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...Here’s more on academic’s case against Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn....
...the ‘dummy variable’ approach this pattern flips from significant to insignificant depending on sample length, while there is no corresponding sign of seasonal effect in equity markets (proxied by the S&P...
...P Soleil d’Or gives bright yellow berries on red stems, and P rogersiana Flava has glossy yellow fruits....
...So he was at RAND Corporation while he was working on his PhD and one of his bosses was like, oh, you should talk to this guy, Harry Markowitz, or you should, like, check out his work....
...The dollar fell against sterling, the euro and the South African rand, with an index measuring the US currency against six others dropping by about 0.4 per cent....
...The country’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 shed as much as 1.4 per cent in the first 15 minutes of trading....
...The South African rand fell 0.2 per cent to 15.6 per dollar, its weakest level in over a year....
...Some of the most notable moves were in emerging markets including the Turkish lira, the South African rand and the Mexican peso....
...The blue-chip S&P 500 closed up 0.4 per cent, just off its all-time high, while the technology-focused Nasdaq Composite was 0.8 per cent higher at the bell....
...South Africa’s rand stood at R15.7 to the dollar, its weakest level in more than year....
...“When people are feeling more optimistic about the world they buy the [Brazilian] real or the [South African] rand.”...
...The Moody’s downgrade completed South Africa’s descent into junk status after rivals S&P Global and Fitch Ratings removed their investment-grade ratings in 2017, highlighting mounting strains on public finances...
...For example, the early 20th-century magician David P Abbott used to make a golden ball float around his parlour for guests, using an unseen thread to support the ball....
...Emerging market currencies such as the Russian rouble and the South African rand also weakened against the greenback, with both slipping roughly 2 per cent....
...Emerging market currencies, such as South Africa’s rand, came under pressure, again reflecting a general burst of nervousness. The dollar leapt more than 1 per cent to 14.297 rand....
...Equities On Wall Street, the S&P 500 suffered its quickest fall into a bear market on record, taking just 16 days to slump from all-time highs and bring an end to an 11-year bull market....
...The benchmark S&P 500 closed down 2.9 per cent in New York on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average 3 per cent lower....
...If you want somewhere to start, we recommend this summary from 2003 by Mark P. Holtzman, Elizabeth Venuti, and Robert Fonfeder at the CPA Journal.) And what of Mr Fleisher?...
...In that time, the S&P 500 has motored 10 per cent from its early-2018 high....
...Wall Street’s S&P 500 jumped to trade at a record intraday high, while Brent crude was down more than 4 per cent at $65.64 a barrel....
...An early paper published by the Rand Corporation is The Prediction of Social and Technological Events (1949)....
...South Korea’s won was among the worst hit, sliding 1.4 per cent against the dollar, while other actively traded currencies like South Africa’s rand were also under pressure....
...In all, nearly 60 companies in the S&P 500 are expected to report results including the big banks, Netflix, Microsoft, Schlumberger and Johnson & Johnson....
...If that’s the case, the recent strength for equities in Japan, Europe and emerging markets versus the S&P 500 index is a taste of things to come....
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