The contrast between 2013 and 2008 could not be any starker. In 2008, the U.S. economy, and its overseers, the Federal Reserve and the Administration, could not do anything right….
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Posted in U.S. Policy & Politics
Tagged employment, fiscal cliff, fiscal policy, U.S. economy
Another year, another disaster-averting deal. The latest installment of the Eurozone sovereign debt saga took us to Cyprus, a tiny Mediterranean island with a population on par with Rhode Island…
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Posted in Investing
Tagged Europe debt crisis, European Central Bank, Eurozone, OppChart
The last time Cyprus captured this much of the world’s attention was when Alexander the Great conquered the island in 333 BC. Some commentators are saying the problems in the…
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Posted in Global Economy
Tagged Cyprus, European debt crisis, European Union, Eurozone, Greece, Spain
Investors’ collective hunger for new sources of yield has been well documented over the past several years. Since the Federal Reserve adopted a Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) and embarked…
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Posted in Investing
Tagged dividend yield, Federal Reserve, quantitative easing, Zero Interest Rate Policy
GrowthSpotting: The Art of Global Investing This series cuts through market noise to explore what we believe are the most relevant and inevitable global trends for investors seeking growth. In it, we…
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Posted in Investing
Tagged equities, global investing, GrowthSpotting, stocks