The Decline of the Entrepôt Economy, HK's Fall from Grace...The Socio-Political & Economic Drivers
In this piece I look at the failure of HK to meet its challenges, especially since 1997, while contrasting in less depth the different approach...
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Container Shipping - Spot Rates Touch 20-Month High
In a positive start to the year, spot container freight rates on the major East-West routes reached a 20-month high this week and have risen above...
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2017 Dollar/Cyclicals/Shipping/Stocks in Bullets
Here in brief is what a PM friend had to say during a discussion on 2017 expectations:USD flattens. EUR goes to parity first. China no meaningful...
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Tax Reform Top of Mind for Wide-Moat U.S. Industrial Firms
Shares of diversified industrials have traded up in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election, frothy with anticipation as a...
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Trump Not Likely to Halt Decline of US. But Ray Dalio Makes Good Case in Bringing Back Ayn Rand
I was working on a bigger piece on HK vs Singapore which I will put out later, and reviewing political classifications of economies, when I saw a...
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