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.
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Market Moves
Plan Sponsors See Recession in Three Years, Lower Targets
NEPC survey finds LDI investors have better-funded plans.
Market Moves
You Can’t Spot a Bubble, So Don’t Even Try, Says Eugene Fama
To investors worried about over-heated markets, storied scholar has fatalistic advice.
Risk
Low Interest Rates Are ‘Poison,’ Says JPM Savant
Monetary easing will harm economic growth, David Kelly warns.
What Falling US Interest Rates, Negative Global Yields Mean for Asset Allocators
Real assets still look attractive.
Research
The Yield Curve Un-Inverts: Time to Celebrate?
Opinions differ on whether this change to a widely followed recession signal means the heat is off.
Sluggish Wage Growth Leads to Lagging Retirement Savings, Professor Says
Despite low joblessness, academic concludes, most work still fails to generate enough money for later years.
Asset Allocation
The 60-40 Stock-Bond Asset Mix Is Dead, BofA Warns
Equities will offer better risk-adjusted returns in the future, and bonds will slide, a report predicts.
Research
Low Inflation, Eh? Just Look at Housing Costs
Recent CPI blip owes a lot to shelter, which is a third of the price gauge and rising at 3% yearly.