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In Search of Safe Havens: The Trust Deficit and Risk-free Investments!

Musings on Markets

With this investment, you face price risk , since even though you know what you will receive as a coupon or cash flow in future periods, since the present value of these cash flows, will change as rates change. The first is that there is no risk that the issuer of the security will default on their contractual commitments.

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Data Update 3 for 2021: Currencies, Commodities, Collectibles and Cryptos

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In my last post , I described the wild ride that the price of risk took in 2020, with equity risk premiums and default spreads initially sky rocketing, as the virus led to global economic shutdowns, and then just as abruptly dropping back to pre-crisis levels over the course of the year. Data Update 4 for 2021: The Hurdle Rate Question.

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Transcript: Edward Chancellor

Barry Ritholtz

CHANCELLOR: And I actually — one of my last projects at GMO was to do a sort of — to look at what was going on from economic sentiment perspective, looking at various different measures in a bull bear ratio, amount of margin loans in system. They’re actually just buying long dollars, treasuries. back in sort of 2012.

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Restructuring Compensation And Roles To Align For Growth

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Because the economics of profitability start showing up particularly when you’re starting to hire other advisors and staff and team. ” look at the Monte Carlo simulations, look at what is the hurdle rate. gains tax rate where some of these clients are retiring early before they turn pension and Social Security on.

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Transcript: Stephen Suttmeier

Barry Ritholtz

He is Chief Equity technical strategist at B of A Securities, and he’s a double threat. And I think you will also, with no further ado, my conversation with B of A Securities, Steven Sutt Meyer. I don’t think I’m allowed to do that at, at b of a security. You, you mentioned the fed raising rates.