The Chinese government has focused on a number of things some of which include: An anti corruption initiative. Rebalancing the economy towards domestic consumption. Maintaining financial stability and a certain level of economic growth. The anti corruption initiative is a long term structural reform to strengthen the rule of law in China. The government appears

The China A share market surged last week. It is time to reiterate my optimistic appraisal of the China market. It is not too late. Back in July, we noted that China equities were underowned. China equities were trading cheap. China equities had been in a 6 year bear market. This was most likely the

ECB QE: QE is not just quantitative, it is qualitative. Until underwriting standards are dropped, credit creation in the private sector Eurozone will be moribund. How can the ECB get it going again? Purchasing sovereign bonds will do nothing more than flatten term structures and tighten sovereign CDS spreads making it cheaper for governments to

The current interest expense on public debt of the US treasury presents an interesting picture. Given the current term structure, 2 year treasury FRN’s are an extremely attractive means of financing. They trade at some 4 basis points over 3 month T bills, which trade at about a basis point. Assuming that the 3 month

Globalization and the opening of trade and capital between countries led to a reduction in income and wealth inequality between countries. The mobility of financial and intellectual capital also led to a widening of inequality within each country. Since the global financial crisis of 2008, countries have had to reexamine their economic and commercial models.