Musings on Markets

JANUARY 27, 2021

In this post, I will take a look at these other markets, starting with a way of dividing investments into assets, commodities, currencies and collectibles that I find useful in thinking about what I can (and cannot) do in those markets, and then reviewing how these markets performed during 2020. Currencies : A currency serves three functions.

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Global Finance

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

By providing immediate cash flow, SCF helps suppliers avoid the pitfalls of traditional loans that can be challenging to secure during economic downturns. This offering enables secure funding against purchase orders from buyers and streamlines cash flows.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

I was reminded of that paper a few weeks ago, when Fitch downgraded the US, from AAA to AA+, a relatively minor shift, but one with significant psychological consequences for investors in the largest economy in the world, whose currency still dominates global transactions. and the reverse will occur, when risk-free rates drop.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

CHANCELLOR: They’re buying them to manipulate the currency of China, most of all. The mortgage borrowers who — interest rates went up, but mortgage borrowers were protected by giving taxation relief on their interest payments. And currency declined with capital controls. RITHOLTZ: And then investing. CHANCELLOR: No.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 21, 2024

00:29:32 [Speaker Changed] Certainly for commodities and for currencies. But now we’re back to a more normal hurdle rate. 5% interest rates is not super high. I don’t bring my ID to the office, and I have to get the security guard to look me up in the system. Maybe less so for equities or fixed income.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 26, 2023

He is Chief Equity technical strategist at B of A Securities, and he’s a double threat. And I think you will also, with no further ado, my conversation with B of A Securities, Steven Sutt Meyer. I don’t think I’m allowed to do that at, at b of a security. I find his work to be very informative and very useful.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

So you’ve got, you’ve got a modeling hurdle rate that you need to figure out when you’re adding diversifiers. Trades a similar universe of currencies and commodities and, and equities and rates around the world. Well, there’s a real opportunity cost there, right? The second is behavioral.

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