Quantitative analysts, called quants, employ mathematical and statistical models to understand things. Two of them are now stepping up to provide investors with their insights. Quantitative analysis is…
University endowments have been earning returns that have well underperformed stocks, due mostly with their fascination with private equity. They happily fail though. University endowments manage a total…
Whether or not there is an actual emergency in the United States right now, President Donald Trump has declared one, to provide him access to up to $50…
Up until this week, the Dow has never lost 1200 points in a single day. We’ve done this three times this week, including hitting the new record on…
Individual investors have been challenged plenty by the current stock crisis, and this has been all the more painful for mutual fund managers, even though they may not…
As mired as stock markets are in uncertainty during these times, and as much as they have fallen, things could be a whole lot worse if not for…
With oil and stock markets already in a panic over the epidemic of virus fear that has gripped the world, Saudi Arabia declaring a price war on top…
While the great majority of stock investors wrestle with the decision of how much to be in or out during these wild times, those more in the know…
Jim Stewart writes a regular column for the New York Times called “Common Sense.” He’s got the common part down pat, but the sense part needs some real…
With European rates being underwater for so long, and U.S. treasury yields really plummeting now, some are wondering how much longer the U.S. can stay positive. Negative yields…