Equity

Risk aversion and asset reallocation have pushed 10 year German interest rates towards a historic low of 2.028%. Short term Swiss interest rates on futures imply negative 3-month rates….

In accordance with the motto, “Buy to the roar of cannon and sell to the sound of trumpets”, the Oracle of Omaha said he enjoys buying shares during markets selloff.

EDHEC-Risk Institute condemns the August 11 decisions by the financial market authorities in Belgium, France, Italy and Spain to impose or extend short-selling bans in the wake of renewed market volatility.

The idea that considers equity investing as long term has simply become absurd nowadays and has been so during the last 10 years. Let us be reassured. Opportunities will still be around. The only real question nowadays is how to allocate between real assets and financial assets

John Paulson, featured manager in recent years, who bet on economic recovery by the end of 2012, has lost 11 percent in the first week of August...