Sentences with phrase «about macroeconomic»

Traders often use the stories to formulate opinions about macroeconomic events — such as housing data or employment statistics — and how they will affect major indices.

# 263 Kevin McKinney said In fact, I think futurists ought to be thinking about the macroeconomic and international implications of a future in which energy is cheap, widely available and secure from supply shocks and international «energy blackmail».

, published in the Journal of Finance, and How Much Do Investors Care About Macroeconomic Risk?

In this second excerpt, Leithner discusses the Grahamite approach to investment in an uncertain world (as it ever is), and why Grahamites pay no heed to mainstream economists» forecasts about macroeconomic aggregates such as inflation, exchange rates, joblessness, trade and budget deficits and the like:

The Vancouver Direct Investing Expo organized by TD Waterhouse provided self - directed investors the chance to learn about macroeconomic trends and issues coming in 2013, tips on technical analysis, exchange traded funds and several options trading strategies.

Students learn about the macroeconomic objectives, examine sources of government revenue and areas of government expenditure with activities to complete throughout.

Traders often use the stories to formulate opinions about macroeconomic events — such as housing data or employment statistics — and how they will affect major indices.

Stretched valuations, high levels of uncertainty about the macroeconomic backdrop and tight correlations would seem to warrant a closer look at assets that can help offer true diversification benefits and downside protection in the event of another synchronized decline across a whole spectrum of riskier assets.

We initiated our Lloyds position in December 2011 when uncertainty about macroeconomic conditions, as well as about Lloyds's management succession, caused shares to fall 64 % over the course of the year.

As I expect to discuss in subsequent posts, much of what economists thought they knew about macroeconomic policy needs to be reassessed in light of events.

In your analysis you reject concerns about the macroeconomic impact of budget deficits because, you argue, the United States will be able to attract capital from the global capital market.

«He's a guy who thinks at the highest levels — about government, about macroeconomic issues, about geopolitical issues and about what's happening in our industry,» says Colleen Johnston, TD's chief financial officer, adding, «Despite all he's achieved, he's also a guy who can put himself in other people's shoes and think like a normal person.»

And part of it is about the macroeconomics around regulations and taxes, which I think we do an excellent job on already.

Of course, there are always exceptions, but on a buy - and - hold basis, they don't appear as attractive to me for the average investor that doesn't have a high level of knowledge about macroeconomics and usage trends of metals versus inventory levels, for example.

I don't use technical analysis, and I don't worry about macroeconomics or government policy.

It speaks volumes about macroeconomics that even for Keynes, this approach was not a success.

We don't spend a lot of time worrying about macroeconomics, but we have been concerned by the scale of central bank interventions.

The typical value investor says — he is full of false modesty — he says «I don't know nothing about macroeconomics; it doesn't interest me.

My portfolio went down by 10 + % since the January 26 peak and you want to talk about macroeconomics now?

And my response: Yes, this is actually the perfect time to talk about macroeconomics!

Tempterrain, to reapply Wolgang Pauli's comment on an assertion about Quantum mechanics similar to yours about macroeconomics, «So bad it is not even wrong.»

About Blog Posts about Macroeconomics written by Ben.

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«This increase is nothing to worry about,» said Ian Shepherdson, an economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.

In his spare time he maintains The Street Light, a blog about economics, finance, and public policy, with an emphasis on macroeconomics and international financial issues.

Carpenter noted that this county - level data provides a strong signal about a bigger macroeconomic phenomenon: «Using the four maps in succession identifies both the timing of the economic ups and downs in the energy sector and the regions where that stress was occurring.

I think there's a wider sort of macroeconomic and social policy issue that we all need to be aware about, and also we all need to maybe come together about some new definitions of what work is and how opportunities are being created, also.

But it's hard to talk about the effect of changes in the relative prices between two goods in the context of a standard single - good macroeconomic framework.

Let me acknowledge, though, that many of the macroeconomic processes that economists talk about sound impersonal, or even mechanical.

«The expectations were low already, so when you think about JPMorgan — and this also relates to Bank of America and Citigroup — JPM met or slightly exceeded expectations, but the macroeconomic environment is weak, and that really bled through into some of the investment banking results.

We live with considerable uncertainty about the sustainability of the pattern of relatively low risk premia and reduction in the cost of insurance against future macroeconomic and financial volatility.

Overblown concerns about balance sheet liabilities, macroeconomic headwinds, and technological disruption have the market projecting the company's cash flows will be permanently cut in half, a scenario which seems unlikely.

With his profound snapshots on sentiment, social psychology, behavioral finance, game theory, macroeconomics, and more, Jared gets readers thinking about the markets and trade ideas in a bold new way.

A good friend of mine (who went beyond the call of duty to teach me much about fixed income despite his role at an investment bank that could not benefit from our relationship) took a macroeconomics class taught by then Professor Yellen when he was getting his MBA at UC Berkeley.

Before moving to London he was a macroeconomic analyst in Chicago, where he developed an affinity for data and statistics that he now uses to enrich — and demystify — stories about the business world.

