Keeping The Bubble-Boom Going by Thorsten Polleit, Mises Institute The US Federal Reserve is playing with the idea of raising interest rates, possibly as early as September this year. After... Read More

In my last eight posts, I looked at aspects of corporate behavior from investments to financing to dividend policy, using the data that I collected at the start of... Read More

Finance professor Clifford Rossi at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has insight from 25-plus years in senior risk management and credit positions at Citigroup,... Read More

  Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) released the names involved in its downgrade list which the company had previously announced this morning.  The rating agency was supposed to release the names after... Read More

Anyone who reads bank research on a daily basis likely develops favorites – research analysts that provide tradable insight, interesting angles on issues and mathematical perspective that can shape... Read More

What is the world’s largest industry? Is it technology, with Apple Computer and Google each eclipsing cities such as Chicago, Dallas and Washington DC in their market cap relative... Read More

Risk premia investment strategies, along with other alternative strategies, have gained popularity recently, even though they don’t outperform stock picking. A detailed report from Societe Generale quants gives an... Read More

Even with the job market starting to pick up, college seniors are about to graduate into a tough job market with youth unemployment still above 15%, more than a... Read More

Mike Wilkins like’s investment fraud.  As the chief investment officer for hedge fund short seller Kingsford Capital, Wilkins makes a profit by spotting fraud and selling the stock, benefiting... Read More

After a difficult start to the year, Quality Capital Management, the UK-based managed futures hedge fund, is up slightly year to date as central bank intervention in Europe and... Read More