Drivers’ Short-Term Memory Puts Motorcyclists at Risk
Scientists analyze what happens in the moments between seeing an approaching vehicle and pulling out
Tag: risk
Where To Invest When (Almost) Everything’s in a Bubble
Now that almost every asset class is in a bubble, the question of where to invest one’s capital has become particularly vexing. The ashes of wealth consumed by the 2008-09 Global Financial Meltdown are still warm, at least to those who…
Why We’re So Risk-Averse: “We Can’t Take That Chance”
You’ve probably noticed how risk-averse Hollywood has become: the big summer movies are all extensions of existing franchises–mixing up the superheroes in new combinations, or remaking hit films from the past–all safe bets. The trend to “playing it safe” is not…
Now That Everyone’s Been Pushed into Risky Assets…
If we had to summarize what’s happened in eight years of “recovery,” we could start with this: everyone’s been pushed into risky assets while being told risk has been transformed from something to avoid (by buying risk-off assets) to something…
Sorry, Central Banks: Risk and Volatility Cannot be Extinguished
The unspoken claim of central bank policy is that risk can be extinguished by intervention/manipulation: once the Fed has your back, i.e. is supporting the market, risk disappears, and the easy profits flow to those who buy the dips with…
Why Real Reform Is Impossible: We Can’t Believe the Mighty Titanic Could Actually Sink
Why did passengers remain on the Titanic even as its bow sank deeper into the ice-cold Atlantic? They believed the experts and authorities because they wanted to believe the ship was “unsinkable.” And why did they want to believe the…
Here’s Why All Pension Funds Are Doomed, Doomed, Doomed
It’s no secret that virtually every pension fund is dead man walking, doomed by central banks’ imposition of low yields on safe investments, i.e. Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP). Given that both The Economist and The Wall Street Journal have…
We’re in the Eye of a Global Financial Hurricane
The Keynesian gods have failed, and as a result we’re in the eye of a global financial hurricane. The Keynesian god of growth has failed. The Keynesian god of borrowing from the future to fund today’s consumption has failed. The…
Why Our Financial System Is Like the Titanic
The “unsinkable” global financial system is rushing headlong toward its encounter with the iceberg. Why did the Titanic sink, despite being considered unsinkable? The conventional answer is the design of its watertight compartments was flawed: the watertight bulkheads were limited…
If Zero Interest Rates Fixed What’s Broken, We’d Be in Paradise
The fundamental premise of global central bank policy is simple: whatever’s broken in the economy can be fixed with zero interest rates (ZIRP). And the linear extension of this premise is equally simple: if ZIRP hasn’t fixed what’s broken, then…
2016 Theme #5: The Systemic Failure of High Finance
A number of systemic, structural forces are intersecting in 2016. One is the failure of high finance to fix the global economy’s systemic problems. The operative conceit of the past 7 years has been that high finance can fix whatever’s…
Co-operative Bank close Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s account
‘Today the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has launched a legal case against the Co-operative Bank on the grounds of discrimination. Last month, PSC’s account was closed by the Co-operative Bank which cited “the Bank’s risk appetite” for the closure and has refused to elaborate further. Another 20 organisations working for Palestine – including a number […]
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China’s Shenzhen Stock Exchange: The Sky’s the Limit, Baby!
In the event you haven’t heard about the stock bubble currently inflating in China, please take a quick look at these two charts of the Shenzhen Composite: This second chart displays the Shenzhen’s price-earnings ratio (PE), a widely used measure…
China’s Shenzhen Stock Exchange: The Sky’s the Limit, Baby!
In the event you haven’t heard about the stock bubble currently inflating in China, please take a quick look at these two charts of the Shenzhen Composite: This second chart displays the Shenzhen’s price-earnings ratio (PE), a widely used measure…
China’s Shenzhen Stock Exchange: The Sky’s the Limit, Baby!
In the event you haven’t heard about the stock bubble currently inflating in China, please take a quick look at these two charts of the Shenzhen Composite: This second chart displays the Shenzhen’s price-earnings ratio (PE), a widely used measure…