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Tom Arnold

Recession, robots and rockets: another roaring 20s for world markets?

28 Dec 2019

LONDON Helicopter cash, climate crises, smart cities and the space economy -- investors have all those possibilities ahead as they enter the third decade of the 21st century. | Video

GLOBAL MARKETS-Global shares hit record highs in festive cheer

27 Dec 2019

LONDON, Dec 27 World stocks scaled record highs on Friday and oil prices stayed buoyant in a holiday-shortened week, as optimism grew that a U.S.-China trade deal would soon be signed.

Can Lebanon's newly designated PM save the economy?

20 Dec 2019

LONDON After two months of political deadlock, Lebanon has finally designated a new prime minister to form a government.

Dismal decade for emerging markets casts pall over repeated 'buy' notes

20 Dec 2019

LONDON One of the hardiest investment fixtures has been the annual 'buy' note on emerging markets equities, but their dismal performance over the past decade begs the question why.

Aramco shares slip on day of MSCI, Tadawul inclusion

18 Dec 2019

DUBAI Saudi Aramco shares fell almost 3% on Wednesday as investors pocketed profits on the day it was included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and the Saudi Tadawul index .

JPMorgan warns of rise in emerging market sovereign distressed debt

10 Dec 2019

LONDON More emerging countries will be hit by debt woes in 2020, curbing the returns for the JPMorgan index of dollar-denominated sovereign bonds, the bank's head of emerging markets research said on Monday.

Burst of social unrest tests emerging market risk models

02 Dec 2019

LONDON A wave of social unrest across developing countries this year has caught many investors off-guard and is challenging models designed to gauge political risk for investors, prompting some to pull money out.

Lack of legal clause poses risk for crisis-hit Lebanon bonds

27 Nov 2019

LONDON/BEIRUT As Lebanon's crisis-hit bonds flash warnings of a sovereign debt distress ahead, any potential restructuring is likely complicated by the absence of widely-used legal clauses barring bondholders from holding up the negotiations in the courts.

GLOBAL MARKETS-Global shares inch up, but trade worries linger

22 Nov 2019

* Trump expected to sign bill backing Hong Kong protesters into law

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