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One of the Worlds Hottest Short Sellers Is Changing Tactics

July 11, 2018

Earlier this month, Soren Aandahl scored one of his biggest victories as a short seller when he dramatically took down the leader of a world-famous brand.

In some ways, the resignation of Samsonite International SA’s chief executive officer after Aandahl’s Continue reading →

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Austin, australia, BLUE SKY ALTERNATIVE INVESTM, Canada, Corporate Governance, Hong Kong, markets, Materials, QUINTIS LTD, SAMSONITE INTERNATIONAL SA, Soren Aandahl

Argentina Names New Central Bank Chief as Peso’s Plummet Worsens

July 11, 2018

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Argentina’s central bank is getting a new chief after the monetary authority failed to stop the peso’s plunge despite obtaining the biggest loan in the history of the International Monetary Fund.

Luis Caputo, previously the finance minister, will take over Continue reading →

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Argentina, BLACKROCK INC, Buenos Aires, Business, Capital Markets, currency, Emerging Markets, Interest Rates, International Monetary Fund, markets, Risk Aversion, US Dollar Spot

The Goldman Lunch That Set the Scene for 1MDB’s Money Probe

July 5, 2018

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In a private dining room at Singapore’s Taste Paradise restaurant, over a meal of abalone and suckling pig, two Goldman Sachs Group Inc. bankers were explaining a $1.75 billion bond offering to six executives of a Swiss bank.

It was Continue reading →

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1MALAYSIA DEVELOPMENT BHD, Bonds, china, GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, Mahathir Bin Mohamad, Malaysia, markets, Najib Abdul Razak, New York, singapore, Taek Jho Low

Asian Stocks Drop With U.S. Futures; Lira Climbs: Markets Wrap

July 5, 2018

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Asian stocks fell with U.S. equity-index futures and the yen advanced as investors assessed prospects for continuing trade tensions between U.S. and China. Turkey’s lira climbed after Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed victory in the weekend’s election.

Japanese stocks turned lower Continue reading →

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asia, australia, china, currency, Emerging Markets, Japanese Yen Spot, markets, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Stocks, Turkey, U.S. Treasury

China Begins to Question Whether Its Ready for a Trade War

June 27, 2018

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Xi Jinping vowed to match Donald Trump blow for blow in any trade war. Now as one gets closer, some in Beijing are starting to openly wonder whether China is ready for the fight — an unusually direct challenge to Continue reading →

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Beijing, Business, china, Economic Growth, Economics, Europe, Foreign policy, Jinping Xi, markets, politics, Social Media, War, Washington, White House

Disney Under Gun to Respond After Comcast’s $65 Billion Fox Bid

June 16, 2018

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Your move, Disney.

After Comcast Corp. made a $65 billion bid on Wednesday for 21st Century Fox Inc.’s entertainment assets — the same holdings that Walt Disney Co. had agreed to buy for about $52.4 billion — the Mouse House Continue reading →

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AT&T INC, Brian L Roberts, Business, COMCAST CORP-CLASS A, deals, entertainment, Justice Department, Lachlan Keith Murdoch, markets, NETFLIX INC, Sky plc, TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX-A, WALT DISNEY CO/THE

Millionaires Now Control Half of the World’s Personal Wealth

June 16, 2018

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The rich are getting a lot richer and doing so a lot faster.

Personal wealth around the globe reached $201.9 trillion last year, a 12 percent gain from 2016 and the strongest annual pace in the past five years, Boston Consulting Continue reading →

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asia, Billionaires, Bonds, Boston, Business, china, currency, Europe, markets, north america, US Dollar Spot, wealth

Plain English Powell Praises U.S. Economy After Rate Hike

June 15, 2018

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled growing optimism on the U.S. economy while trying to reassure investors that the central bank would not derail the country’s second-longest expansion by aggressively tightening monetary policy.

Fed officials on Wednesday raised interest rates Continue reading →

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European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Janet L Yellen, Jay Powell, markets, Monetary Policy, New York, Tax Cuts, U.S. Economy, Unemployment Rate

WorldsBig-Three Central Banks to Meet With Different Agendas

June 10, 2018

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The world’s three most powerful central banks convene next week, with the U.S. Federal Reserve setting the pace in a retreat from the era of easy money.

Three meetings within 36 hours of each other are set to conclude with Continue reading →

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Argentina, BANK OF JAPAN/THE, Emerging Markets, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Government Bonds, Indonesia, Jay Powell, markets, U.S. Economy, US Dollar Spot

The $300 Billion FAANG Surge Lives Another Week

June 10, 2018

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The world’s favorite stocks fought through to their seventh rally in nine weeks, though not without landing a few blows on traders.

For about 24 hours on Thursday and Friday, losses in the FAANG block looked liable to snowball, bringing Continue reading →

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ALPHABET INC-CL A, AMAZON.COM INC, APPLE INC, BANK OF AMERICA CORP, FACEBOOK INC-A, markets, NASDAQ 100 STOCK INDX, NETFLIX INC, S&P 500 INDEX, Stocks, US Dollar Spot