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My view on what's going on in the financial markets and the global economy, and a few other things that might interest me from time to time.
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The SoftBank Vision Fund: Trials and Tribulations
The SoftBank Vision Fund has had an interesting albeit short history, as the world's largest venture capital firm.
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Jul 16, 202023 min read
Week Ended July 10th and the Week Ahead
Equity markets were slightly more subdued last week, but not in the U.S., where the S&P 500 notched another weekly gain of 1.8%.
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Jul 12, 20206 min read
Week Ended July 3rd and the Week Ahead
Equity markets were generally better last week, especially in the U.S. Credit, gold and oil were all better. CV19 in the U.S. rages on.
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Jul 5, 20208 min read
Dinner Table Economics: Global Population
108 billion people have been born since the beginning of the “modern” human race around 50,000 years, and 7.2% of those are alive today!
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Jul 1, 20209 min read
Week Ended June 26th and the Week Ahead
Equity and credit indices weakened, with Friday being particularly harsh. Safe haven assets rallied. Oil weakened. Growth revised down.
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Jun 28, 20208 min read
Dr Jeremy Siegel discusses the economy, the equity market and CV19
This post is a summary of two recent presentations by Dr Jeremy Siegel of Wharton, in which he discusses the economy, stock market and CV19.
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Jun 25, 202012 min read
Week Ended June 19th and the Week Ahead
Week ended June 19th: global equities and credit were better; gold and oil higher, USTs and USD weaker; CV19 news mixed. BoE steps up QE
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Jun 21, 20208 min read
Dinner Table Economics: What is GDP?
This is the first of a series Entitled "Dinner Table Economics", and looks at the meaning and use of Gross Domestic Product, or GDP.
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Jun 18, 20207 min read
Week Ended June 12th and the Week Ahead
This is a look back at last week including equity and credit markets, safe haven assets, oil, economic events and CV19.
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Jun 14, 20208 min read
Part 2 (of 2): The arguments as to why the S&P 500 is too high
This article is the #bear case for the #equity #markets, the opposite view I discussed in an article last week.
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Jun 11, 202012 min read
Week Ended June 5th and the Week Ahead
Equities, credit and oil are continued up last week, and safe haven assets fell. It's risk on, as economic stimulus improves the outlook.
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Jun 8, 20207 min read
Part 1 (of 2): The Case For the Stock Market Recovery
This is the first of two articles on the amazing recovery of the #S&P500 during the CV19 pandemic. I present seven reasons in support.
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Jun 5, 20208 min read
Last Week and the Week Ahead (June 1-5)
Global equity and credit markets continue their march upwards; haven assets flattish; oil up; earnings and economic news in line; CV19 updat
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Jun 1, 20207 min read
Sector Performance Post-Market Recovery
This article looks at the performance of 11 sector ETFs during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. A shift in preferences is underway.
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May 29, 20206 min read
Inflation or Deflation - What's Next for the U.S.?
Quantitative easing and other government stimulus measures are fuelling a debate about future inflation. But when?
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May 27, 202010 min read
Last Week and the Week Ahead (May 25-29)
This is the weekly update - what happened last week as far as markets, politics and CV19, and what does the week ahead look like?
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May 25, 20208 min read
FAANG+M - These Stocks are (Still) Killin' It!
The acronym, “FAANG+M” refers to Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google (Alphabet) and Microsoft.
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May 19, 20204 min read
Week Ended May 15th 2020 and the Week Ahead
Equity market indices down last week, economic data continues to be bad, safe haven assets rallied, HY spreads widened, oil higher
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May 18, 20209 min read
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