The largest “too big to fail” banks were downgraded by Standard & Poor’s Wednesday based on the diminishing potential for a U.S. government bailout to come to the rescue when... read more

With uber-dove ECB president Mario Draghi lecturing governments in the European Union to increase spending, here’s a look at what Mr. Draghi is looking at. The graphic has the year-over-year... read more

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) is aggressively tackling expenses and growing non traditional bank revenues, according to a recent research report from Dick Bove of Rafferty Capital Markets. And what the bank... read more

Positioning is still almost unanimously short in the U.S. but less so than previously, point out Citi analysts in their recent report. Robert Crossley and David Bieber of Citi Research,... read more

2016's Bond Market Rollercoaster In Charts Credit investors have been taken on a wild ride this year. From the lows after Brexit when $13 trillion of sovereign bonds traded... read more

Horseman Capital, founded by John Horseman gained notoriety during the run-up to the financial crisis for its prescient bearishness. The firm's founder, John Horseman, earned a total of $180... read more

On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the New York Times profiled head of the Peking University student union Xiao Jianhua, who worked with the government to... read more

Société Générale publishes a monthly update on the performance of several value-oriented fundamental trading strategies across both developed and emerging markets. I covered the bank’s top Graham & Rea deep... read more

Dylan Grice has taken a firm stand in favor of gold in the most recent edition of the Edelweiss Journal, but it doesn’t really have to do with current... read more

As the market prices in Brexit volatility, where are the opportunities for traders? Shortly after an Investec research report noted that the perception regarding a Brexit volatility and a mean... read more