This paper assesses liquidity risk for the United States (U.S.) bond mutual funds industry and performs a range of analyses to identify which fund categories are more vulnerable to distress than others, and how sales from funds can impact financial stability. We develop a new measure to identify...

The proven strategies rational investors require for success in an irrational market. When the dot-com and real estate bubbles of the 1990s and 2000s burst, few were spared the financial fallout. So, how did an investment advisory firm located in Elkhart, Indiana--one of the cities hit hardest...

Since portfolio management relies on the association of portfolio diversification, analyzing the spillover between the United States (US) and Asian-Pacific financial markets has become more critical. If Asian stock markets have low or negative correlations with each other and/or the US market,...

Der richtige Riecher für Trends allein genügt nicht. Nur wer die Konjunktur systematisch beobachtet, wird die wirtschaftlichen Eckdaten treffsicher interpretieren können. Was bewegt die Kapitalmärkte? Die Konjunktur-Barometer sollten konsequent für das Portfoliomanagement genutzt werden....