Goldman Sachs and The New Market Approach
Goldman Sachs is restructuring, and this could be great news for up-and-coming bankers and students of finance. But why, and why is Goldman changing its operations? Zolio digs in.
Why Inflation Fears are Turning into Recession Fears
Inflation is still high, but forecasts from Wall Street are changing quickly, and now strategists are warning about recessionary risks more than ever. How could America turn from an inflation-driven to recessionary economy—and what even does a recession mean? Understanding dynamics of monetary policy and consumer demand are essential to understanding where the fears are coming from—and whether they could be right.
Three Ways to Understand Credit Suisse
A new meme has sprouted across the internet: the recent market volatility is making Credit Suisse $CS insolvent. The Swiss bank’s management has swiftly responded to the rumors, saying they’re fine. But are they? To answer that question, we need to know where to look.
Why the Fed Impacts Markets
When it comes to the Fed, their impact on the stock and bond markets is obvious. But why are they so impactful, and why does the market sometimes go up when the Fed raises rates? To answer these questions, we need to understand the three factors that goes into the Fed’s impact on markets.
Interest Rates, Currencies, and Inflation
Assessing risk is at the center of finance, but many people don’t know where to begin. Today Zolio takes a look at interest rates, currencies, and inflation in the example of foreign bonds to show that a lot of the popular conventional wisdom about investment is absolutely backwards—but the right answer involves a lot of analysis and understanding, both of market conditions and of human nature itself.
Three Reasons why Stocks are Falling with High Inflation
Inflation is high and stocks are down—the dynamic has become a hand-in-glove kind of relationship in 2022, so much so that you couldn’t be blamed for assuming a direct correlation that stands the test of time. That, in reality, is not true. Some periods—like the early 1980s—were high inflation and great for stocks. So what’s different now? To answer that question, we need to dig into what’s behind the correlation today.