Ep 4: Bracing for a Protracted US-China Cold War

What’s going on here?In 48 hours: China announced plans to create an “unreliable entities list” to ban foreign companies or people who violate market rules. Huawei Technology (added to a blacklist of the U.S) is reported to have canceled technical meetings with US contacts, and has sent all U.S. employees in the company’s Shenzhen R&D…

Ep 3: Axel Gets Sprung

What’s Going On Here?The German media giant – Axel Springer saw its shares surge 22% following news that investment firm KKR was looking to take Axel private. What Does This Mean?Despite investing heavily in its more profitable digital offering, tough competition has made Axel Springer’s shares value decreases by 1/4 in the last 12 months….

Ep 2: Public Uber Isn’t so Different From Private Uber

What’s going on here?Yesterday (May 30, 2019), Uber reported earnings for the first time as a public company. While Uber’s earnings weren’t awful, they showed a company struggling with slowing growth and steep losses. Where are the numbers?Of the last quarter: Revenue: $3.1 billion, up 20% annually (top end of Uber’s projections). Sales grew 25%….

Ep 1: Bonds Take A Turn

What’s Going On Here?The gap between what long- and short-term government bonds pay investors has inverted more widely, potentially foretelling recession. (The gap between what long- and short-term government bonds indicates the spread rate spread. A small spread means interests rates are expected to decrease, which lowers the economic activities.) What Does This Mean?Yields on…

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It starts from an interest in Finance. Hi, I’m Trang from Hanoi, Vietnam. (my Linkedin & Facebook) This blog would be a place where I: summarize news that I read from newsletters or newspapers; summarize and review books that I consider helpful; practice on showing my understanding of some topics. My most favorite source of…