Is the U.S. Really Headed for 3% GDP Growth? Deutsche Bank economists recently upped their forecast for U.S. growth in the fourth quarter to 3% year-on-year. But its team of... Read More

Financial Times reports that BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) is adding a big acquisition to its bag by buying Swiss Re Ltd. (PINK:SSREY) (PINK:SSREF)'s private equity unit that is worth $7.5billion. This deal will... Read More

Insolvency petitions spiked more than 30% year over year in the Cayman Islands, as 2013 was a year when investors started to grow impatient with fund managers who domicile... Read More

As Q3 2018 earnings season comes to a close, there are several important themes and trends I’m looking forward to discussing in our upcoming The Bottom-Up Economist (BUE) quarterly... Read More

Kenneth Heebner, Capital Growth Management says the "future is bright," for markets, and is enthusiastic about the Fed wanting more inflation. Michael Farr of Farr, Miller & Washington, says... Read More

Oaktree Capital co-Chairman Howard Marks discusses trade tariffs, the minimum wage and the 2016 presidential race. H/T Dataroma9 Oaktree's Howard Marks On Tariffs And Minimum Wage Marks: 5 Years Ago I Turned... Read More

The old trading axiom that a trending market can be wrong longer than an investor can remain solvent applies to everyone – including Paul Singer, one of the largest... Read More

Athanasios Orphanides, the former governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, told Tom Keene and Sara Eisen on "Bloomberg Surveillance" today that Cyprus "will face a deeper recession going... Read More

Ariel International, & Ariel Global Fund - Healthy Ideas Dear Fellow Shareholder: As you know, stocks continued a massive global rally this quarter. So we are happy to report a... Read More

It wasn’t long ago that senior management at Elliott Management, a hedge fund that has been widely critical of the topic rarely discussed in media – unregulated derivatives that... Read More