There is uncertainty about the degree to which they will rise, but analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics note that claims jumped by 96k after Katrina.

Charlie Munger likes to say operating a business is about microeconomics and that he and Warren Buffett ignore macroeconomic factors.

But it notes that there was «celebration» about the «great moderation» in macroeconomic volatility, with only a few people worrying about whether complacency about financial risks in that environment might threaten it.

Analysts at Barclays said in a note that macroeconomic concerns would continue to crimp optimism in coming months: «Although we continue to believe that the global economic prospects are likely to recover into the second half of the year, data are likely to remain choppy in the near term and keep investors concerned about the future trajectory.»

Since Dec. 17, Appian shares have risen about 80 percent from $ 21 with no company - specific news or major changes in the macroeconomic environment, Hulsing said in a Wednesday note.

There are some serious concerns about the pace of the recovery in Europe, but we believe many European corporates paint a picture that belies the macroeconomic headlines.

However this does mean that speculation about factors that might influence long run macroeconomic trends is pointless.

Your sources also prevent a very biased picture, the bit about pay - as - you - go pensions simply makes no sense on a macroeconomic level and the Dutch system at least is certainly not based mostly on this (and, in fact, very similar to the structure of the Danish and Finnish systems described in this article).

Thanks to the same figures which mean improving macroeconomic fundamentals, we have been able to transfer some GH cents 3.1 billion of Tier 2 pension funds into the custodial accounts of the pension schemes of the labour unions, funds that have been outstanding for six years, and about which the labour unions had been loudly complaining.

Despite rising tax and utility bills, homeowners are «spending as if it was going out of fashion,» the ITEM club concludes, with a benign macroeconomic environment making people overly relaxed about risk.

He continued, «Thanks to the same figures which mean improving macroeconomic fundamentals, we have been able to transfer some GH cents 3.1 billion of Tier 2 pension funds into the custodial accounts of the pension schemes of the labour unions, funds that have been outstanding for six years, and about which the labour unions had been loudly complaining.»

The budget is expected to focus on about 10 key areas including infrastructure, macroeconomic stability, job creation, agriculture, entrepreneurship, business growth, creating a Ghana beyond aid, debt management, corruption, public sector reforms among others, and a continuation of the 2017 budget initiatives.

Vice President Bawumia noted that macroeconomic stability in the sub-region remained a challenge with inflationary rate averaging 8.2 per cent in 2014, rose to 13 per cent in 2017, and projected to reduce to about 11 per cent this year and 2019.

«Learning about micro - and macroeconomics by actually doing it can impart a much richer understanding of what monetary policy looks like and why.»

This resource could be used as a full lesson and includes attached activities, challenging and thoughtful questions, learning objectives and embedded URL links where appropriate and tasks / information for students to use to learn about issues relating to macroeconomics and microeconomics These resources work well with other popular Economics Resources such as: Microeconomics Exam Paper Price Determination of Ticket Prices The UK Housing Market The Price Mechanism Cross Elasticity of Demand (XED) Demand Activities Price Elasticity of Supply (PES) Economics Essay Feedback Proforma Demand Minimum Pricing

Included in the PowerPoint: Macroeconomic Objectives (AS Level) a) Aggregate Demand (AD) and Aggregate Supply (AS) analysis - the shape and determinants of AD and AS curves; AD = C+I+G + (X-M)- the distinction between a movement along and a shift in AD and AS - the interaction of AD and AS and the determination of the level of output, prices and employment b) Inflation - the definition of inflation; degrees of inflation and the measurement of inflation; deflation and disinflation - the distinction between money values and real data - the cause of inflation (cost - push and demand - pull inflation)- the consequences of inflation c) Balance of payments - the components of the balance of payments accounts (using the IMF / OECD definition): current account; capital and financial account; balancing item - meaning of balance of payments equilibrium and disequilibrium - causes of balance of payments disequilibrium in each component of the accounts - consequences of balance of payments disequilibrium on domestic and external economy d) Exchange rates - definitions and measurement of exchange rates - nominal, real, trade - weighted exchange rates - the determination of exchange rates - floating, fixed, managed float - the factors underlying changes in exchange rates - the effects of changing exchange rates on the domestic and external economy using AD, Marshall - Lerner and J curve analysis - depreciation / appreciation - devaluation / revaluation e) The Terms of Trade - the measurement of the terms of trade - causes of the changes in the terms of trade - the impact of changes in the terms of trade f) Principles of Absolute and comparative advantage - the distinction between absolute and comparative advantage - free trade area, customs union, monetary union, full economic union - trade creation and trade diversion - the benefits of free trade, including the trading possibility curve g) Protectionism - the meaning of protectionism in the context of international trade - different methods of protection and their impact, for example, tariffs, import duties and quotas, export subsidies, embargoes, voluntary export restraints (VERs) and excessive administrative burdens («red tape»)- the arguments in favor of protectionism This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked about.