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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

CFO News Room

Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. In fact, since trading has been suspended on both indices, the extent of the damage is probably understated.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

Musings on Markets

Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. In fact, since trading has been suspended on both indices, the extent of the damage is probably understated.

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In Search of Safe Havens: The Trust Deficit and Risk-free Investments!

Musings on Markets

I was reminded of that paper a few weeks ago, when Fitch downgraded the US, from AAA to AA+, a relatively minor shift, but one with significant psychological consequences for investors in the largest economy in the world, whose currency still dominates global transactions.

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Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year (2020)!

Musings on Markets

While the universe of companies is diverse, with approximately half of all firms from emerging markets, it is more concentrated in market capitalization, with the US accounting for 40% of global market capitalization at the start of the year.

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Market Resilience or Investors In Denial? A Mid-year Assessment for 2023!

Musings on Markets

In US dollar terms, Latin America was flat in the first half of 2023, though there were a couple of Latin American markets that delivered stellar returns in local currency terms, albeit with high inflation eating away at these returns. US Equities in 2023: Into the Weeds! trillion in the first six months of 2023, 97.2%

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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

Barry Ritholtz

And so, while you can see that concentration in markets, and sales, and trading, once I started really working with our private bank in a meaningful way, I was then able to lead teams of investment counselors and investors. They understand currencies. RITHOLTZ: Sure. BITTERLY MICHELL: They’ve seen hyperinflationary environments.

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Why It’s Time To Shut Down Cryptocurrencies

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The ability to use an anonymous single currency to power a decentralized, permissionless distributed ledger operating over the public internet where miners compete to solve the math problems that enable the processing of transactions is a remarkable innovation. The Crypto Has No Clothes. The Need for a Balanced View.