Charlatans, Imbeciles and Fed Governors
Q: What is the duration of a security with a negative yield? Hold that thought. Noted financial author Nassim Nicholas Taleb has little...
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The Institutional Risk Analyst
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Jul 22, 20195 min read
Maybe No Rate Cut in July?
Avalon | We caused a bit of a fuss last week on CNBC by suggesting that the Federal Open Market Committee will not cut the target for Fed...
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Robert Eisenbeis
Jul 4, 20193 min read
Eisenbeis: The June FOMC
In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a comment by Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D., Vice Chairman & Chief Monetary...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Jun 5, 20197 min read
Aftermath: Interview with James Rickards
New York | Last week in The Institutional Risk Analyst, we gave you a taste of today’s interview with author and consultant Jim Rickards...
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Robert Eisenbeis
May 10, 20194 min read
Eisenbeis: Hope Is Not a Strategy
New York | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a market comment from Robert Eisenbeis, Vice Chairman & Chief...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 24, 20195 min read
Bank Earnings and QE/QT
New York | In the most recent edition of The IRA Bank Book, we note that the rate of increase in funding costs for US banks in 2018 was a...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 10, 20199 min read
The Interview: David Kotok on GSIBs, Markets and Central Banks
San Francisco | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a conversation with David Kotok, Chairman and Chief...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Dec 26, 20185 min read
Welcome to Brazil
Paris | Those of us who anticipated a quiet holiday break have been greatly disappointed. It is tempting to blame the electronic...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 14, 20185 min read
Tight Money vs Tight Spreads
By any standard, credit spreads in the US bond and loan markets remain very tight. Now several years into a Fed interest rate tightening...
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David Kotok
Apr 2, 20185 min read
Kotok: LOIS is Screaming
In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a comment from our fellow fisherman David Kotok, Chairman & Chief Investment...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 21, 20187 min read
Wells Fargo & Co Gets No Respect
"Al", retired Wells Fargo stagecoach pony New York | Wall Street more than bounced last week as the secular shortage of stocks quickly...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Jan 25, 20185 min read
Dollars, Deficits and "Duh" in Davos
New York | With the global punditry assembled in Davos this week, the topic of the dollar seems to have bubbled to the surface again. ...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Dec 10, 20177 min read
The Interview: Bob Eisenbeis on Seeking Normal at the Fed
In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, let’s first ponder last week’s revelations that the European Central Bank is taking a...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Nov 30, 20175 min read
Banks and the Fed's Duration Trap
Atlanta | Is a conundrum worse than a dilemma? One of the more important and least discussed factors affecting the financial markets is...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Nov 20, 20176 min read
Is Multifamily Lending a Threat to US Banks?
Trump Pavilion from the Van Wyck Expressway New York | Q: Besides stocks, what asset class has benefitted the most from the radical...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Oct 1, 20177 min read
CDO Redux: Credit Spreads & Financial Fraud
“The great wheel of circulation is altogether different from the goods which are circulated by means of it. The revenue of the society...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Sep 25, 20175 min read
Citigroup: Expanding Multiples, Flat Margins
New York | We start the week in downtown Manhattan with a presentation to the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers in...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 29, 20175 min read
Fed Chairs & Credit Bubbles
New York | Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s defense of the benefits of regulation last week in Jackson Hole probably killed her chances for...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 22, 20176 min read
Mortgage Finance Update: Winter is Here
New York | After several weeks on the road talking to mortgage professionals and business owners, below is an update on the world of...
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By: R. Christopher Whalen
May 31, 20175 min read
The Profile: Capital One Financial (COF)
Financials swooned this week as investors now seem to accept that much of the Trump program is in doubt – at least for 2017. No surprise...
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