Political risk evaluates a range of political factors relating to political stability and effectiveness that could affect a country’s ability and/or commitment to service its debt obligations and/or cause turbulence in the foreign-exchange market. This rating informs sovereign, currency and banking sector risks. (as of 11/30/12)
The latest reading of the ISM Manufacturing was especially weak. Not only did it miss analysts estimates, but also came under the important 50 level.
The 50 mark is the demarcation pint between expansion and contraction. basically, when we see a level under this is shows that there is slack demand...
Get ready for a rather hefty week of economic releases. On the heels of the recent downgrade of the ESM by Moody’s, the markets will be closely watching manufacturing and employment data this week. Of course this is on top of the leaks and rhetoric related to the fiscal cliff...
Guest Sid Oberoi from S&P Research/Vix Views helps us better understand the important details of the VIX and how it is best utilized. ETFs and ETNs are discussed and ones that could be very dangerous to your portfolio. In this episode, we also discuss the world economy, trading themes for...
