Stocks Reversing Higher into Afternoon on Less China Trade Deal Pessimism, Lower Long-Term Rates, Earnings Optimism, Transport/Biotech Sector Strength

  Broad Equity Market Tone: Advance/Decline Line: Modestly Lower Sector Performance: Mixed Volume: Around Average Market Leading...

30/11/18: Turning Europe into Greece

My latest column for the Cayman Financial Review is out, discussing how the lessons from the Global Financial Crisis, not learned by Europ...

30/11/18: Ireland’s Dependency Ratio Problem?

Ireland seems to have a twin dependency. or rather a triple dependency problem: Younger population means larger share of population is e...

Unauthorized Immigrants to US Continues to Decline

The total number of unauthorized immigrants in the US climbed very rapidly in the 1990s and early 2000, but peaked around 2007, and has decl...

Morning Market Internals

NYSE Composite Index: Volume Running -.1% Below 100-Day Average 10 Sectors Rising, 1 Sector Declining 49.3% of Issues Advancing, 48.5%...

30/11/18: The Myth of Social Mobility and Wealth Inequality

Three charts, related topics. Global wealth inequality has been a much-discussed problem these days, with both longer-term economic and s...

Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States - Who is Responsible for Middle East Instability?

Friday Watch

Evening Headlines Bloomberg:       Trump-Xi Dinner Offers Chance to Avert De...