HILLARY! Scourge of Wall, Savior of Main - Preventer of Market Crashes, and Economic Crises
On October 8th, Hillary Clinton offered an Op-Ed on Bloomberg Views (available on the website here) which was a shorter version of...
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Many (un)happy returns in EM; governance and the vicious circle
This report examines the underlying governance factors that have driven EM underperformance over the last five years.Brazil, Russia, Malaysia and...
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U.S. Economy Picks up the Pace: We're bumping up our 2015 GDP forecast
Growth in the second quarter was revised up from 3.7% to 3.9%, beating the consensus estimate of 3.7% growth.It was what economists like to call a...
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CORPORATE LEVERAGE: An Inconvenient Truth
Sometimes stock markets don’t bounce back. They just hit the bottom and then crawl sideways for years. Take Greece, its stock market is still 87%...
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Fitbit, a good 'fit' for your portfolio?
In January 2014, I bought my first Fitbit device. At the time, it was a company almost unheard of except by a few. The Fitbit app on the phone was...
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