Nobody Wins a Trade War
'Sit back, take a deep breath, and try to figure out why the stock market has been reacting so violently,' writes our guest columnist, who blogs about the economy.
Research
New research on interest rates, bitcoin, etc.
Thrivent's Tanweer Akram on the effects of Fed tightening, Roger Farmer on Milton Friedman and inflation since 1979, plus research on crypto-currency and on the average age of entrepreneurs....
Consumer debt undermines personal retirement savings: LIMRA
LIMRA finds that six in 10 American workers with non-mortgage debt say paying down debt negatively impacts their efforts to save for retirement.
Investors keeping selling US equity funds
TrimTabs says U.S. equity funds lost a net $63.3 billion in 1Q2018, the second-highest quarterly outflow on record, while global equity funds received a net $63.9 billion. ...
Fund flows turn negative in February: Morningstar
If one still had any lingering doubt about how bad last month actually was in terms of flows, one only had to look at Vanguard: almost $33 billion in...
Float shrink: US firms continue to buy stock
New cash takeovers have totaled $48.1 billion, and they have would have been $136.9 billion had Broadcom’s bid for Qualcomm succeeded, said TrimTabs research.
Less debt for near-elderly households: EBRI
'Families with a near-elderly head show a pattern of stubbornly higher indebtedness than in past generations—specifically those in the 1990s,' the EBRI said.
Need for annuities is strong but interest still weak: Survey
A new CANNEX/Greenwald survey shows that about four in 10 pre-retirees expect annual income under $50k in retirement; 23% expect $50k-$75k and 16% expect $75k to $99k. Under 20%...
