Tags: stocks
Are Stocks Cheap?
May 8th, 2013
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by Fernando Duarte and Carlo Rosa - Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
We surveyed banks, we combed the academic literature, we asked economists at central banks. It turns out that most of their models predict that we wi… more »
Can Risk Aversion Explain Stock Price Volatility?
April 8th, 2013
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by Stephen F. LeRoy, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Why are the prices of stocks and other assets so volatile? Efficient capital markets theory implies that stock prices should be much less volatile than actually observed, reflecting an unrealis… more »
Bond Giants: Inflation Is, Is Not Likely
September 13th, 2012
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Econintersect: Two of the leading bond market investors, Jeff Gundlach and Bill Gross, have polar opposite positions about the prospects for inflation in the U.S. However, there are some similarities in how the two view the potential for the bond marke… more »
Hopes Rise for Additional China Stimulus
July 14th, 2012
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Econintersect: China's National Bureau of Statistics said the world's second-largest economy grew at 7.8% for the first half of the year. This appears to be in line with expectations but has renewed trader's expectations that China would partake in a… more »
BOB Doll: GOP Will Sweep in 2012
January 6th, 2012
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Econintersect: Bob Doll is the chief investment strategist for BlackRock. He has succumbed to the popular pastime of making predictions for the coming year, a pastime that has almost become an addictive disease. Financial Advisor Magazine reports the… more »
