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By Ashwin Alankar, Ph.D. Transcript Ashwin Alankar: What has transpired, really, through the course of 2019 year to date is all the forces that we were afraid that may push economies into recession have disappeared. China-U.S. trade negotiations are going better than expected. Earnings...

The Reserve Bank of India ((RBI)) cut its benchmark money rate for the second straight meeting. Reducing its repo rate by 25 bps, down to 6%, the central bank once gripped by political turmoil has certainly shifted gears. Former Governor Urjit Patel was essentially removed (he resigned) in Dec...

Original Post By Stuart Burns Sea freight has to be one of the most cost-effective means of transporting goods over long distances ever invented. Even with increasing ocean freight rates, it is often the case it costs as much to ship from Calcutta to London as it does to then clear a...

This morning we learned that US private payrolls posted another disappointing month in March as the job market continued to slow, and Deutsche Bank analysts warn that order backlog growth at Caterpillar (CAT) - maker of earth movers and construction equipment and global-growth bellwether - a...

By Anujeet Sareen, CFA This June, the current economic expansion will end up being the longest in post-war history. Therefore, it's natural to ask, "Are we headed into a recession later this year or in 2020?" It's a tall ask to evaluate whether a global recession is coming, and a logical p...

Rana Foroohar provides the following data in her recent opinion piece in the Financial Times : Despite small decreases in overseas revenues for the past couple of years, nearly half the sales of the S&P 500 come from abroad.” This information struck me because I believe that ...

How do you define irrational exuberance? There's no single answer, much less one that offers flawless signals for timing rallies and corrections in financial markets. But the latest trend data for all the major asset classes (based on proxies via a set of exchange-traded funds) suggests that t...

By Joseph Joyce Interest rates in advanced economies continue to persist at historically low levels. This trend is due not only to the response of central banks to slow growth, but also due to fundamental factors. If these interest rates continue close to their current levels, what are the...

Global central banks have turned dovish, China stimulus is stronger than expected and trade-war tensions are easing. The cycle is becoming slightly more supportive for equities, but we believe it's late in the game and upside potential is limited. Key market themes Markets are caugh...

Stocks have had a very strong start to 2019, across most of the world. The MSCI All-Countries World Index (ACWI), of both developed and emerging market stocks, is up 12.8% since the start of the year. This is the bounce after late 2018's sharp falls. But why do disparate stock markets so often...