BREXIT AND BOE When the Bank of England announced a 150 billion pound increase in stimulus last month, it probably didn’t anticipate acting again soon. If a Brexit trade deal had been signed by now, as expected, that would have been sufficient [...]
BREXIT MARATHON An EU official likened the current state of Brexit negotiations to a marathon where runners are “past kilometre 40” of the just over 42-km race. But four weeks before the transition period expires, a no-deal outcome is clearly a risk. Britain [...]
MORE PITFALLS It has been a year many would prefer to forget and a month of 2020 still remains -- one replete with events that could trip up markets. Here they are: Dec. 1: A month before the UK-EU transition deal ends. [...]
STICKY TALKS Britain and the European Union are said to be on the verge of clinching a post-Brexit trade deal that would regulate their relationship after the transition period ends on Jan. 1, 2021 -- six weeks away. Diplomats say three [...]
RECOVERY ALPHABET SOUP The world economic outlook is suddenly a little bit brighter after upbeat news on the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Hopes of a strong “V” or even a “U” -shaped recovery faded after a second wave of infections forced major economies [...]
MILLION DOLLAR QUESTIONS Election week was not kind to the dollar. It flirted with yearly lows following a closer-than- anticipated contest that scuppers plans for a spending splurge and ushers in more predictable trade policies. The world’s reserve currency might well catch a [...]
Our 21st century interpretation of a racing thoroughbred! What if we developed an extreme, track-focused only hyper sports car? With the technological concept of the BUGATTI Bolide, we are now providing the answer. The experimental study of the BUGATTI Bolide is this track-oriented hyper sports car featuring [...]
ELECTION DAY Nov. 3 is election day in the world’s biggest economy, a vote that’s particularly fraught due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the candidates’ differing policy platforms and the potential for a delayed or contested outcome. No wonder volatility gauges are [...]
ALMOST THERE The last week of the 2020 U.S. presidential election race will test the durability of the Biden trade — assets viewed as sensitive to the political fortunes of Democratic challenger Joe Biden, who has widened his lead over President Donald Trump [...]
LOOKING TO CHINA China's third-quarter growth data comes out on Monday and should show the effects of the pandemic receding. The world's second-largest economy is expected to have grown 5.2% in July- September from a year earlier, faster than the second quarter's 3.2%, [...]
