Quarterly Review Archive
November 2008
  • Witness To History: 25 Years of Payden & Rygel and the Evolution of the Global Financial Markets
  • The First Steps Toward Crisis Resolution
  • Swimming the English Channel and the Art of Investment Management
  • A Contrarian View: The Credit Crisis as an Opportunity

July 2008
  • Going for Gold: China and the Olympics
  • Global Inflation Fears: Avoiding Past Mistakes
  • Profiling the European Consumer: Differences between East and West
  • Sitting on a Mountain of Cash: Corporate Liquidity and the US Economy

April 2008
  • Two Sides of the Same Coin: Winners and Losers from the Dollar’s Decline
  • Food Prices On the Rise: From the Trading Pits to the Supermarket
  • The Silver Tsunami: The Retirement of the Baby Boom Generation
  • Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Working Our Way Out of the US Subprime Crisis

January 2008
  • The Failure of the Ratings Agencies: Are There Market-Based Alternatives?
  • Commodity Prices: Bubble or Long-Term Bull Market?
  • US Subprime: Europe's Problem Too
  • Socially-Conscious Investing: Is it Possible to be Ethical and Profitable?

October 2007
  • Rebuilding America: Infrastructure Spending and the Economy
  • Macau: The New Global Leader in Gaming
  • Emerging Market Stocks: The IBMs, Exxons and AT&Ts of Tomorrow
  • The Lure of Luxury: Catering to the Consumer

July 2007
  • The Convergence of Civilizations
  • Rise of the Skyscraper
  • The Chinese Consumer: Myths and Reality
  • Ethanol: A Corny Idea?

April 2007
  • The European Union Celebrates 50 Years Together
  • REITs 101: Understanding Real Estate Investment Trusts
  • Difficult Times in Subprime Lending
  • Buying a Home: The US vs. the UK

January 2007
  • The $1 Trillion Dollar Question: How Will China Allocate Its FX Reserves?
  • Can Asia Transition to Consumer-Driven Growth?
  • A New Look At Stocks and Inflation
  • Without a TRACE: Greater Transparency in the Corporate Bond Market

October 2006
  • Ben Bernanke’s Freshman Year at the Fed
  • West Meets East: A Research Trip to Romania
  • Equity Risk Management: Part II
  • Latin America Goes to the Polls
July 2006
  • When Home Sweet Home Turns Sour
  • Japan: Land of the Rising Sun on the Rise Again
  • Equity Risk Management
  • Pension Reform in Europe: No Easy Way Out
April 2006
  • The Next Frontier in Emerging Markets
  • US Pension Reform and Investor Behavior
  • Oil and the Search for Greener Alternatives
  • Reflections on the Yield Curve
January 2006
  • The Nobel (Memorial) Prize in Economics
  • The Wireless Revolution
  • Stock Markets in Eastern Europe
  • 2005 Year in Review

October 2005
  • Picking Up the Pieces
  • Emerging Markets—A Maturing Asset Class
  • Global Central Banks: Different Strokes for Different Folks
  • Another Pop Quiz
 
