Good news: U.S. banks' funding costs are falling. Bad news: the European Central Bank prepares to make new asset purchases.
Tight spreads and growing liquidity risks promise to present financial firms with steep challenges in the coming months.
Under current U.S. fiscal policy, federal budget deficits are doomed to continue racing upward with no end in sight, investment consultant says.
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen deserves blame for creating onerous real estate asset bubbles, according to risk analyst Chris Whalen.
The answer is unequivocally no, according to noted bond analyst Christopher Whalen, who calls them "a monumental waste of time and money."
No, there are simply big banks that get federal subsidies and small banks and nonbanks that don't, thanks to regulatory favoritism: Opinion.
We live in an age of asset bubbles, but they don't continue indefinitely, as will prove true for the strong U.S. dollar.
The proposed law would significantly amend the Dodd-Frank Act and restore flexibility to financial institutions.
With Republicans in charge of the government, regulatory constraints on financial services firms may begin to relax.
