Financial

Bull markets climb a wall of worry.  Bull markets end when no one is any longer worried about anything. Bear markets then decline as more and more investors throw in …

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As a group the REIT sector has been red hot. Since a moderate correction in September 2014, the major REIT ETFs are up about 20%. For many REITs, the prices …

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For the 9th Consecutive month, Chinese Home Prices Decline.   The average price of new homes in China’s 70 major cities fell 0.4% in January from the month before, marking the ninth …

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This Great Graphic, created on Bloomberg, shows the US (white line) and German (yellow line) 10-year generic yields.   The US benchmark yield is at its highest level today since the first …

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The S&P 500 took a stab at the 2,100 level this afternoon and is modestly higher heading into the final hour. News flow has been light and volume is well …

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Sales of physical gold have gone up significantly in Europe in January. According to sellers this is mostly related to worries around the future of the Eurozone. On top of …

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0:05 – The price of gold has been under some pressure since the release of the non-farm payroll number for January and the upward revisions to previous jobs numbers throughout 2014. …

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OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS March E-mini S&Ps (ESH15 -0.10%) this morning are down -0.13% and European stocks are down -0.13% after Monday’s meeting of Eurozone finance ministers ended abruptly after Greek Finance Minister Varaoufakis refused …

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It seems like I have been working overtime to turf up value in REIT-dom. You may have seen a few recent articles on several under-researched companies that have been neglected …

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It is probably one of the most surprising interviews with a top exec from the financial industry in a long time. The ex-CEO of UBS and Credit Suisse, Oswald Gruebel, …

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