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- A $10 Trillion Response to the Global Pandemic
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- March 23, 2020
Last week I was introduced to a board game called Pandemic. In the game, players are up against the clock to find the cure to viral outbreaks and contain them before they spread across the entire globe.
- Here's Why You Shouldn't Panic Over China's Factory Slowdown
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- March 5, 2020
Chinese manufacturing activity slumped to a record low in February as the coronavirus outbreak temporarily shuttered plants and factories and travel restrictions impacted the supply of labor.
- Where to Get Income in a Low-Yield World
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- February 18, 2020
So far in 2020, the yield on the 10-year Treasury has averaged an anemic 0.01 percent when adjusted for inflation. Since the end of January, it’s actually dipped below 0 percent, trading as low as negative 0.14 percent on January 31.
- Here's What the Trucking Industry Could Learn From Airlines
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- December 18, 2019
This year alone, nearly 800 U.S.-based trucking companies have gone bankrupt. That’s almost three times the rate as in 2018, when things were looking remarkably positive.
- Is the Fed Gearing Up for a New Round of Quantitative Easing? Here Are the Possible Signs
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- December 10, 2019
“This is not QE. In no sense is this QE.”
That was Jerome Powell in early October, answering a reporter’s question on whether the Federal Reserve’s intervention in the overnight U.S. repo market constituted another round of quantitative easing (QE).
- Will the Real Manufacturing PMI Please Stand Up?
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- December 4, 2019
It’s the top of a new month, meaning we get to see the latest manufacturing purchasing manager’s index (PMI) readings. And if you follow both the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and IHS Markit’s reports on U.S. factory activity, you may be getting some mixed signals.
- 3 Emerging Europe Stocks We're Bullish On Right Now
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- October 31, 2019
The U.S. stock market has been hitting new all-time highs thanks to lower rates, positive earnings surprises and optimism that a resolution to the U.S.-China trade war comes sooner rather than later. But don’t let that distract you from exciting things that are happening in overseas markets, specifically in Eastern and Emerging European countries.
- Are All Your Ducks in a Row? Positioning Your Portfolio for the Market's Next Move
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- August 26, 2019
If you’ve paid any kind of attention to recent market headlines, you’ve surely seen the term “recession” among the most prominent topics in your newsfeed. This shouldn’t come as a shock, either––the global growth picture isn’t as rosy as it could be.
- With Yields Sinking Everywhere, Gold Just Hit New All-Time Highs...
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- August 12, 2019
“It is no longer absurd to think that the nominal yield on U.S. Treasury securities could go negative,” Joachim Fels, PIMCO’s global economic advisor, warned investors last week.
- What You Need to Know About Indonesia Ahead of Next Week's Election
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- April 9, 2019
On Wednesday of next week, the world’s largest presidential election will be held. Voters in Indonesia will go to the polls to decide whether to give incumbent president Joko Widodo another five years, or elect former general Prabowo Subianto.
