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Understanding Corporate Credit Spreads

Let us examine one useful indicator of investor sentiment and the economic climate – Credit Spreads. A credit spread, not to get confused with an options strategy, is the difference…

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A Look Back at 2022

A Year Mired by Uncertainty At the start of 2022, the raging spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 began to dampen economic sentiment as many countries were forced to…

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The Economics of the World Cup

The Economics of the World Cup The FIFA World Cup is one of the most prestigious sporting mega-events in the world and is not only considered an honor to host…

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Fed Pivot

Economies around the world have faced rising inflationary pressures for most of 2022, propelled by global supply-chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and higher energy prices largely due to…

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Climate Change and the Economy

The gradual heating of the earth’s surface and oceans since the dawn of industrialisation has led to a significant reduction in the volume of ice in the earth’s coldest regions…

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