Tag Archives: Inflation

Fidelity Asset Class Outlook 2017

Fidelity‘s Asset Class Outlook for 2017 is out!

Markets have been quick in adapting to a post-Trump, post-Brexit landscape. What lies ahead for equites, fixed income and alternatives? Find out our views here http://bit.ly/2fZANVP

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Trump’s Growth Nirvana

What should we make of Republican policy makers’ and President-Elect Donald Trump’s plans for higher spending and various tax cuts? Find out in the latest #Fidelity research note written with Dierk Brandenburg

Available here

A checklist for wanna-be helicopter pilots

Helicopter money? Make sure you read our checklist before taking off. Our latest paper available online on the Fidelity website. Enjoy!

https://www.fidelity.de/static/pdf/institutional/checklist-for-wanna-be-helicopter-pilots.pdf

 

A Tutorial on Quantitative Easing 2008 – 2014

I found this very cool slide deck by professor Ed Dolan, explaining in very simple terms Quantitative Easing as done by the Fed from 2008 to 2014. A textbook model explaining what worked and what did not. Enjoy!

Check out some of Dr. Dolan’s other posts on his blog, available here.

O Inflation, Inflation! Where art thou Inflation?

As we still digest this week’s U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls report, I have put together an overview of what is going on in the world, and where I think we are heading.

In particular I have recently been thinking a lot about inflation, or lack of any, that we are witnessing on a global scale. Whether this trend reverses in the coming months will be extremely important for both Wall Street and Main Street.

I am pretty confident that this will not happen, that deflation or flat lining prices are here to stay, and this will lead to anaemic growth for quite a few years, as debt sustainability will continue to be an issue. Here’s why. Continue reading