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Apple vs. Facebook: A Battle of the Tech Titans
A battle of the tech titans is brewing after Facebook violated Apple’s developer rules by launching a research app that…
Visa Q1 2019 Earnings – Digital Payments Keep Powering Up
Highlights Earnings per share of $1.30 at a very healthy clip of 21% year-on-year for the quarter, topping analyst expectations…
Now is the Time to Buy UK Stocks With Cheap Pound Due to Brexit
The cock-up that former British Prime Minister David Cameron created has become ever clearer. This is a reference, of course,…
China Preys on Taiwan’s Chaotic Political Climate to Unify
With all the focus on the US-China trade negotiations, it is easy to forget about Taiwan and the long-running cross-Strait…
Guideposts for Powell’s Direction on Quanto Tightening
Fund managers entered 2019 shaken and stirred. So more of a relief rally would not surprise, most particularly given the…
The End of U.S. Monetary Tightening a Tailwind for Emerging Markets and Gold
The past year was a disastrous year for investors in the sense that U.S. dollar cash outperformed all stock markets…
2019 Market Outlook: The Tightrope of U.S. Earnings
Wall Street remains in corrective mode despite hopes of the normal rally into year-end, with the S&P500 now down 11.6%…
A Truce on Trade Between China and the U.S.
Investors have been intently focused on the outcome of the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires on Dec. 1 — specifically the…
Will Private Equity Blow Up in an Economic Downturn?
If there is an area of American finance likely to blow up in any coming downturn, where the dynamic is…
British Brexiteers and Italian Populists Making a Hot Mess of EU Politics
Time spent in London earlier this week allowed this writer to monitor closer at hand what is undoubtedly the biggest…