This research investigates the existence of segmentation in the market for fixed-income securities. Evidence is found of higher yield spreads being required for non-distressed bonds making larger contributions to the risk of pure debt portfolios over the 2003–2011 period. Abnormal returns...

This paper evaluates several investment scenarios which could result from the rather dire economic situation existing in early 2020 caused by the coronavirus pandemic that is restricting economic production of goods and services at the same time that cost-push factors and the unlimited creation...

This short paper indicates how the massive fiscal deficits financed by creation of fiat money by central banks worldwide (undertaken in response to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic) may lead to an inflationary depression. In particular, the supply disruptions caused by the pandemic inhibit the...

This research evaluates the fundamental causes of the current financial crisis. Close financial analysis indicates that theoretical modeling based on unrealistic assumptions led to serious problems in mispricing in the massive unregulated market for credit default swaps that exploded upon...

This research develops a theoretical model of current account deficits that explains the effects of having to reverse such imbalances. The theory defines precise mathematical relationships which should exist between the balance of payments, exchange rates, interest rates, inflation, income, and...

This paper investigates the pricing and valuation of Shared Appreciation Mortgages (SAMs) issued in 1997 in the UK. The analysis indicates high expected returns to the lenders, that were clearly predictable ex-ante, with even higher upside potential and virtually no material risk of loss to the...

Within the context of fundamentally efficient markets, this paper demonstrates analytically how short sellers can put non-transitory downward pressure on the stock market prices and intrinsic values of companies that need to raise external capital because of insufficient internal liquidity. The...

This paper evaluates the Absolute Priority Rule and a new legal means for its application by the Courts that creates enormous opportunities for profitable financial schemes. In particular, a 2016 case precedent effectively applying the APR dogma is explained that enables taking property away...

This paper develops a precise method of estimating the cost of debt to a firm that is based on standard financial theories and empirical evidence on default risk and financial distress costs. An analysis with current data on the S&P 500 demonstrates that the capital structures of large firms are...