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Dr. Bryan Taylor, President and Chief Economist of Global Financial Data, has written hundreds of articles that illustrate the value of long-term data as provided by GFD. Historical analysis of complete data using all data points available will generate cutting edge investment strategies.

These articles use information from the UK Equities and the US Equities to evaluate the performance of global markets over the past three centuries and compare the performance of stocks in different sectors of the market as well as different countries over several market cycles. The correlation of these markets will allow you to analyze stock market behavior and examine long-term returns to investors that others cannot capture.

The articles below illustrate the value of complete data and exemplify the breadth of coverage provided by GFD. The articles analyze various aspects of financial markets including exchange rates, interest rates, total returns, foreign currency markets and other topics in economics and finance. There is no limit to the research you can perform using GFD Finaeon.

Financial Markets

• A Century of Inflation
• Ten Lessons for the Twenty-first Century Investor

Fixed Income

• Are There Seasonal Patterns in Interest Rates?
• Paying off Government Debt
• Seven Centuries of Government Bond Yields

Foreign Currency

• A History of Universal Currencies
• Can Investors Profit from Devaluations?
• Which Came First, the Goose or the Golden Egg?

Stock Market Research

• A Brief History of the Dow Jones Utility Average
• Are You Ready for the Bubble of the 2020s?
• Expansionism: The Impact of the Fed’s Monetary Regime on the Equity Risk Premium
• Los Angeles During the 1929 Stock Market Crash
• The Death of Equities
• The Equity Risk Premium
• GFD Guide to Best and Worst Investment Periods in the 20th Century
• GFD Guide to Bull and Bear Markets in the 20th Century
• GFD Guide to Total Returns

General Papers

• Stimulus for the 21st Century
• Déjà Vu Again and Again
• Greece: Kicking the Can
• Taylor’s Ten: The Deficit Stops Here!
• The Fraud of the Prince of Poyais on the London Stock Exchange
• Trade Also Serves the Cause of Peace

Other Papers

• McQuarrie The Myth of 1926

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