When Diversification Fails

by | Nov 21, 2014 | Articles

Correlation coefficients are one of the most complicated areas of the asset management world, but the idea behind them is pretty simple–or, at least, most of us thought it was until the 2008-2009 meltdown.  The basic idea is that you study the price movements...

Zombie Economy

by | Nov 21, 2014 | Articles

You may have read that the U.S. stock market was buoyed to new record highs by news that Japan was stimulating its economy.  And you might have wondered about the connection.  As you may know, the US has the world’s largest economy by Gross Domestic Production (GDP)...

Getting Premium at the Cost of Regular

by | Nov 21, 2014 | Articles

Whenever we fill up our cars with gas, we have a choice: we can buy “regular,” or we can pay extra (sometimes as much as 30 cents a gallon extra) for “premium” gasoline.  Experts say that, for most cars, premium gas doesn’t accomplish anything except, perhaps, adding...

Cheap Oil Gets Cheaper

by | Nov 21, 2014 | Articles

The economic news that everybody is talking about lately is the sudden unexpected drop in oil prices.  One type of oil, West Texas Intermediate crude, has fallen from over $140 a barrel in the Summer of 2008, and $115 a barrel as recently as June, down to $91, and...

Relative Prosperity

by | Nov 21, 2014 | Articles

You might have read that the U.S. investment markets are jittery on the news that Japan has experienced two consecutive quarters of economic decline—the official definition of a recession.  But if you turn the news around, it offers us a reminder that, however much we...

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