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By Bill Witherell, Ph.D. Beginning in late 2019 through the first half of January, stocks in Asia (excluding Japan), led by the Chinese market, rallied, outperforming most other equity markets. However, the region is now challenged by the spread of a new coronavirus originating in China. W...

A comment on my recent article " 10 Stocks For 40 years " requested a version with a shorter 20-year time horizon. 20 years is more of a "human scale" period for many of us than 40 years, both for remember backwards and for planning forwards. In my case, 20 years ago was recent enough that I h...

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Admittedly, I've been bearish on the Chinese economy for nearly two years. The nation's economy, and specifically its banking system, is propped up by its highly speculative real estate and construction sector which is poised to burst. The PBOC has "kicked the can down the road" for years (o...

Introduction One of the first subscribers of Macro Trading Factory ("MTF") has approached me a day or two after we've published the initial allocations for the Funds Macro Portfolio ("FMP"), expressing his surprise that we have very little exposure to bonds on the portfolio. Valid questi...

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( Pexels/Artem Beliaikin ) The 2010s have been marked by one dominating theme for global equity investors, the consistent outperformance of U.S. stocks compared to just about all other countries. Just as the popularity of international investing took off in the late (pre-crash) 2000s, the al...

We think 2020 will be characterised by muted global growth, a slower US economy and continued uncertainty about how monetary policy and politics will move markets. In this environment, investors should aim to keep their portfolios on track by having conviction and actively managing risk - not ...

November domestic sales of five Korean automakers down 2.5% YoY to 136K units Korea's five automakers’ November domestic sales totaled 136K units (-2.5% YoY, +1.1% MoM). Domestic sales remained brisk led by new models such as Grandeur F/L, Palisade, Sonata, K7, Seltos, and Mohave. The...

If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is subhuman. The second thing you have to do is convince your allies so you'll have some help, and the third and probably unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he or she is sub...