What’s a Carry Trade? Definition, How It Works and Key Risks
Here’s what sounds like a surefire way to improve an asset’s returns: Use cheaper money to buy it. That’s the...
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Why the Yen Is So Weak and What That Means for Japan: QuickTake
The yen has continued to languish near its historic low versus the dollar, mainly because interest rates in Japan remain...
Why Nigeria’s Naira Currency Has Plunged and Dollars Are Scarce (NGN/USD)
Nigeria pumps almost 1.5 million barrels of crude oil a day, making it the continent’s biggest producer. Yet this petrodollar...
How Home Working and Higher Interest Rates Tipped Real Estate Into Crisis
Back when money in the bank was yielding almost nothing, commercial real estate became a haven for investors in need...
What’s the Stock Market ‘January Effect’? Is It Real?
For decades, a popular theory has held that US stocks tend to rise more in January than in other months....
How Work From Home, Interest Rates Tipped Commercial Property Into Crisis
Back when money in the bank was yielding almost nothing, commercial real estate became a haven for investors in need...
CBDC Explained: What Is a Central Bank Digital Currency
Money is undergoing its biggest reinvention in centuries. With many consumers abandoning physical cash and cryptocurrencies evolving fast, central banks...
Understanding FX Hedging Costs and Why Japanese Investors Are Moving Money Home
Normally, when yield on debt rises it becomes more attractive. But after the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates in...
