Edward J. Strafaci ~ Academic Blog

The U.S. Is Experiencing A Dangerous Corporate Debt Bubble While the ever-climbing U.S. stock market (and  the bubble  forming in it) has been stealing most of the investing public's attention, a dangerous bubble has been forming under-the-radar in the corporate bond market. Interestingly, this corporate bond bubble is one of the main reasons why the stock market has been consistently pushing to new highs, and it will also eventually prove to be its undoing. In this report, I will show a variety of different charts to help explain the U.S. corporate bond bubble and the risk it poses to the stock market and economy. To put it simply, the root cause of the U.S. corporate bond and stock market bubble is ultra-low interest rates. Though interest rates of practically all types have been falling since the early-1980s, the trend has been amplified by the actions of central banks like the Federal Reserve since the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009. In an effort to ju...

Top 10 Stock Market Investment Research Websites from money crashers and modified by me. Keep in mind that the main focus of these sites, above all else, is equities. So if you are looking to research ETFs, mutual funds, hedge funds, or any other diversified investment type, many of these websites may not have what you are looking for. 1. Investopedia  https://www.investopedia.com/  If you are just beginning to learn about the world of investments, Investopedia is your one-stop shop for anything and everything. Here, you can look up definitions of terms, register for newsletters with valuable information, use their stock simulator to see how much an investment earns or loses over time, and much more. You can research stocks by company name or ticker symbol and get quite a bit of information about a desired company. They also have a neat “Financial Edge” section, which can help you with some of the important fundamental principles of personal finance and the markets....