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OP-ED | Advisor Upside

Allan Roth: Lessons from a Surprising 2024

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The popular author and financial advisor weighs in on major market trends of last year, and takes a (speculative) peek ahead.

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International Economics

Increased Geopolitical Tensions Are Taking a Toll on Global Companies

With military conflict continuing across the globe, and the world’s superpowers locked in a stare-down, it’s not easy being a global business

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Finance

Warfare is ESG Now

Defense stocks are taking up a growing slice of the ESG (environmental, social, governance) pie. Reports attribute that to the war in Ukraine.

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Technology

Starlink is Poised to Move into Yemen

Elon Musk’s Starlink is set to receive official approval to enter Yemen, where a civil war has been raging since 2014, Bloomberg reports.

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Geopolitics

Superyacht Sales Fall Due to Lack of Russian Oligarch Customers

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Bottlenecked supply problems and a dearth of buyers resulted in 2023 sales falling 35% since 2021.

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Geopolitics

Ukrainian Grain Shipments Are Insurable Again

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The Ukrainian government struck a deal with insurers on Wednesday to provide affordable insurance to ships carrying grain out of the country.

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

Biden-Xi: An Elaborately Choreographed Thaw

With so much amiss between the U.S. and China (the pandemic, the “balloon incident,” China’s opposing views on the Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Gaza…

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Technology

The Former ‘Russian Google’ Wants Out of Russia

Yandex, once Russia’s largest tech company, is looking to sell all of its Russian assets, Reuters and Bloomberg reported on Monday.

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Industrials

European Aluminum Giant Is Fretting a Chinese EV Influx

While the price of aluminum has climbed off the mat in recent months, it’s still well below the heady days of early 2022.

2 min read

Banking

Goldman Sachs Gets Into the Geopolitical Advice Game

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Goldman Sachs is launching a sort of geopolitics-slash-technology research arm to advise clients who get anxious when they turn the news on.

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Geopolitics

Xi Celebrates Belt and Road Initiative with Putin as the West Tunes Out

Chinese President Xi Jinping held a summit this week in Beijing touting his signature diplomatic initiative: the Belt and Road Initiative.

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International Economics

Oil Leaps, Shekel Falls After Israel Declares War

Crude oil prices jumped to $89 a barrel as Hamas’s attack on Israel drove concerns of wider conflict across the oil-rich Middle East.

2 min read
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Power Corridor

Chasing Up Russian Yachts and Mansions Proving Pricey

The West’s economic war on Russia is producing a massive taxpayer tab.

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