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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

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Neither index is particularly representative, and currency effects contaminate both, but they tell the story of devastation in the two markets. In the graph below, I start with two traditional havens for US investors, the US dollar and treasury bonds: Trade-weighted dollar & US 10-year T.Bond Rate. Economic Consequences.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

Musings on Markets

While the value crowd, bereft of victories for a long time, may be inclined to do a victory dance, it is worth noting that the same phenomenon occurred between February and March of 2020, at the start of the COVID crisis, but that growth companies quickly recouped their losses and finished ahead of mature companies by the end of 2020.

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A Temporary Retreat or Long Term Pull Back?

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For others, it can be the portion of their capital with the longest time horizon (pension fund savings or 401Ks, if you are a young investor, for example), where they believe that any losses on risk capital can be made up over time. There are two macro factors that will come into play, and both are in play in markets today.

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Amex, IBM Make B2B Finserv A Mixed Bag For Q2

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According to American Express, the decline is due to the loss of the U.S. The cloud treasury and finance management solution provider released its 1H 2017 results last week, highlighting what Kyriba said was record sales growth at 43 percent for the half. a share (surpassing forecasts of $2.75

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Risk Capital and Markets: A Temporary Retreat or Long Term Pull Back?

Musings on Markets

For others, it can be the portion of their capital with the longest time horizon (pension fund savings or 401Ks, if you are a young investor, for example), where they believe that any losses on risk capital can be made up over time. There are two macro factors that will come into play, and both are in play in markets today.

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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. For an investment to be risk free then, it has to meet two conditions.

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

Musings on Markets

That said, it does mean that any broad conclusions (about profitability and revenues) that emerge from my data apply to public companies, and it may be dangerous to extrapolate to private businesses, especially in a year like 2020 where private businesses could have been affected more adversely by COVID shutdowns than public companies.