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Accounts of the financial crisis leave out the story of the secretive deals between banks that kept the show on the road. How long can the system be propped up for? - Click to enlarge It is a decade since the first tremors of what would become the Great Financial Crisis began to convulse global markets. Across the world from China and South Korea, to Ukraine, Greece, Brexit Britain and Trump’s America it has shaken...

US futures are set for a sharply lower open (at least in recent market terms) following a steep decline in European stocks and a selloff in Asian shares, following yesterday’s sharp escalation in the war of words between the U.S. and North Korea. In a broad risk-off move U.S. Treasuries rose, the VIX surged above 12 overnight, while German bund futures climbed to the highest level in six weeks. The Swiss franc gained...

There is no change to the risk budget this month. For the moderate risk investor, the allocation between risk assets and bonds is unchanged at 50/50. There are no changes to the portfolio this month. Growth and inflation expectations rose somewhat since last month’s update. The change is minor though and within the range of what we’ve seen in recent months. The most significant change from last month is the continued...

The majority of the economic reports over the last two weeks have been disappointing, less than the consensus expectations. The minor rebound in activity we’ve been tracking since last summer appears to have stalled. Retail sales continue to disappoint and inventory/sales ratios are once again rising – from already elevated levels. Even the positive reports were clouded by negative undertones. So far though our market...

Das Fed erhöht die Leitzinsen, doch die «Trump Reflation» bleibt aus. Bild: Carlos Barria (Keystone) Janet Yellen ist guten Mutes. Die Vorsitzende der amerikanischen Notenbank (Fed) und ihre Kollegen haben am Mittwoch den Leitzins abermals um 0,25 Prozentpunkte erhöht. Es war die vierte Zinserhöhung, seit das Fed im Dezember 2015 den Pfad der Nullzinsen verlassen hatte. Steigende Leitzinsen – konkret geht es dabei um die Federal Funds Rate, also den Zinssatz, zu dem sich Banken...

Das Fed erhöht die Leitzinsen, doch die «Trump Reflation» bleibt aus. Bild: Carlos Barria (Keystone) Janet Yellen ist guten Mutes. Die Vorsitzende der amerikanischen Notenbank (Fed) und ihre Kollegen haben am Mittwoch den Leitzins abermals um 0,25 Prozentpunkte erhöht. Es war die vierte Zinserhöhung, seit das Fed im Dezember 2015 den Pfad der Nullzinsen verlassen hatte. Steigende Leitzinsen – konkret geht es dabei um die Federal Funds Rate, also den Zinssatz, zu dem sich Banken...

The economic reports released since the last of these updates was generally not all that bad but the reports considered more important were disappointing. And it should be noted that economic reports lately have generally been worse than expected which, if you believe the market to be fairly efficient, is what really matters. The disappointing employment report and the generally less than expected tone of the reports...

In an open letter, MIT President Rafael Reif writes (from the opening paragraph): Yesterday, the White House took the position that the Paris climate agreement – a landmark effort to combat global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions – was a bad deal for America. Other nations have made clear that the deal is not open to renegotiation. And unfortunately, there is no negotiating with the scientific facts. In March, Reif questioned planned federal spending cuts. And in January, he...

Symbol von Deutschlands Wirtschaftsmacht: Ein neuer BMW erhält im Werk Regensburg den letzten Schliff. Foto: Lennart Preiss (Keystone) «The Germans are bad, really bad. Look at the millions of cars they sell in the US. It’s terrible. We’ll put a stop to that.» Donald Trumps Ausruf gegen die Exportweltmeister an seinem ersten Arbeitstreffen mit der EU in Brüssel vergangene Woche sorgt in deutschen Diplomatenkreisen für Entsetzen. Trump hat sich – mal wieder – im Ton und in der Sachlage...

Symbol von Deutschlands Wirtschaftsmacht: Ein neuer BMW erhält im Werk Regensburg den letzten Schliff. Foto: Lennart Preiss (Keystone) «The Germans are bad, really bad. Look at the millions of cars they sell in the US. It’s terrible. We’ll put a stop to that.» Donald Trumps Ausruf gegen die Exportweltmeister an seinem ersten Arbeitstreffen mit der EU in Brüssel vergangene Woche sorgt in deutschen Diplomatenkreisen für Entsetzen. Trump hat sich – mal wieder – im Ton und in der Sachlage...