Latest articles by Andrew Van Sickle
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America's bull market gets vertigo
Features America's benchmark S&P 500 stockmarket index has been in a bull market since March 2009 – or just over 3,400 days. It is only 50 days short of the longest post-1945 bull run, October 1990 to March 2000.
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Global M&A hits first-half record
Features In the first half of 2018, the value of global M&A reached $2.5trn, a 65% jump on the same period last year and a first-half record.
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Chinese stocks catch a fever
Features With the Shanghai Composite index down by a fifth since its latest peak in January, Chinese stocks are into official bear-market territory.
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Greece: another serving of EU fudge
Features Greece is finally emerging from its financial rescue programme, but it will have to keep a tight lid on spending for years.
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Rattled investors flee Turkey
Features Investors' flight form Turkey, after Recep Tayyip Erdogan won last Sunday’s election, is making a nasty recession all the more likely.
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Opec turns on the taps again
Features Oil cartel Opec's decision to raise production was seen as bullish for the oil price, even though a lot more crude is heading to market.
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GE crashes out of the Dow Jones index
Tutorials General Electric's eviction from a key American stockmarket gauge is a reminder to check what’s in an index.
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Behind the new tech bubble
News It's starting to look a lot like 2001 as analysts have been warning for some time that the technology sector is back in a bubble.
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Emerging markets face turbulence
News The latest fuss over protectionism coming from the White House is especially worrying for emerging markets.
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Trump’s trade tirade rattles stocks
News Donald Trump's bluster has given markets around the world the jitters, says Andrew Van Sickle.
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US tax cut leads to share buyback record
Features The constituents of America's S&P 500 index are expected to spend $650bn buying back their shares this year, which would set a new annual record.
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Don’t give up on European stocks
Features The latest political upset in Italy has given investors a fright. But they are taking too pessimistic a view.
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Investors turn on Brazil
Features Emerging-markets investors have turned their guns on Brazil, sending the real to a two-year low and wiping 15% off the stockmarket in three weeks.
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Argentina is thrown a $50bn lifeline
Features Argentina has agreed s $50bn credit deal with the IMF, which should stabilise the currency and encourage foreign investment.
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US workers get a pay rise – and more is on the way
Features Wages are rising slowly in the US – growth should hit 3% later this year. Bbut the prospects for workers continue to improve.
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Italy: crisis postponed
Features Italy's populist coalition is back on, and a collision between Brussels and Rome has been postponed. But hostility to the euro will grow.
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Trump slaps tariffs on $23bn of trade
Features Donald Trump's tariffs on steel from the EU, Canada and Mexico are bad for the US economy or the global economy, and will lead to retaliatory tariffs that will cause further damage.
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Why gold is losing its lustre
Features Gold has slipped by 5% or so from January’s 17-month high and now costs about $1,300 an ounce.
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How Turkey could bring down the euro
Features Turkish banks and companies owe approximately $150bn to foreign creditors, mostly European banks, which could cause big problems in the event of a default.
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Global economic growth is slowing
Features Economic growth dipped in all major economies in the first quarter, even slipping below zero in Japan.
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The euro crisis returns as Italy's establishment strikes back
Features Italy's president blocking the government's choice of finance minister will mean fresh elections – which could easily turn into a referendum on Europe.
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The oil price is at the top of a slippery slope
Features The big story in the markets this year has been the sharp jump in the oil price. The story of 2019 could be how it came back to earth with a bump.
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US earnings: as good as it gets
Features US earnings have had their best quarter since 2010, when they were bouncing back from the financial crisis.
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Time to back British blue-chip stocks
Features UK blue-chip stocks are surging ahead. But the FTSE 100 offers a tasty yield and remains very reasonably priced compared with its major counterparts.
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