Takeda Pharmaceutical agreed to buy London-listed Shire for 45.3 billion pounds ($61.50 billion) on Tuesday after the Japanese company raised the amount of cash in its offer to secure a recommendation.
The UK Government’s threats to ban Russian gas imports altogether would be a very short-sighted step, the harm of which would take many years to undo...
Will interest rates rise after falling for 30 years? The Bank for International Settlements' measure of resource-sucking, wealth-destroying zombie firms says no.
While economic data reporting enters a brief lull in the post-payrolls week, there are still market-moving catalysts this week, and none more important than this week's US CPI print.
Global stocks and US equity futures are in the green, despite the dollar rebounding to session highs overnight, putting already nervous emerging markets on edge, while oil rising to a 3 year high above $70 is set to pressure corporate margins even more.
“Our National Defense Strategy makes clear that we’re back in an era of great power competition as the security environment continues to grow more challenging and complex...”
The potential for a surge will be so aggressive that it will rip the face off all investors who are bearish against the USD and positioned for it to fall. This is the real risk that faces the market today.
"Despite the strong 1Q earnings growth reported by so many companies, the top question from portfolio managers is actually macro-related: “What is the timing of the next economic downturn?”
