Monthly Archives: January 2023

Monetary policy changes are felt slowly and then all at once

Used car prices fell nearly 15% year over year in December, and as shown below, since 1997, prices would need to fall another 30% to return to pre-COVID norms. Monetary policy changes move through the economy in 12 to 24-month … Continue reading

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This housing bust is global

Canada led the world in the most egregiously inflated home prices in the past few years, but New Zealand, Australia and Sweden were other top-risk contenders. Now high debt levels are having similar demand and price-depressing impacts in many countries … Continue reading

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Will the SEC clamp down on HFT cheating?

The scam of high-frequency trading (HFT) has been an insult to fairness and free markets for more than a decade. A few have been allowed to scalp fat profits at the expense of the rest, and reasonable people know it … Continue reading

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