Back to Fundamentals in Emerging Markets – Project-Syndicate 08-13-15

Salient to Investors: Dani Rodrik at Harvard said: Emerging markets may be seen to be in deep trouble but do not deserve the doom-and-gloom treatment they are getting. Stronger economic headwinds ahead will make it easier to distinguish countries that have strengthened economic and political fundamentals from those that have relied

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Gross Sees Global Economy Dangerously Close to Deflation – BloombergBusiness 08-07-15

Salient to Investors: Bill Gross at Janus Capital said: The global economy is dangerously close to deflationary growth. Any whiff of deflation and things tend to reverse and go badly. The CRB Commodity Index is lower than in 2008 when Lehman went bankrupt.  Oil, metals and crops have plunged due to

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Still Chop, Chop, Choppin’ At The Fed’s Front Door – David Stockman’s Contra Corner 08-06-15

David Stockman writes: Wall Street believes the sideways market of the last 6 months is a healthy market correction in time, not price, and that markets cannot go down unless there is a recession and that none is remotely in sight. We are in month 74 of the current recovery, beyond

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Hedge Fund Losses From Commodity Slump Sparking Investor Exodus – BloombergBusiness 08-06-15

Salient to Investors: Cargill, the world’s largest grain trader, shut its commodities hedge fund last month, a sign that commodity speculators are in trouble. Donald Steinbrugge at Agecroft Partners said hedge funds are supposed to make money in both bull and bear markets but managers bias towards rising prices. Steinbrugge

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