation
Sam Zell Calls Markets ‘Too Optimistic,’ Expects U-Shaped Recovery
Although he says the economy is now in a recession, Zell doesn’t think it will be as deep as expected.
Market Moves
Ed Yardeni Slams the Fed for Setting Up a Market Slide
The central bank has jazzed up investors so much that a nasty fall will result, the economist warns.
Why Laggard European Stocks Will Overtake Tech-Fueled US Equity
A more united EU, an end to too-expensive FAANG expansion, and lower prices should boost the continent’s returns.
Risk
Attack of the Zombies: Potential Deadbeats Are Almost 20% of Companies, Says DB
US businesses that lack the income to pay their huge debt service, kept alive by more borrowing, are on shaky ground, Deutsche Bank Securities’ Sløk warns.
Asset Allocation
The Dollar Will Keep Falling, UBS Predicts
Falling rates, political tensions, and less virus fear are the reasons, the Swiss bank’s CIO says.