DLBS News and Press, Barclays Bank PLC ZC SP ETN REDEEM 13/08/2020 USD 50 - Ser A 06740L444 From 02/01/19

The Peterson Institute has long been one of my favorite sources of original research in the field of economics. They generally support free-market ideas, although they are less than classically liberal in their approach. I was, nonetheless, surprised by the Presidential Lecture given at the ...

What the Fed did and said Wednesday Facts first, interpretation second, trading and investing thoughts last. Here is the key part of what the Federal Open Market Committee's statement said Wednesday: ...the Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 2...

Over the past few months, the investing markets have considered Federal Reserve Chairman Powell enemy number one. Earlier this week, the markets once again showed that America's central bank drives sentiment more than any other factor, forget trade wars, forget earnings, forget political drama...

Modern Monetary Theory ((MMT)) is in the news a lot lately. And that has resulted in a number of "critiques." Most of these critiques are, to be blunt, trash. You see, the thing is, MMT is really, really confusing and most people don't get it right at first. So we tend to see lots of "critique...

Following this week's meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee ((FOMC)), the Fed issued a statement that more forcefully signaled its intention to be cautious in the face of a more uncertain outlook. Policymakers also signaled that they view the current stance of monetary policy as more ...

The outlook for gold continues to brighten now that it no longer has to compete with higher interest rates. In today’s report, we’ll discuss the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate statement and its impact on the bullion price. We’ll also examine gold’s ...

The BCI at 243.9 is below above last week's 244.7, and remains below this business cycle’s peak as indicated by the BCIp at 57.0. However, the 6-month smoothed annualized growth BCIg at 5.6 is above last week’s 5.4. Both BCIp and BCIg are not signaling a recession. (BCIp needs ...

Note : This article was released yesterday to our RIA PRO subscribers . The statement and press conference following the January 30th Federal Reserve policy meeting was, with little doubt, a further pivot to a dovish stance. The statement below is from the prior December meeting and ...

"Both poker and investing are games of incomplete information. You have a certain set of facts and you are looking for situations where you have an edge, whether the edge is psychological or statistical." - David Einhorn Looking with interest at the continuation of the rally in both equi...

By Sonal Desai, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income While the US Federal Reserve (Fed) decided to leave interest rates unchanged at its January policy meeting, the market seems to be thinking the Fed may press pause for an extended per...