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- Boost Your Returns by Conquering Risk
- Risk is hard to define and even harder to detect or measure. But if you don't understand how much you can stand, you're liable to find yourself in the wrong investments at the wrong time. We think we know what risk is, but it’s a...
- Articles 2009-09-14
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- Now Hear This: The T-Bond Market is Forecasting Higher Inflation
- Wednesday's trading in the U.S. Treasury bond market broadcast an important economic signal -- that investors are building higher inflation into their forecasts. As the Treasury attempts brings to market an estimated $3.25 trillion in bonds during the 2009 fiscal year (ending Sept. 30), rising yields suggest that investors lack...
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- WSJ: Inflation Risk to Feed Rate Increases
- The Federal Reserve was expected to continue raising interest rates at upcoming meetings because more officials believe the risk of inflation is rising, the Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 2.The Federal Reserve was expected to continue raising interest rates at upcoming meetings because more officials believe the risk of inflation...
- Research articles 2004-12-06
- TIPS Tipoffs on Inflation
- Bill Luby submits: First there was the inflation scare, then there was the deflation scare, and now it seems any network or blog can find enough economists to support either scenario as a grave concern for the economy.In times of confusion, I like to take my cues from the...
- External links 2008-09-10
- Understanding Risk
- This article talks about the types of risk and different measures to minimize these kind of risks. While investing for retirement, first impulse is to choose the "safest" investment for savings plan and after that measures that can help to make sure that money will be there for future. However,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Yield and Inflation Differentials between Canada and the United States
- It is well established that the term structure of interest rates reflects market expectations about future inflation and real interest rates. Extracting such information from the term structure is important for the implementation of monetary policy. This paper proposes an approach for extracting information about inflation expectations and inflation-risk premiums...
- White papers
- Hedging Inflation Risk with ETFs
- Tom Lydon ETF Trends submits: Some fear that record government borrowing could induce a period of high inflation and that bonds ultimately may not be worth as much as they used to be. However, Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) and related ETFs may be a way to protect your wealth....
- External links 2009-08-10
- Fed to warn about inflation risk
- NEW YORK Bridge -- There is little question in many economists' minds that the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates unchanged at Wednesday's policy meeting amid evidence of slower U.S. economic growth and subdued inflation. But many analysts expect the Fed to warn that the risks remain weighted toward higher...
- Research articles 2000-11-14
- Managing the inflation risk.(Market Watch)
- In September, hurricanes clobbered the Gulf Coast destroying homes and jobs, shutting down vital oil facilities, driving up energy costs, hammering consumer confidence and throwing economic growth in doubt. It was a "shock" if ever there was one and some said it was a...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Managing the inflation risk
- In September, hurricanes clobbered the Gulf Coast destroying homes and jobs, shutting down vital oil facilities, driving up energy costs, hammering consumer confidence and throwing economic growth in doubt. It was a "shock" if ever there was one and some said it was a time for that ultimate risk manager,...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Central banks maintain growth target, warn of inflation risk
- BASEL AFP — G10 central bankers maintained their forecast of "robust" global economic growth but warned about the risk of inflationary pressures, European Central Bank ECB chief Jean-Claude Trichet said. Trichet was speaking in his capacity as chairman of the G10 group of leading central bankers, after their regular...
- Research articles 2005-11-07
- Assessing Exchange Rate Risk
- When companies undertake international business, they take a risk because their investments and business operations may be affected by changes in the exchange rates for different currencies. This risk is known as exchange rate risk.Increasingly, companies are fighting for a slice of global markets, particularly in developing nations, and putting...
- Articles 2007-12-06
- The Fed Fears Deflation More Than Inflation
- In his interesting post, Scott Sumner argues that deflation is more likely than inflation, and that if it occurred, it would damage the economy by effectively raising labor costs to firms, forcing them to lay off more people and worsening our unemployment problems. In contrast, I view deflation as less...
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Inflation picks up speed
- HEADLINE inflation picked up speed last quarter, underscoring the risk that the Reserve Bank will increase rates again next month. The consumer price index rose 1 per cent in the September quarter, compared with a 0.5 per cent increase in the previous quarter, and faster than the 0.9 per cent expected by financial markets....
- News items 2009-10-27
- Treasury Bonds: The Risks in Avoiding Risk
- We've heard that it's impossible to be too rich or too thin. What about too safe? It's been hard to imagine that lately, during the worst stock market in decades, but the multitude of investors seeking refuge in government bonds may be displaying an imprudent amount of prudence. ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- How to Restore a Devastated Nest Egg
- Dan and Barbara Hoffa felt a lot wealthier in 2007 than they do today. The market's plunge vaporized half of the Hoffas' portfolio, reducing their total liquid assets to about $900,000, a little more than half of which is arrayed in 401ks and a Roth IRA. ...
- Articles 2009-09-15
- Deflation Risk Is Disappearing
- Calafia Beach Pundit submits: This chart is Bloomberg's calculation of the 5-year forward expected inflation rate, 5 years from now (which is presumably the Fed's preferred measure of inflation expectations). As it shows, deflation risk was at its maximum right around the end of last year. Inflation expectations...
- External links 2009-04-27
- Federal Reserve official says US inflation risks manageable
- WASHINGTON AFP ? US Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond president Alfred Broaddus said the risk of rising inflation was growing but still manageable. "I am not dismissing the risk of an unwelcome further increase in inflation," Broaddus told bankers in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, according to a copy...
- Research articles 2004-05-18
- We Need Inflation to Spur a Recovery
- Lee Ohanian makes a very persuasive argument that zero percent inflation does not harm an economy. Sometimes that's true, but I don't think it's the case this time. Because we are all consumers, we naturally think lower prices are good. Yet the U.S. just experienced the lowest...
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Deflation is Our Biggest Worry -- Not Inflation
- Many economists are worried about high inflation over the next few years. This is based on a misdiagnosis of the current economic crisis. Although the recession officially began in December 2007, until last August the damage was mostly confined to housing and finance. In August 2008, the recession spread to...
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
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