July 2005
  • Is the Bond Back?
  • Biggest Pension Default in U.S. History—What’s Next?
  • Europe: Divided We Stand
  • Pop Quiz
April 2005
  • The World’s Most Expensive Cities
  • Resolving the Conundrum of Low Interest Rates
  • Defined Benefit Plan Crisis or Turning Point?
  • The End of the Greenspan Era
January 2005
  • China Moves toward the Market
  • A Lesson in Bond-Trader Lingo
  • Hedge Funds–Show Me the Returns!
  • Eastern Europe: A Land of Opportunity
October 2004
  • Global Housing Markets: There Is a Raging Fire out There
  • A Turning Point in European Labor Markets
  • What Distinguishes the CFA Charter Holder from the Crowd?
July 2004
  • If Inflation Is So Low, Why Is Everything So Expensive?
  • Portfolio Performance in Periods of Rising Interest Rates
  • Securitized Markets in the United States and Europe
April 2004
  • Jobs—Of the People, for the People, by the People. . . But Which People?
  • Is the U.S. Dollar in Crisis?
  • Economics and Health Care
  • Inflation Protection: The Science, the Art and the Hype
January 2004
  • A Portfolio Manager’s Thoughts on Sportsmanship
  • Market Lenses That Influence Investment Decisions
  • Rethinking Emerging-Market Bonds
October 2003
  • Commemorating 20 Years
  • Two Decades of Extraordinary Financial Innovation
  • A Historical Perspective, 1983–2003
  • The Business of Finance—Yesterday and Today
  • A Stroll Down Memory Lane
July 2003
  • What's in a Name?
  • Rip Van Winkle and the Dollar
  • High- and Higher-Yield Bonds
  • Social Security: When Will the Music Stop?
April 2003
  • The Gravity of Falling Prices
  • The State of American States
  • Great Financial Architecture
  • A New Topography for High Yield Bonds
January 2003
  • Russia Redux
  • Corporate Credit: The Anatomy of Change
  • Foundations Weather a Weak Economy
  • Real Estate: Behind the Headlines
October 2002
  • Risky Business
  • Amanda's Hidden Assets
  • Refinance Revolution
  • Defense Spending on the March
July 2002
  • Can My Pension Plan Earn Over 8%?
  • Deficit Spending Déjà Vu
  • Name That Economist
  • Benchmark Fallout
April 2002
  • Is There Enough Gold in Them Thar Deserts?
  • Corporate Credit and "Accounting Risk"
  • The Value of Intellectual Property
  • TIPS —Five Years Later
January 2002
  • A Brief Time in History
  • "Goldilocks" and the Fiscal Stimulus Package
  • U.S. Savings Bonds as Patriotic Investments
  • A Tale of Two Markets: Stocks and Bonds
October 2001
  • A Spirit of Cooperation
  • Does the Savings Rate Matter?
  • Housing Strength in a Slowing Economy
  • Emerging-market bonds in Light of the Argentina Crisis
July 2001
  • Tax Reform and Its Investment Implications
  • Japan—Nearing the Road to Reform
  • Logistics: The New Face of the Transportation Industry
  • The Swap Curve—An Alternative Benchmark?
April 2001
  • Sifting through the Tech Wreck for Opportunities
  • Asset Allocation—Time to Revisit?
  • Beyond the Rating: The Importance of Credit Research
  • The Electricity Crisis—A National Problem
January 2001
  • Facing Fear in the Corporate Bond Market
  • What Is the Dividend Discount Model Telling Us about Stock Prices?
  • North America's Economic Union
  • Finding a Fair Price
October 2000
  • Productivity: Why It's Important
  • The Impact of Out-of-Index Sectors on Bond Portfolios
  • Stock Market Evolution and Implications for Equity Portfolios
  • A Firsthand Look at Competing in the Olympic Trials
July 2000
  • To Tax, or Not to Tax – The Dot-com Drama Unfolds
  • The Transition from Communism to Capitalism in Russia, Poland, and Hungary
  • Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Too Big for Their Own Good?
  • Stock Selection is King
April 2000
  • The U.S. Budget Surplus and Its Implications for the Bond Market
  • The “.com” Economy – What Is It Really Worth?
  • The Subordinated ABS Market – Is a BBB-Rating Really a BBB?
  • Municipals Appear Attractive: What to Know Before You Buy
December 1999
  • European Investment Opportunities: What¡¯s All the Excitement About?
  • Alpha Transport (Master of All Trades, Master of One)
  • As European Monetary Union Celebrates Its First Birthday...Success or Failure?
  • Trading Places
September 1999
  • Day Trading: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
  • Investment Quiz
  • The Ever-Evolving World of Asset-Backed Securities
  • New Themes for a New Millennium
July 1999
  • The Fed, Emerging Markets Bonds, and World Financial Stability
  • The New Euroland Capital Markets
  • Using the Volatility of Relative Performance to Evaluate Manager Performance
April 1999
  • After Euro ¡ª Another Wave of Opportunities in Europe
  • How Much Do Factors Other than Economic Fundamentals Matter to Interest Rates?
  • Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)
  • Emerging Markets — Security Analysis Counts
January 1999
  • The Stock Market In the Next Decade
  • New Perspectives in Measuring Sovereign Risk in Emerging Markets?
  • Global Prospects for 1999
  • Japan - Rashomon Revisited?
  • The Tobacco Settlement - What Does It Mean For States?

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