January 15, 2020
“Americans in every U.S. metropolitan area experienced economic prosperity in 2018, according to a recent report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. For the first time in 26 years, no metro area saw per-capita incomes fall that year — the… Continue Reading…
January 14, 2020
“The Chinese yuan strengthened Tuesday to its highest level in more than five months as the United States removed China from its currency manipulator list. The US Treasury Department on Monday stripped away its designation of China as a currency manipulator, days… Continue Reading…
January 14, 2020
“Over the last year, gold prices are up nearly 20%. The yellow metal is on pace for its best year since 2010. In a note to clients published over the weekend, analysts at Goldman Sachs outlined why the strategic case for… Continue Reading…
January 13, 2020
“Overcrowding and pollution will become less urgent, thanks to plateauing populations and paradigm-changing green technologies—electric cars and renewable power. Energy and other commodity prices will stay manageable and capital super abundant, not in constrained supplies as was the constant worry in the closing decades of the… Continue Reading…
January 9, 2020
“More than 18,000 hours of internet shutdowns around the world caused by deliberate government action costmore than $8 billion in 2019, a new report estimates… The report, which examines partial and total shutdowns across 122 countries, was published by the internet… Continue Reading…
January 8, 2020
“The Federal Reserve Bank of New York added $76.9 billion in temporary money to financial markets Monday. The Fed’s intervention came via an overnight repurchase-agreement operation that took in Treasury and mortgage securities…” https://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-adds-76-9-billion-in-overnight-money-to-markets-11578321440
January 7, 2020
“Despite ongoing U.S. tensions with Iran that derailed markets last week, U.S. stocks staged an impressive rebound on Monday, recovering from earlier anxiety on Wall Street… “The rebound wasn’t so much in response to a specific headline but instead a reduction in… Continue Reading…
January 2, 2020
“China on Wednesday moved to pump more cash into its financial system, suggesting that Beijing remained concerned about faltering growth despite signs that the world’s second-largest economy was stabilizing… The country’s slowdown has sent ripples through the global economy. Germany narrowly… Continue Reading…
January 1, 2020
“Mr. Papariella’s clients often look to buy used jets, some decades old, that still perform at a high level but cost less up front, he said. A Gulfstream G4 from 2002 might cost $3 million — far better than $60… Continue Reading…
December 30, 2019
“Global stock markets have been on a torrid run in 2019, adding more than $17 trillion in total value, according to Deutsche Bank calculations. The value of global equities began the year just under $70 trillion but has now surpassed… Continue Reading…
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