Current accounts and foreign exchange returns
A research report by Jens Nordvig and his colleagues at Nomura shows that external (current account) surpluses have been a poor indicator of currency...
A Fed view on low long-term yields
Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke recently explained globally low long-term yields as a combination of anchored inflation expectations, negative real policy rates, and a compressed term...
Central banks and equity market distress
A short Bundesbank paper presents evidence that the Federal Reserve, the ECB, and the Bank of England have long used policy rates to stabilize...
Summary: Macro information efficiency and investment strategies
Markets are not efficient in respect to macroeconomic information, because both research and strategy development are expensive. As a result, there is ample scope for value generation...
Summary: information efficient tracking of macroeconomic trends
This post briefly summarizes why markets are struggling to price macroeconomic trends efficiently. The summary is identical to this blog's page "Systematic Value III:...
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