(Warning, this is a political opinion piece, not my usual economics/investment articles!) I’m a registered Republican, but I couldn’t bear to watch the Republican convention. After the 'fun' that characterized the primary contest, I just needed a break. However, it was an event during the convention that finally sealed my vote…for Hillary. One of the mornings during the Convention week,…
Looking at the country through an economist’s lens, Mexico’s economy can be described as mostly predictable and rarely volatile. However, the same cannot be said of Mexico’s stock and bond markets and currency. Given strong links to the United States’ economy, Mexico’s macroeconomic variables tend to move broadly in conjunction with the ups and downs of its northern neighbor. When…
Hungary has come through the financial crisis as somewhat of an unusual success story. As the country entered the Great Recession saddled by the largest external debt burden in the European region, its bonds, equity markets and currencies took a major hit which lasted years. Hungary became the country that analysts loved to hate, as the poor economic outlook was…
