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Monday Market Calls | The Federal Debt Ceiling and Treasuries
Call #1: Underweight Long-Term Treasuries As negotiations continue in Washington over the federal debt ceiling, our calls this week focus on the question: what is the debt ceiling and why does it matter to investors? The federal government is…
Weekend Reading Roundup | 5.20.2011
While the IMF bade farewell to one head and considered replacements, World Bank released a report on “the new global economy” which predicted that today’s emerging economies will grow, on average, by 4.7% a year until 2025. What about…
What’s Eating You? Global Inflation and Your Portfolio
Headlines of late have been filled with news about inflation, from rising commodity, precious metals and gas prices to higher prints of the consumer price index. Traditionally investors have looked to US real estate, commodities and US TIPS as…
Central Banks and Gold: Still Net Buyers
There are a number of reasons why gold and silver don’t move in concert, but one notable reason is the purchasing of gold by central banks, which have historically viewed gold as part of their reserves. In 2010, for the first time in 20 years,…
Cause or Effect: ETF Trading Volume Impact on Volatility (and Vice Versa)
If you read Russ Koesterich’s blog post from Monday, May 12th, you already have an idea of what has been going on with the price of silver. The commodity was up over 150% over the prior 12 months before going through a downward correction and…
Video: The Debt Ceiling, Budget Cuts and Political Kabuki
Will the budget deficit bump its head on the debt ceiling? Not likely, according to iShares Chief Investment Strategist Russ Koesterich. Even so, a closer look at the recent budget deal suggests congress has yet to make any real progress on reining…
