Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: Fed Expected to Cut Interest Rates in Busy Week for Central Bank Decisions – WSJ
A decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve will be the highlight of a busy week for central-bank decisions. The Fed is expected to cut interest...
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Why Profit Matters
However, the most profitable companies are usually the ones which contribute most to the economy in terms of taxes and investment – a fact often...
PODCAST: At the Money: Optimizing Personal Health in Finance
Wall Street is always looking for an edge over the competition. But what if there was a giant source of overlooked alpha? Phil Pearlman, former...
ECB Cuts Rates Again to Boost Flagging Growth. What to Know – WSJ
The European Central Bank lowered interest rates by a quarter point, aiming to stabilize an economy rocked by debt worries in France and highly exposed...
Investors Shouldn’t Count on Much Help From the Fed Next Year – WSJ
Could the Federal Reserve be done cutting rates after December? That shouldn’t be ruled out. Markets seemed undisturbed by Wednesday’s inflation data, which showed consumer...
Bitcoin is up by 138% this year. It is a nonsense-free rally – The Economist
BITCOIN IS BACK. Since Donald Trump’s election victory on November 5th, the world’s dominant cryptocurrency has surged to new heights above $100,000 a unit, enjoying...
US Jobless Claims Rises to Two-Month High After Thanksgiving – Bloomberg
Applications for US unemployment benefits rose to a two-month high last week, at a time around the end-of-year holidays when data is volatile. Initial claims...
The World Bank is struggling to serve all 78 poor countries – The Economist
Impoverished countries do not have much in common. Half the population of Niger, a landlocked African nation beset by military coups, live in extreme poverty,...
Dollar’s surge sparks biggest fall in emerging market currencies in 2 years – The Financial Times
A surging US dollar and a “confluence of bad news” have sparked the biggest sell-off in emerging market currencies since the early stages of the...
What Will Happen to China’s Economy in 2025?
If recent positive trends continue, Chinese GDP growth will probably return to around 5% in the fourth quarter of 2024. But an ailing property sector,...