economics: Geopolitics and Interest Rates - 10/24/14 09:20 PM
I posted the following blog some time back and thought current events give a very good illustration of how geopolitical and global economic events are influencing interest rates today.  In recent weeks, we've seen interest rates fall to their lowest levels in 18 months.  While this is partialally due to the more traditional ebbs and flow of the world economy (i.e. economic slowdown in Europe), much of the nervousness in the economy is related to ISIS, Ebola, and sactions placed on Russia.  When the investment community is uncertain about not only the economy home and abroad, but other factors such as … (0 comments)