SkyBriefinSkyBriefApple’s Irish tax dispute underscores urgent need for tax reformIn the greatest international corporate tax battle in history, Apple this week was ordered to repay $14.5 billion plus interest in…Sep 8, 2016Sep 8, 2016
SkyBriefinSkyBriefFor financial markets, is this the calm before the storm?Financial markets are typically quiet in August. But not this quiet. The past 30 days have been the least volatile in more than 20 years…Sep 1, 2016Sep 1, 2016
SkyBriefinSkyBriefChina expedites economic transitionChina was criticized last year when it unexpectedly set the renminbi exchange rate 3% lower overnight against the dollar. The move…Aug 22, 2016Aug 22, 2016
SkyBriefinSkyBriefChina reforms quietly begin to take effectWhile we’ve all been waiting for China to devalue the yuan in order to expedite a long-overdue deleveraging process, the communist…Aug 22, 2016Aug 22, 2016
SkyBriefinSkyBriefBlockbuster jobs report the latest twist in U.S. economic taleLast week we discussed the roller coaster that has been U.S. economic data in 2016. This week didn’t exactly clear anything up. Belying the…Aug 8, 2016Aug 8, 2016
SkyBriefinSkyBriefInvestors get painful reminder about duration riskWhen interest rates fall (there is currently more than $10 trillion in global debt with negative yields), fixed income investors have three…Aug 1, 2016Aug 1, 2016
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SkyBriefinSkyBriefWorld’s oldest bank nears breaking point, and it could have major implications for future of EUAnother week, and more concerns about the Italian banking system. A reminder: Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS), the world’s oldest bank…Jul 24, 2016Jul 24, 2016
SkyBriefinSkyBriefHigh Street Brexit falloutIf an economic crisis happens, but nobody acknowledges it, does it really make a sound at all? Leading up to the Brexit referendum, global…Jul 17, 2016Jul 17, 2016
SkyBriefinSkyBriefPost-Brexit turmoil dredges up bad memories from 2007The Brexit referendum stoked historic levels of volatility in financial markets, but only a week after the vote most major stock indexes…Jul 10, 2016Jul 10, 2016
