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US Consumers Riding to the Rescue Again

The Pacifica Partners Fall 2015 Quarterly Commentary: There are not many things in finance that one can find a near perfect consensus on. One that comes close to unanimity is the notion that the current regime of low interest rates globally has about run its course in being able to accelerate economic growth. Simply put,…

Investors have a Taper Tantrum

The financial industry rarely has a challenge when coming up with clever headlines to describe the markets. Our newsletter gets its title from recent investor reaction to the mere hint that the US Feder-   al Reserve (the ‘Fed’) may reduce or ‘taper’ its monthly $85 billion bond purchase program. Since bond prices and interest…
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