In his latest outlook, Chris Iggo, CIO Fixed Income at Axa IM, points to reasons why yields will remain depressed. • Yields to stay low – The conditions that have driven bond yields to historically low levels will only dissipate slowly over the next year. Under the most likely scenario we will continue to be […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrat Tammy Baldwin and Republican Tommy Thompson supplied the following answers to questions related to their campaigns and issues in the race for Wisconsin’s open U.S. Senate seat. Question: The Thompson campaign portrays Baldwin as too extreme for Wisconsin, intent on increasing taxes and spending. The Baldwin campaign portrays Thompson as […]

If you tuned into the presidential debate Tuesday night wondering why President Obama and Mitt Romney spent so much time hitting each other on manufacturing and China, then you don’t live in a swing state. The good news is that America really has a future in manufacturing.  The brightest minds at Harvard, MIT, and in […]

Capitalism, as the famous economist Joseph Schumpeter noted, is all about “creative destruction”. Firms come and go. Some survive. Some do not. So it’s unfortunate for America when critics of clean energy seek to politicize what the most ardent believers in free markets believe is a natural, ongoing part of a healthy economy. While it’s […]