@ianguider yes, of course. but hard to ignore with upward revision in Q1 too. Whatever the skew, certainly doesn’t fit running narrative
Big jump! Irish Q2 GNP +4.3% q/q compared to 0.8% forecast, up 2.9 percent yr/yr
Keeping it in the family pays
LONDON (Reuters) – With all the booms, busts, policy fixes and financial turbulence of recent years, investors would have done well to keep it in the family — or family businesses at least.
Even though family ownership to some conjures up thoughts of cronyism, internecine feuds and succession problems, performance data shows that listed companies where families have substantial shareholdings outstripped benchmark global indices over the past five years.
So much for the inflationary effects of Fed QE3, Japan QE23, ECB OMT… Commodity rout extends, hitting oil, soybeans” http://t.co/acJ0eaLm
Good anatomy of this week’s oil price lunge. “Oil market misbehaves (again): John Kemp” http://t.co/T8N2U3jR via @reuters
Analysis: Keeping it in the family pays
LONDON (Reuters) – With all the booms, busts, policy fixes and financial turbulence of recent years, investors would have done well to keep it in the family — or family businesses at least.
Even though family ownership to some conjures up thoughts of cronyism, internecine feuds and succession problems, performance data shows that listed companies where families have substantial shareholdings outstripped benchmark global indices over the past five years.
Analysis: Price right for Ireland to step up market return http://t.co/W09mkd3M via @reuters
Value investing suffered worst 5-yr performance since 1970s but reversed over past 6 weeks, says HSBC, who see turnaround continuing
Public may still be seeking vengeance but London will have cut 100K financial jobs by yr-end from 354K in 07. Economist http://t.co/e9k8OrL2
By all means necessary…
LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – As familiar as markets have
become with dramatic policy initiatives, there have not many
weeks in history where the world’s two most powerful central
banks made open-ended pledges to do all in their power to
stabilise markets.
While investor scepticism still abounds about their
long-term success, the instant adrenaline shot from the latest
forays from the U.S. Federal Reserve and European Central Bank
cannot be ignored.
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