ANALYSIS: Capitalist economies tend to thrive when businesses can safely assume that governments will treat them fairly and consistently and that changes in regulations and taxes will be driven by broad policy objectives rather than erratic favouritism.
ANALYSIS: When JPMorgan Chase & Co moves into bailout mode, consider becoming a buyer too.
ANALYSIS: Japan is finding favour in a world where others, such as China and Europe, are facing more grave challenges.
ANALYSIS: The theory and practice of currency hedging.
ANALYSIS: In ice hockey parlance, instead of waiting to see where the puck’s got to, skating to where it is going would enable the RBNZ to get ahead of potentially bigger economic issues down the line.
ANALYSIS: It is likely almost every highly priced growth stock (future-winners and future-duds alike) will fall together in the event of a significant market sell-off.
ANALYSIS: The extraordinarily super Super Micro Computer.
ANALYSIS: It will take time for lower rates to provide relief and households will face headwinds for a while yet.
ANALYSIS: It has arguably been one of the most eventful reporting seasons in a while, largely due to a weak economic backdrop.
ANALYSIS: Director independence is a contentious assessment at times but is a vital consideration of any company.