Tuesday, April 11, 2017

11/4/17: S&P 500 Concentration Risk

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Concentration risk is a concept that comes from banking. In simple terms, concentration risk reflects the extent to which bank's asset...

11/4/17: Euro Area Growth Conditions Remain Robust in 1Q 17

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Eurocoin, Banca d'Italia and CEPR's leading indicator of economic growth in the euro area has slipped in March to 0.72 from 0.75 i...

10/4/17: BRIC Composite PMIs 1Q 17: Not Keeping Up With Global Growth

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In two previous posts, I have covered the 1Q 2017 data for Manufacturing PMIs and Services PMIs for BRIC economies. Both indicators prov...

10/4/17: BRIC Services PMI 1Q 2017: Another Weak Quarter

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Yesterday, in my analysis of BRIC Manufacturing PMIs for 1Q 2017 , I showed that 51.1 for 1Q 2017, BRIC Manufacturing PMI average came dow...
Monday, April 10, 2017

9/4/17: JTCI Article on Cybercrime & Financial Markets Contagion

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Our paper on cybersecurity risks spillovers across financial markets was published in the JTCI: http://www.terrorismcyberinsurance.com/. Y...

9/4/17: BRIC Manufacturing PMIs 1Q 2017: Stalling Momentum

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1Q 2017 PMIs for Manufacturing are painting a mixed picture for the world's largest emerging economies, the BRIC group. Brazil's...

9/4/17: Nama's Missed Opportunities

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My Sunday Business Post article on Nama and the 'value-destruction' :  https://www.businesspost.ie/opinion/nama-missed-opportunity...

9/4/17: Oil's Bucking Bull

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My recent article for Sunday Business Post covering oil price dynamics and forecasts:  https://www.businesspost.ie/business/oils-bucking-b...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

13/3/17: Bitcoin v Gold: Volatilities and Correlation

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On foot of the previous post, a reader asked me for some analysis of comparatives between Bitcoin volatility and Gold price volatility. It...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

12/3/17: Bitcoin Pop: Nothing too Dramatic by Historical Comparatives

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Few days back, I posted a quick note about the erroneous nature of Bitcoin-Gold comparatives . And yesterday, we had one of those events t...
Saturday, March 4, 2017

3/3/17: BRIC Manufacturing PMI: Weaker Support for Global Growth in 1Q

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The latest BRIC Manufacturing sector PMIs for February are continuing to signal support for global growth albeit at weaker rates than in ...
Friday, March 3, 2017

3/3/17: Sovereign & Corporate Credit Ratings: Slow Motion Disaster Spectacle

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Recently, I wrote about the latest Fitch Ratings data showing a dramatic decline in the number of AAA-rated sovereigns over 2016 (see:  ht...