The Institutional Risk Analyst

Q: What is the duration of a security with a negative yield? Hold that thought. Noted financial author Nassim Nicholas Taleb has little...

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...

In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a comment by Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D., Vice Chairman & Chief Monetary...

New York | Last week in The Institutional Risk Analyst, we gave you a taste of today’s interview with author and consultant Jim Rickards...

New York | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a market comment from Robert Eisenbeis, Vice Chairman & Chief...

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...

San Francisco | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a conversation with David Kotok, Chairman and Chief...

Paris | Those of us who anticipated a quiet holiday break have been greatly disappointed. It is tempting to blame the electronic...

By any standard, credit spreads in the US bond and loan markets remain very tight. Now several years into a Fed interest rate tightening...

In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a comment from our fellow fisherman David Kotok, Chairman & Chief Investment...

"Al", retired Wells Fargo stagecoach pony New York | Wall Street more than bounced last week as the secular shortage of stocks quickly...

New York | With the global punditry assembled in Davos this week, the topic of the dollar seems to have bubbled to the surface again. ...

In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, let’s first ponder last week’s revelations that the European Central Bank is taking a...

Atlanta | Is a conundrum worse than a dilemma? One of the more important and least discussed factors affecting the financial markets is...

Trump Pavilion from the Van Wyck Expressway New York | Q: Besides stocks, what asset class has benefitted the most from the radical...

“The great wheel of circulation is altogether different from the goods which are circulated by means of it. The revenue of the society...

New York | We start the week in downtown Manhattan with a presentation to the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers in...

New York | Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s defense of the benefits of regulation last week in Jackson Hole probably killed her chances for...

New York | After several weeks on the road talking to mortgage professionals and business owners, below is an update on the world of...

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...