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10 Monday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

Barron’s ) • Why It’s So Hard for China to Shake the ‘Uninvestable’ Tag : In 2021, Goldman Sachs said the word was starting to feature in a number of client conversations about the country’s stocks. Maybe they should try turning the whole thing on and off. Bloomberg ) see also How Much is the Rule of Law Worth to Markets?

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

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Even the ratings agencies, normally slow to act, have been moving promptly, with Moody’s lowering Russia’s rating from Ba2 to B3 on March 3, from B3 to Ca on March 6 and from Ca to C on March 8, and Ukraine’s rating from B3 to Caa2 on March 4. Other ratings agencies have also taken similar actions.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

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Even the ratings agencies, normally slow to act, have been moving promptly, with Moody's lowering Russia's rating from Ba2 to B3 on March 3, from B3 to Ca on March 6 and from Ca to C on March 8, and Ukraine's rating from B3 to Caa2 on March 4. Other ratings agencies have also taken similar actions.

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Wall Street Bullish on Amazon Delivering Strong Q2

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Weighing in on Amazon search interest data collected from Google, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster , who is ranked No. 6, put a $800 price tag on Amazon’s share value, CNBC reported. The growth of search interest QTD continued on at a rate of 27 percent vs. 27 percent in the Mar-16 quarter,” Munster said.

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Transcript: Albert Wenger

Barry Ritholtz

He has a fascinating background in technology and software, and is interested in all sorts of interesting things, ranging from climate change to humanism, to the huge transitions that humans have gone through as a species and what it means to society, investing, scarcity and just the quality of life that we will enjoy as a species.

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LendKey And Unlocking A Generation Of Borrowers For Small Banks And Credit Unions

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On the lower end, a four-year education with in-state rates at a state school will run the average student around $60,000 in costs by the end. At the upper edge of the spectrum, students can be looking at a ~$330,000 total price tag for an education at an elite private college. There are currently 13,000 community banks in the U.S.,

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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

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The requirements for asset managers to have a bank were such that it would inhibit us a bit. That’s really interesting, but by the way, that’s really astute observation people are going to look at how hard you’re going to — you’re working and they think I could work a little less hard. JOHNSON: Yes, exactly.