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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Weekly Impressions
The S&P500 moved sharply lower overnight, shedding 3% apparently on continued concerns about China's future growth prospects. Despite the...
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What Silicon Valley has, every FinTech ecosystem needs & investors should look for!
So the prime example of a successful FinTech firm, lending club (with a current total market capitalization of ca. USD 5.5 bn) has been founded in...
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