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...Raymond Chandler was famous for his similes, which read like funny throwaway lines in books such as The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye. Well: they weren’t....
...by Daniel Chandler (Allen Lane) Chandler is an economist and philosopher at the London School of Economics....
...In the US S&P 500, three out of the 10 companies targeted by climate-related shareholder proposals for the 2023 AGM season have been insurers....
...Its English translator, Robert Chandler, has also written to Evan. We’ve sent that letter, and we will send many more....
...Foreign policy experts said the G7’s tough language — and the US successfully persuading European countries to take a harder line — would make China even less willing to co-operate on issues of concern...
...“The flare-up of the virus means more stimulus, lower interest rates for longer and therefore less demand for the dollar,” said Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex....
...In the US, the S&P 500 stock index has returned 28.5 per cent so far this year, nearing the 29.6 per cent growth recorded in 2013. But progress towards that milestone took a knock on Monday....
...In contrast, the energy weighting for the S&P 500 is less than 3 per cent and falls towards 1 per cent for the S&P 400 index of mid-caps and S&P 600 index of smaller companies....
...Last week S&P Global Ratings revised down its growth forecast for China to 5 per cent from 5.7 per cent due to the virus....
...Now I certainly did not think back in March that the S&P 500 would be positive for the year as soon as June....
...But as Marc Chandler at Bannockburn Global Forex reminds us: “It is important to remember that among the biggest rallies take place in bear markets.”...
...We upgrade Inditex to Outperform and downgrade M&S to Underperform....
...Marc Chandler at Bannockburn Global Forex observes: “There is little evidence that Chinese officials are seeking to express their frustration with the escalation of US rhetoric over the virus or Taiwan...
...Marc Chandler at Bannockburn Global Forex notes “sectors sensitive to trade and US tariffs were hit the hardest, while infrastructure-related sectors like mining, railway, ships, aerospace, and transportation...
...As Marc Chandler at Bannockburn Global Forex quips: “The ‘art of the deal’ seems to be an expensive way to return to the status quo ante....
...In that regard, Marc Chandler at Bannockburn Global Forex makes the point that further strength in the renminbi risks offsetting easier monetary policy from Beijing....
...Marc Chandler at Bannockburn Global Forex says “we find much value in the concept of affirmation through negation”....
...In the S&P 500 and the Euro Stoxx 600 indices, previously unloved sectors such as energy, banks and industrials have enjoyed substantial rallies....
...Be ready when the London market opens, with Cat Rutter Pooley’s Opening Quote report....
...Furthermore, earning season looms as a test for Wall Street and hopes of the S&P 500 cracking the 3,000-points barrier....
...In 2012 the average forward price-to-earnings ratio for the S&P 500 was 12 times and in 2016, the ratio was 16.5 times (where the S&P currently trades)....
...Clermont Group, the Singapore-based conglomerate run by Richard Chandler, has disclosed a 2.93 per cent stake in NMC Health, up from 2.7 per cent as of last week....
...When such futuristic thrillers as 1995’s Gridiron (with its malevolent computer) and 1998’s The Second Angel (featuring a blood-destroying virus) led to interest from American film producers, Kerr moved...
...Noirish, profanity-laced and ultraviolent, Thin Air is Raymond Chandler meets William Gibson, its tone of relentless cynicism undercut by a strong sense of social conscience....
...Marc Chandler at Bannockburn Global Forex reminds us: “This is not always how China plays its hand....
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