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By Francis A. Scotland U.S. monetary policy announcements can be cryptic at times. Not so the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting. The January 30 press conference was the final act to some dramatic theatre that does play out from time to time at the Federal Reserve (Fed). The earlie...
By Elga Bartsch Elga explains why we expect economic growth in China to stabilize this year, helping to cushion a global growth slowdown. Economic growth is key for the financial market outlook, and we expect growth to slow materially as the post-crisis recovery enters its late stage. ...
The Shanghai Composite index rose 1.4% overnight as markets in China reopened after a week-long Lunar New Year break. More news on: iShares China Large-Cap ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF, Global news and forex, Top stock ...
By Andrew Capon China has entered the Year of the Earth Pig. Astrology experts prophesize that those born this year will be good-natured, calm and lucky. Recent economic data suggests that these resilient characteristics will prove useful. The official GDP report issued on January 21 was...
By Brent Bates, Senior Portfolio Manager on Feb 7, 2019, in Equities When will prices in China and Japan become attractive? Slowing global trade has weighed down export-oriented markets in Asia, and the regional earnings outlook has been deteriorating rapidly. Over the past six mon...
The 2008 financial crisis hit China hard, as it did everyone else. Not every country responded like China did, though. Most couldn’t do what China did because they lacked either financial resources or political ability. China had both. And so it launched a stimulus program of mind-...
Happy Year of the Pig! This week marks the start of China’s Spring Festival, during which an estimated 3 billion trips will be made using the country’s massive transportation network of roads and rail. That figure is a slight rise from the same period last year, despite slowing e...
All the policies that worked in the Boost Phase no longer work. Natural and human systems tend to go through stages of expansion, stagnation and decline that follow what's known as the S-Curve. The dynamic isn't difficult to understand: an unfilled ecological niche is suddenly open due t...
The first of three significant events on the schedule for markets in the United States and around the world until the end of March will be the short-window when it comes to the reprieve of the most prolonged government shut down in US history that last for over one month. It is unlikely that t...
By Valentin Schmid China is a country of extremes, especially regarding economic forecasts. There are those who think "China will take over the world" with its technocratic central planning. Then there are those who say its debt bubble is so gigantic, the economy will crash and burn. The...