Reasons Not To Be Alarmed By A Tumbling Yuan
Zhong Zhengsheng | The yuan has depreciated further against the U.S. dollar recently, with the central parity rate on July 6 hitting the lowest level since November 2010, at 6.68 yuan for every dollar.
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When Anger Wins, We All Lose
America is slowly coming to the climax of its painfully long presidential election process. As usual, there is much talk about choices and little talk about the process for deciding which choices to make. The present election cycle is culminating in a choice between two candidates with a lot of negative baggage.
Gold, Always Believe In Your Soul…
BoAML | Moving into 3Q16, we are updating the price deck for the mined commodities. Given the various shocks to the global economy and keeping in mind that uncertainty remains high, we have become slightly more cautious on the base metals.
OECD Predicts Spain Will Generate Jobs At A Rate Of 2.1% In 2017
According to forecasts from The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Spain’s labour market will be amongst the top performers in the “Club of the rich countries,” registering the biggest advance in terms of employment in 2016 and overcoming the negative trend seen during the crisis. The international institution warns that a new recession could take Spain by surprise without having recovered all the jobs lost in the crisis.
From Berlin to Brexit
via Macropolis | “So, you are here?” said the check-in attendant at Berlin’s Tegel Airport. The man, who appeared to have a Somali background, had a charming smile. His comment was in reference to my British passport and the fact the UK was holding its Leave/Remain referendum on the same day.
Tecnicas Reunidas: Cash And Risk Focus To Compete
BARCLAYS | While in large parts descriptive, Tecnicas’s recent analyst day highlighted the controls that the company has in place, the shock to the system as proved to be sub-optimal in Canada and the efforts put in place to ensure that these don’t repeat.
The Fines For German Car Manufacturers Will Be Maximum 10% Of Revenues
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has begun an investigation into Volkswagen(108,2€; – 2.9%), BMW (65,2€; – 2.4%), Daimler (52,3€; – 3.6%), Bosch (unlisted components supplier) and ZF (unlisted components supplier) for possible collusion in the purchasing of steel. The FCO could impose fines amounting to a maximum 10% of the companies’ revenues.
EuroStoxx50 Analysis: Danone
Danone is a French food and agriculture company, headquartered in Paris. It has four business divisions: (i) Fresh dairy products (49% ventas), (ii) Waters (23%), (iii) Early Life Nutrition(21%) and (iv) Medical Nutrition (7%).
The “Fine Post-Brexit Rain” Has Already Dampened The Property Sector
After Standard Life announced on Monday that it had suspended withdrawals from its UK Real Estate Fund (2.9 billion GBP in assets), yesterday the whole sector (property funds), with assets under management of approximately 9 billion GBP, decided to follow suit. The two funds which stand out by size are: M&G Property Portfolio (4.4 billion GBP, the biggest) and Aviva (1.8 billion GBP).
Monte Dei Paschi, An Example Of Italian Banks Solvency Problems
After the lack of success of private initiatives to help restructure Italy’s banking system, the government is now looking at how it can directly step in and help out the banks. Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) is one of Italy’s biggest banks and the one which has the largest amount of toxic assets on its balance sheet by a long shot. At the end of the first quarter, MPS’ exposure to toxic assets was over 47 billion euros.