You’ll recall that the title of our weekly wrap last week was “Different Week, Same Joke.” Here’s what we said last Friday: Another week and the same joke continues to apply: this was the worst week for the Trump administration since
March 23, 2018
For some time we have talked about 2 specific extremes in the S&P 500. But as a confluence of 3 key themes have transpired to reveal a more complex and dynamic risk environment so far in 2018 we are steadily seeing a
The financial sector is attracting a lot of investor attention lately. After President Donald Trump passed the tax reform last year, analysts are highly optimistic about the financial sector’s performance owing to recent trends in the sector. The Fed hiked
Stocks sold off again today in a big way. They were able to stabilize the markets this morning, led by buying of the SP 500 futures, long enough to shove the Dropbox IPO out the door, and even gain a
Nike (NYSE:NKE) has acquired Zodiac Inc., a consumer data analytics firm. This is a deal that “demonstrates our commitment to further accelerating Nike’s digital transformation and enhancing our consumer data and analytics capabilities to help us serve consumers globally,” says Chief
Inflation hysteria in some places hasn’t just faded, it has disappeared almost entirely. The old saying is that shooting stars burn out the fastest. One of the hottest systems was in Europe. The ECB, we were told, had done it.
Audio Length: 00:23:09 In this episode of ETF Spotlight, I talked with Jeremie Capron, Managing Partner & Director of Research at ROBO Global. Robo Global is the creator of the first index to track the global robotics, automation and artificial
It’s been a week to forget for global equity indices. In the charts below we chart local currency prices for indices in the US (S&P 500), Europe (Stoxx 600), Italy (FTSE MIB), Spain (IBEX 35), the UK (FTSE 100), Germany
If you were in any doubt what Asia thinks about the possibility of a trade war, you saw the answer today. All major indices lower with losses between 2% and Japan’s Nikkei -4.5%. The Yen saw the flight to quality
