Frailty in UK, US Consumer to Drag Down HSBC Profit
Weakness in UK property, US consumer finance and historically low impairment costs, point to weaker earnings for HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA LN) when...
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US Credit Card Lender Reveals Worsening Stress
While many US banks have not reported rising NPLs or impairment costs, we are not convinced that the environment is particularly strong. There are...
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US Healthcare Overhaul Stumbling, Singapore Cyclical Rally Looking Premature
The Republican replacement for ‘Obamacare’ has been announced and looks an incoherent mess – resurgent healthcare inflation will be a drag on...
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Asia Market Strategy: Is There No Stopping This Bull Run?
There was nothing new in Trump's speech last night, but the US stock market surged to new highs (again). Global reflation trade over next few...
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Case-Shiller Property Indices Hugely Misleading...and Different from Stocks (LT Invst Windows Tight)
This topic has nagged me for some time. Two months ago when the Case-Shiller Home Price Index “made a new high” and after new highs again this...
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