Money & Markets – Week of 01.11.15

Alibaba in Major Initiative to Court China Consumer for U.S. Retailers
Yahoo Finance | 16 January 2015
At the heart…Alibaba’s and…

Forget Emerging Markets. Hot Topic at Davos 2015 is the U.S.
Bloomberg | 15 January 2015
“If you want to participate in innovation, you have to be in”…

Russia Picks New Monetary Policy Chief as Currency Plummets
Bloomberg | 15 January 2015
CBR will now try to…

Swiss Central Bank Stuns Market with Policy U-turn
Reuters | 15 January 2015
SNB said it would expand its three-month Libor target range to…

China Pledges $35 Billion to Latin America
World Affairs Journal | 14 January 2015
An ambitious 10-year regional…

Truth or Skepticism Featuring Dylan Ratigan | Bring in the Lefty
YouTube | 13 January 2015
Money is made…

World Bank Cuts 2015 Forecast for Global Economy
Business Week | 13 January 2015
The bank sees risks that…

Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan to join Beijing-backed development bank
Reuters | 13 January 2015
Total number of founder nations…

China’s Yuan Shifts into Currency Major League
Reuters | 14 January 2015
Bankers in London say…

China and Russia to Launch New Credit Rating Agency in 2015
RT | 13 January 2015
Each member will hold…

China Pledges US$250bn in LatAm Investment in Next Decade
BN Americas | 12 January 2015
Latin America has increased…

A Rare Bull Emerges Among All the Oil Bears
WSJ | 12 January 2015
The strength of the U.S. dollar…

Shale Drillers Can Brag About Their Holdings. Investors Ask: How’s Your Debt?
Bloomberg | 12 January 2015
“If you’re in the industry long…

This Guy Called Bonds in ’14. You Listening This Time?
Bloomberg | 12 January 2015
Major dismisses concerns about…

Japan Joins Germany With Five-Year Government Yield Evaporating
Bloomberg | 12 January 2015
That’s forcing the bond market to…

It’s Amateur Hour in the Booming Chinese Stock Market
Bloomberg | 11 January 2015
Trading at 1.68 yuan on Oct. 8, has since surged…

New Findings Point to Private Credit “Perfect Storm” Brewing in Your Financial Future
Naked Capitalism | 10 January 2015
Up until the 1970s, the ratio…

The 10 Most Important Econ Charts of 2014 Show Ongoing Looting By the Top 1 Percent
THE//INTERCEPT| 09 January 2015
“The best response to Charlie Hebdo attack”…