| 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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Haunted by the 2016 death in Cairo of an Italian student, Giulio Regeni, Italians are campaigning for the release of an Egyptian who has said he was tortured.
By Declan Walsh and Elisabetta Povoledo
The New York Times, Feb. 22, 2020
Intelsat’s stock could become a casualty in a 5G showdown among hedge fund managers, satellite operators, and the federal government
By Alexandra Scaggs
Barron`s, Feb. 22, 2020
Regulator disapproves plan from Cboe to introduce trading delay to one of its exchanges
By Alexander Osipovich
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 21, 2020
As central bankers fret about their ability to offset future recessions given already-low rates, they are asking lawmakers to step up.
By Jeanna Smialek
The New York Times, Feb. 21, 2020
AT&T Says Content Is King in a Streaming World
By Eric J. Savitz
Barron`s, Feb. 21, 2020
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On an island in the Philippines, waterlogged for one-third of every year, residents adjust to their sodden existence instead of fleeing.
By Hannah Beech and Jes Aznar
The New York Times, Feb. 22, 2020
As leadership battle kicks off, Germany’s ruling party is losing voters to both the nativist right and the center-left
By Bojan Pancevski
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 21, 2020
‘Frugal’ nations and poorer states far apart despite 30 hours of talks and all-night push for compromise
By FT
Financial Times, Feb. 21, 2020
Check scams are on the rise, the F.T.C. says, and many of the victims are in their 20s, with little check-writing experience.
By Ann Carrns
The New York Times, Feb. 21, 2020
It’s worth noting that Wall Street is waiting for a new inflation framework the Fed has said it is working on. The chatter, Shalett said, is that the Fed will give asymmetric guidance, meaning it will suggest to markets that it would take more to raise rates (say, core PCE inflation above 2.5%) than to cut rates (something like core PCE at 1.7%).
By Lisa Beilfuss
Barron`s, Feb. 22, 2020
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Morgan Stanley’s deal for E*Trade heats up big banks’ race to land more retail investors.
By Daren Fonda and Andrew Bary
Barron`s, Feb. 22, 2020
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the U.A.E. will discuss a possible collective output cut of as much as 300,000 barrels a day
By Summer Said and Benoit Faucon
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 21, 2020
Exclusive: Fixed income chief says long-dated bond yields ‘not anywhere close’ to correct
By FT
Financial Times, Feb. 21, 2020
The bank reached a settlement with federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission after abusing customers.
By Emily Flitter
The New York Times, Feb. 21, 2020
Interactive Brokers and Fidelity are the kings of a new era in which trading commissions have disappeared, websites keep improving, and industry consolidation is under way.
By Matt Miller
Barron`s, Feb. 21, 2020
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