What Makes Money Worth Anything?
I am completely fascinated by the concept of money. What makes a picture of our first president on a piece of paper worth a dollar? I...
Why do investors buy negative yield bonds?
Negative yielding debt is the most striking consequence of aggressive central bank policy. The amount of bonds with negative market...
Black gold…Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Introduction The price of oil is of critical importance to today's world economy, given that oil is the largest internationally traded...
Global Financial Crisis, corporate governance and the three-lines-of-defense model
Since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007–09, the design and implementation of internal control systems has attracted serious...
Part 3: Fed Ends Zero-Rate Era (History)
How did it all start: In August 2010, the Fed pivoted from policies aimed at normalizing financial markets to actions that would allow it...
Part 2: Fed Ends Zero-Rate Era (Winners & Losers)
Lets see the impact on economies and industries: Economies: Winners: Winners will be countries “with low inflation who are large...
Fed Ends Zero-Rate Era; Signals 4 Quarter-Point Increases in 2016
Aryabhatta, a 5th century AD mathematician from India, is credited with formally introducing the currently prevalent usage of zero as...
