| Cosima F. Barone | Vol. XVII - Issue #246 | Mar. 09, 2018 |
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Global Financial Markets Reckoning
Ever since it bottomed out at the end of March 2009, the overall market capitalization has been reaching out to its March 31, 2000, peak. How will markets react when the debt-stressed consumers decide to bank their gains from the tax cut, instead of spending the money? ... Read more
A Fractured World: Nationalist Insurgency & Trade Wars
Is the global liberal order in danger? After decades when the world has been dominated by the United States as their influence remained unrivaled in so many segments (economy, U.S. Dollar, trade and defense) over the rest of the globe, are there strategic alliances or emerging global trends that could potentially shake the world order as we know it? ... Read more
A Glance At World's Insightful News
In Focus: ECB, EUROPEAN UNION, CHINA, INDIA, ITALY, JAPAN, USA - OPEC & non-OPEC
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Quintessential ‘trusted adviser’ at Lazard guided chief executives and politicians
By FT
Financial Times, Dec. 15, 2019
Political mood is shifting against long-running attachment to fiscal surpluses
By FT
Financial Times, Dec. 14, 2019
Omar Hassan al-Bashir, accused of genocide in Darfur, was charged with possessing foreign currency and receiving illegal gifts.
By Abdi Latif Dahir
The New York Times, Dec. 14, 2019
Sterling springs higher while bonds decline on fresh burst of clarity for outlook
By FT
Financial Times, Dec. 13, 2019
The divergence in PCE and CPI largely can be explained by how health-care and housing prices are treated
By Lisa Beilfuss
Barron`s, Dec. 13, 2019
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Trump administration says Beijing committed to higher imports as part of trade agreement
By FT
Financial Times, Dec. 14, 2019
Rounding out the list is Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL), U-Haul owner Amerco (UHAL), and United Technologies (UTX).
By Andrew Bary
Barron`s, Dec. 14, 2019
We will miss former Fed chairman’s wise — and thrifty — approach to finance
By Gillian Tett
Financial Times, Dec. 13, 2019
More than a quarter-century ago, a study by Narasimhan Jegadeesh and Sheridan Titman in the Journal of Finance showed that a momentum strategy—buying the top gainers from the past six months, while selling short the top losers, and holding out for another six months—beat the market by about 1% a month.
By Jack Hough
Barron`s, Dec. 14, 2019
Saudi Aramco briefly soared above a $2 trillion valuation Thursday, achieving a milestone predicted by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in 2016. Investors should be skeptical about the stock’s ascent.
By Avi Salzman
Barron`s, Dec. 13, 2019
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Pro-democracy movement fears new leader will just be a front for the generals
By FT
Financial Times, Dec. 14, 2019
When Charles Schwab announced its deal to acquire TD Ameritrade, it shook up the brokerage world. But the forces that led to the proposed marriage had been building for a long time—and have inalterably changed the landscape.
By Lisa Beilfuss and Daren Fonda
Barron`s, Dec. 14, 2019
At his moment of maximum power, the Conservative leader must choose to govern for all
By FT
Financial Times, Dec. 13, 2019
To get a taste of what’s coming, head to California.
By Eric J. Savitz
Barron`s, Dec. 13, 2019
Fracking technology, combined with cheap money and crude prices over $100 a barrel, attracted a flood of investment earlier this decade. Those factors proved again the commodity market adage that the cure for high prices is high prices.
By Randall W. Forsyth
Barron`s, Dec. 13, 2019
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