The Institutional Risk Analyst

"When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and...

New York | Once again it is time for earnings in the world of financials. Go back and compare the Sell Side view of financials at the...

Richmond | The 10 year Treasury bond peaked in yield at just shy of 3.25% around Thanksgiving. Since then, the world’s most important...

Paris | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a timely comment from Robert Eiesenbeis, Vice Chairman & Chief...

Paris | Those of us who anticipated a quiet holiday break have been greatly disappointed. It is tempting to blame the electronic...

In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a comment from our friend Ralph Delguidice, a veteran fixed income markets...

New York | First a safe and happy holiday to all. In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we ponder past prognostications and...

Volatile markets have finally made policy makers start to fret about excessive leverage and sky-high asset prices, two results of years...

Charleston | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature an important comment by Robert Eisenbeis, PhD., Vice Chairman &...

New York | Last week Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jay Powell blinked and thereby changed the monetary narrative. We suspect that this...

New York | Reading the financial press over long holidays in essential. In the days immediately before or after a holiday, there are...

New York | Last week in The Institutional Risk Analyst we mentioned the transition from that carefully managed reality, that “new...

Washington | Last week in response to popular demand we published our first Top Ten List for the largest US lenders. We noted that...

New York | The Institutional Risk Analyst is pleased to announce the publication of The IRA Top Ten US Banks, a quarterly look at the ten...

New York | When we first heard news reports about a new investor in Deutsche Bank (DB), we of course assumed that this meant the purchase...

New York | In his new book, “Keeping At It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government,” by Paul Volcker (1979-1987) with Christine...

New York | This past week, readers of The Institutional Risk Analyst awoke to see that banking exemplar Bank of the Ozarks (OZK) had...

In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature composer and media industry observer Michael Whalen on the prospects for the...

Washington | This week The Institutional Risk Analyst is attending the Mortgage Bankers Association annual conference in Washington,...

New York | This week The Institutional Risk Analyst ponders Q3 ’18 earnings for financials and what other surprises lie ahead. The...