Article By:
Vivian Lewis
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 3:21 PM EST
Yesterday's market closed barely dented by the renewed drop in the oil price, leading some experts to say this new linkage was now ended. The decoupling was ended in spades, with markets tumbling.
Article By:
Vivian Lewis
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 2:07 PM EST
A summation and update regarding Rioforte's 2014 failure to pay back the $1.1 billion it owed to Portugal Telecom, as well as my direct correspondence with PT on the matter as a shareholder of the company.
Article By:
Vivian Lewis
Monday, December 22, 2014 2:00 PM EST
The Fed spiked the punchbowl instead of removing it and Wall Street roared ahead. It did this by not specifying more clearly when interest rates will start to rise.
Article By:
Vivian Lewis
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 10:50 AM EST
Thanks in part to my special report on Benitec the BTEBY share is now showing a gain. The Down Under management is a bit overwhelmed by the trigger-happy US market but they are quick learners.
Article By:
Vivian Lewis
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 4:02 PM EST
While US company brass get early experience in massaging news, this is not instinctive among foreign companies with American Depositary Receipts listed in this country.
Article By:
Vivian Lewis
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 3:38 PM EST
Realistically, a 5% tax rise should prompt a 5% spending cut, with the earning power lost to inflation adding more belt tightening. You can't squeeze blood from a stone. Workers have no money.
Article By:
Vivian Lewis
Sunday, November 16, 2014 9:25 AM EST
More follows from Singapore, China, and Hong Kong, and other places like Mexico, Britain, The Netherlands, S. Africa, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, and Finland.
Article By:
Vivian Lewis
Friday, November 14, 2014 4:06 PM EST
What is astonishing about the way banks cheated their clients by colluding to fix exchange rates to extract higher sums is not only that they did this to what they called “Numpty's”, but when they did this.
Article By:
Vivian Lewis
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 5:26 PM EST
Profit margins are probably the most mean-reverting series in finance. If profit margins do not mean-revert, then something has gone badly wrong with capitalism.