Economists, analysts, policymakers and investors take the economy’s temperature by examining regularly released data sets called economic indicators. There are all kinds of economic indicators — some ...

Technical indicators computed from market observables can provide forex market analysts and traders with a useful way to generate objective trading signals. Technical analysts have also long known ...

The most commonly asked (and infrequently answered) questions faced by application security leaders and CISOs are: "How do we measure this is working? How do we know if the money, time and people we ...

It has been while since I published a macro piece, too long. I have not abandoned analyzing the overall economy and forming macro views. There just has been so much happening on the individual stock ...

There seems to be a widespread view that employment is a lagging indicator of changes in the business cycle. The growth rate of payroll employment slowed sharply in the 6 months before the onset of ...

You know the feeling. An email lands in your inbox with the subject line: "My two-week notice." It is not from the employee struggling to meet their KPIs or the one who has been openly discussing ...

We treat volatility as a fire alarm. But by the time the alarm sounds, the building is already well into the burn. In modern finance, volatility has become our most trusted signal of danger. When it ...

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