Volatility doesn’t wear a sign around its neck or call ahead. It simply arrives, in a different guise nearly every time. Markets are unnerved this morning because of a failing bank in Portugal… The bank’s shares tumbled more than 14 percent today and its bonds dropped to record lows. Portuguese government debt led declines among securities from…

…would it be worth trading frequently even if that were the case?  (it probably isn’t, sorry) We have lots of friends in the hedge fund and asset management arena at my shop, and we have a great deal of respect for the work that they do and the insights they share. But we typically don’t allocate…

The corporation! Buybacks have continued, although as BofA Merrill notes, they’re off the highs we saw at the end of last year, beginning of this year. Merrill Lynch’s Equity and Quant Strategy team, led by Savita Subramanian, takes a look at the trends within their own customers’ accounts to get a sense of who’s buying…

361 Capital portfolio manager, Blaine Rollins, CFA, previously manager of the Janus Fund, writes a weekly update looking back on major moves, macro-trends and economic data points. The 361 Capital Weekly Research Briefing summarizes the latest market news along with some interesting facts and a touch of humor. 361 Capital is a provider of alternative…

My partner Barry has been working on a project for Bloomberg over the last few months and it’s finally debuting this weekend. I think this is exactly the kind of thing so many of you have been waiting for – a but the financial media just hasn’t brought it to you. I’ll let him tell…

Hard to believe half of 2014 is already in the books. Things are moving really quickly – maybe it’s just me. My eight year old daughter told us she’s ready to go to sleepaway camp next summer with her friends and my wife has spent the last 12 hours crying / online shopping. I wish…