“Humans don’t want accuracy; they want reassurance. The Nobel laureate and retired Stanford University economist Kenneth Arrow did a tour of duty as a weather forecaster for the US Air Force during Wo...
What follows is a series of twelve facets in the financial markets for 2015. I’m pretty sure you won’t be able to sing this as a carol.
1. One Fed Hike. They did it. Finally. Probably a bit late too. ...
Tomorrow we will get the Federal Reserve’s decision on whether or not they will raise the Fed Funds rate. The market has been stewing over a rate rise for what seems like an eternity. I think they wil...
They call economics the “dismal science”. The world often seems far more interested in the awful things going on rather than positive developments. That’s why we rubber-neck when we see car accidents,...
The investment community is coming to grips with the effects from the horrific attacks in Paris. These abhorrent actions should not be callously dismissed and retribution is being dealt with as we spe...
Over time prices rise and fall at varying rates. The rate of inflation and its effects on an economy are often talked about endlessly.
The latest jobs report has significantly increased the likelihoo...
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: it might have been.”
- John Greenleaf Whittier
October 21 was Back to the Future day. This was the day that Marty McFly travelled to from 19...
China has been in the news a lot lately. There are many stories of concern, ranging from the currency devaluation, the economic slowdown and the stock market collapse.
When I was in Hong Kong last we...
“If we don’t discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.”
- William Feather, American author
After four years without a 10 per cent correction in the S&P 500, August issued a reminder to invest...
In part one we briefly went through the theory and history of innovation on employment. We covered two aspects that affect Bermuda: the pace of change and the occupational risk mix. In part two we rev...
