Though another industry default wave as significant as energy is not anticipated, UBS analysts believe industry concentrations in primary U.S. credit markets are elevated, not only in energy but also in... read more

The UK retail, or supermarket sector has been under pressure for much of the past year. The sector has been threatened by the rise of discount retailers like Aldi... read more

Of all the oil patch bankruptcies of the past two years, Chesapeake Energy’s fall from grace has been one of the most public. Once touted as the leader of... read more

Charles Brandes is one of the few money managers still alive today who had the privilege of training under the stewardship of Benjamin Graham. Brandes spent time with Graham in... read more

A virtual consensus exists about the probability of a fiscal stimulus under a Trump presidency. Most only debate its size and timing. But that doesn’t appear to be dampening... read more

Hedge fund performance hit a speed bump last week, led by CTAs, who struggled with a shifting equity market environment and continued stagnation in certain commodity and foreign and... read more

The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that Endo Pharmaceuticals violated federal antitrust laws by paying Impax Laboratories and Watson Laboratories to delay launching their approved generic versions. The latest case... read more

The global financial crisis of 2008 has slowly yielded to a global unemployment crisis. This unemployment crisis will, fairly quickly, give way to a political crisis. The crisis involves all... read more

While most people are gearing up for tax season (or procrastinating until the week before as the case may be), the Federal government is still waiting to hear from... read more

Value investors place their faith in several operating metrics such as earnings and EBITDA, as much as the traditional price-to-book. In 2016, price-to-book has outperformed others, particularly in small... read more