by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Feb 24, 2025 | Risk Report
Someone on the internet said that to get people to read your academic papers, you just had to put Harry Potter and in front of the title. Another thing that seems to work for attention is applying the AI lens: How Will AI Affect the Way Snails Perceive Color? The AI...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Feb 17, 2025 | Risk Report
One can almost hear the collective groan that escapes from the gate area when the flight status changes from ON TIME to DELAYED on the board. However, I am pretty sure no bank let out the same kind of groan when OSFI, the Canadian bank regulator, announced this week...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Feb 3, 2025 | Risk Report
Agreement has been in short supply lately, except when it comes to inflation being a pain that everyone wants to stop or at least get into a reasonable range of, say, 2%. As can be seen on the graph below, the Fed has been working its delicate tool of the interest...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Dec 23, 2024 | Risk Report
The first thing they teach you at economist school is that you can either predict where an indicator is going, or you can predict when it will change, but you cannot do both and still be right. As we are deep into the season of predictions there are plenty of examples...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Aug 26, 2024 | Risk Report
There used to be some correlations we could rely on; when you didn’t bring your umbrella it rains, they announce a new smartphone the week after you bought the latest one, and when the dollar is up, gold and oil are down. So far in 2024, the gold price has gained more...
