Singapore electronics exports improve significantly Electronics export growth in Singapore, a bellwether for global earnings per share, improved significantly in October. While year-on-year electronics exports still recorded a double-digit decline […]
Markets have seen a sharp increase in volatility in recent weeks, with the S&P 500 experiencing its worst December month since 1931. But, looking back at the history, the total […]
It’s official, Goldilocks is back on the stock market. At least according to the fund managers that participated in BofA Merrill Lynch’s Global Fund Manager Survey. For the first time […]
Markets are unnervingly calm these days. During the last six months, the realized volatility of the S&P 500 Index fell to the lowest level in more than half a century. […]
This week in financial markets summarized in charts.
I start off this episode of the Week End Blog with a shameless example of self-advertisement. This week I made it to Business Insider’s list of ‘the 128 finance people […]
Didn’t you love the military parade in China? Not because of the military ‘gadgets’ that were showcased, but primarily because Chinese markets were closed for a couple of days. Some […]
How to start this Week End Blog? The picture below seems appropriate. After an already ugly end of last week, bears rushed back from the weekend to demonstrate their willingness […]
Never, never a dull moment in Europe. As Grexit would be upon us, at least predicted by most economists, investment brokers and other ‘gurus’, Greece handed in yet another bail […]
Ok, I give in, or up, or whatever. Financial markets are held hostage by Greece. Therefore, in this Week End Blog lots and lots of Greece. Things are really starting […]
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