This paper discusses the rise of Japanese stock and land prices in the past four decades and their dramatic decline in the early 1990s. To what extent can fundamental factors explain both the price levels and the returns from land and stock in Japan? Are land prices driving stock prices, or the...

AbstractThe following sections are included:The January effectCommodity trading: investing in the January small cap effect in the index futures marketsConclusion

AbstractAs I write on Sunday November 22, 2010, this I am watching the TV analysts discuss this controversial decision on Sunday, November 15. They are all ex-National Football League star players with an announcer. Their analysis is seat of the pants. But is that the right way to analyze...

AbstractThe following sections are included:Types of sovereign fundsIs there a common asset allocation for pension funds?Sovereign Pension funds and International Capital MarketsGovernance Issues of public pension fundsIntergenerational borrowingRegional TrendsAsiaMiddle EastEuropeConclusion

AbstractWe know that on average the typical mutual fund does not beat the market. The evidence is that professional managers all over the world have a hard time beating the market averages. In a given year, only about 25% to 40% of managers actually beat a buy-and-hold strategy of holding the...

AbstractThe following sections are included:Predictive Ability of the Bond-Stock Earnings Yield Difference Model

AbstractThe following sections are included:Societe GeneraleWhat is a subprime loan and why have they caused so much trouble in so many places?CMO, CDO trouble continuedWho will bail out the aling banks and financial institutions?US$ declineWhat is Warren Buffett thinking and doing?Summary

AbstractThe following sections are included:Credit markets and financial institutionsEquity marketsChinese role in global trade

AbstractThe following sections are included:The 2010 outlookWhat all the squealing from the PIIGS means

AbstractThe following sections are included:June 2012 (with updates November 2012)Turkey on Track for a Soft Landing: For NowHow Much Rebalancing?Financing Strains: Catching Up Too QuicklyBooming Istanbul!Turkey Remains Exposed to a Series of Regional Crises that Risk Undermining Domestic...