Hints and tips:
...Economic data: S&P Global publishes its manufacturing and services purchasing managers’ indices for the US....
...Former president Trump is as much as 37 points ahead of Haley so he could be handed the nomination before this week is out if Haley withdraws....
...The pressure at this Tuesday’s caucuses is on the also-rans, particularly Nikki Haley....
...Their ideal one would be someone like Nikki Haley or Mitt Romney. Another would be Liz Cheney....
..., who hosted a fundraiser for Haley at his house the week before I got here....
...The whole idea has gone out of fashion — even becoming a dirty word in some (predictable) quarters: Trump recently used it to insult his GOP rival Nikki Haley, telling a crowd “she’s a globalist; she likes...
...Will this be the moment when Nikki Haley stands down?...
...Today, the S&P is by some measures more overvalued than it was when the housing bubble burst, according to a recent Currency Research Associates report....
...Map of the day Anchored 200km from Rio de Janeiro is the P-71 floating production unit, one of the newest offshore oil platforms transforming Brazil into a global energy power....
...(Ethan Wu) One good read Why, even with Christie out, Haley is hopeless....
...Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 stock index has fallen more than 5 per cent in September — dragging it towards its first quarterly loss in 12 months....
...We hear [Nikki] Haley talk about a competence test for leaders....
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today and over the weekend: Economic data: S&P Global releases its flash June purchasing managers’ index for services and manufacturing businesses in the US....
...Chart of the day The S&P 500 rose 3.1 per cent in July after closing up 0.2 per cent yesterday at 4,588.96....
...Perlman replaces former US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner, who will become chair....
...‘First out of the foxhole’ Nikki Haley, the 51-year-old former governor of South Carolina, is preparing to launch her own campaign for president against Donald Trump....
...Separately, the S&P Global manufacturing PMI also slowed to a reading of 52 in August from 51.8 in July. They were the lowest readings for the two gauges since the first half of 2020....
...The S&P 500 index ended the week 5.8 per cent lower, its worst weekly performance since March 2020. An 0.2 per cent uptick on Friday did little to offset damage done in earlier trading sessions....
...As two of several hundred signatories, my colleague the Fields Medallist Sir Timothy Gowers and I wanted to elaborate on the reasoning behind our decision to support this effort....
...S&P Dow Jones Indices said it was “monitoring the development of the conflict in Ukraine and is reviewing the recently issued sanctions”....
...As recently as 2017, most S&P 500 companies combined the CEO and chair positions, giving the US a reputation for all-powerful “imperial CEOs”....
...The immediate impact of the invasion on Russian assets last Thursday was “catastrophic”, said Timothy Ash of BlueBay Asset Management....
...The best book I’ve read in the past year is Man: the Grand Symbol of the Mysteries, by mystic Manly P Hall. I’ve also read his 1928 book The Secret Teachings of All Ages, which I love....
...Markets: The US S&P 500 index dropped into a correction while oil prices neared $100 a barrel yesterday....
...referring to S&P’s last ratings action....
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