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World economy 21st January 2019

Re-Opening Of The Primary Corporate Debt Market, More Important Than The Respite In The Stock Market

The re-opening of the primary debt market for companies on both sides of the Atlantic, from which companies in the high yield segment also benefit, is good news given that it shows the reduction of investors’s fears and, more important, means a respite for the companies able to access again market financing. The primary high yield market in the US accumulate 41 days without operations, the longest drought in the registers of Dealogic, which began in 1995.

World economy 20th January 2019

How 2019 Could be a Tranquil Year

Barry Eichengreen via Caixin | What would have to happen for this to be a tranquil year economically, financially, and politically? Answer: a short list of threats to stability would have to be averted.

World economy 19th January 2019

China’s Belt And Road At Five Years

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) marked its fifth birthday in September 2018, though there was probably less to celebrate than the Chinese authorities might have wished. Five years after President Xi presented the initiative to the world in a speech in Kazakhstan, the BRI is facing pressures on three fronts.

World economy 15th January 2019

Why 2019 Could Be The Year Of Another Tech Bubble Crash

John Colley | When the dot-com bubble burst in 2000 it sent significant numbers of businesses to the wall. Investment banks had been encouraging enormous investment in dot-com ventures by launching Initial Public Offers (IPOs) allowing investors and entrepreneurs to cash in on vast fortunes by selling off shares in their companies.

World economy 13th January 2019

An Overview of China’s Pension System

A combination of proper pension reforms, better allocation of state and private-sector assets, and greater utilization of new technologies can help China to defuse the demographic bomb and mitigate the ageing shock for its economy and society. Analysts at AXA IM briefly summarises the pillars of China’s pension system.

World economy 11th January 2019

How A Government Shutdown Affects The Economy

Scott R. Baker via The Conversation | Parts of the federal government have been closed since midnight on Dec. 22, making it the second-longest shutdown on record. It’s also the third since President Donald Trump took office. The immediate and most visible impact of a shutdown is in the government’s day-to-day operations.

World economy 11th January 2019

China’s Central Bank Shouldn’t Be Buying Stocks

Sheng Songcheng and Shen Xinfeng via Caixin | Speculation has flared up that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is considering buying stocks. But there are no valid reasons for the central bank to buy shares directly or through exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track indexes or baskets of stocks.

World economy 8th January 2019

Sovereign Funds Linked To Oil And Gas May Be Obliged To Cut Their Positions

The commercial tensions between the US and China and the signs of a slowdown in China will surely serve in 2019 to justify the return of volatility to markets and conceal an aspect which, for Intermoney, will again be really important at the beginning of 2019: the movements of sovereign funds.

World economy 7th January 2019

Do Companies Understand The Dangers Of Big Data?

BBVA has announced that it is creating a team of 2,000 data scientists to develop new digital products and services. It is only one of the many companies jumping on the Big Data waggon. But do these companies understand the dangers of Big Data analysis, and in particular the algorithms that underlie them?

World economy 7th January 2019

A Price-To- Earnings Ratio Of 12.2x To Start 2019

We begin the year with a cheap PER at 12.2 times Ebitda profits. But everything will depend on whether the demanding estimations of forward BPA are met, according to experts at Alphavalue. Furthermore, the sectorial disasters in 2018 could be suitable opportunities for 2019.

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