The U.S. housing market is expected to be supportive to the economy as a whole more so in the future than earlier during the recovery, a May 13 Bridgewater Associates strategy document reviewed by ValueWalk observed. The more supportive housing market is driven by several factors, some cyclical in nature, that should remain supportive despite the market having to ingest a record number of foreclosures recently.
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
Van R. Hoisington and Lacy H. Hunt, in their third quarter review, suggest that the Federal Reserve will remain unsuccessful in their quest for higher growth by continuing Large... Read More
System-wide U.S. credit card debt growth will decline moderately, while auto loans growth will fall markedly over the next two years, believe BMO Capital Markets analysts. James Fortheringham and Aman Gherger forecast benign... Read More
You would be forgiven if you've never heard of Wacker Neuson SE (ETR:WAC) (FRA:WAC) (OTCMKTS:WKRCF). Wacker Neuson is not a popular, fast growing company, nor is it a global... Read More
As regulatory-driven investment forces a more passive investor base into the bund market, the Eurosystem will become the single biggest holder of bunds by the end of this year,... Read More
Exchange-traded products have opened up new markets to investors across the world. Whereas before private investors would have found it hard to trade frontier stock markets, emerging market debt,... Read More
How high is Google’s “moat” guarding its fortress holding on to their top position in search? A 16-year old Indian boy apparently has bested Google at its own game –... Read More
Canyon Capital Advisors says March is on track to be the second worst month in its history after the 1998 Long-Term Capital Management and Russia debt default incident. Their... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: REGULATORS TO CLASSIFY GOLD AS ZERO-RISK ASSET In what might be the most underreported financial story of the year, US banking regulators recently circulated a memorandum for comment,... Read More
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) named Gene Lee, who was earlier president and chief operating officer, as interim chief executive officer. The announcement comes barely a week after Starboard Value LP... Read More
Caveat emptor to buyers of China Credit Bonds, says a new report from a big investment bank. With limited breakeven spreads across all tenors and yield curves staying flat, one... Read More
