Monthly Archives: February 2018

Esoteric derivatives contribute to chaos on markets

Posted on February 7, 2018 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The explosive growth of derivative products has played a role in increasing and spreading market irrationality and a movement away from fundamentals in influencing stock market traders. During the period 2000 to the collapse in 2007 -09 this explosion of … Continue reading →

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Irrational fears once again drive markets down excessively

Posted on February 5, 2018 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Once again the irrational fundamentals on which the stock market is based have come to the surface with today ‘s over 4 % fall so far in the value of the Dow Jones index.At one point the market was down … Continue reading →

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