As of this writing January’s swoon in stocks has been more than offset by February’s swing. Where we go from here of course is

The good news on oil is that its price is up nearly 20% off the January 29 bottom. The bad news on oil is

You are in the post office about to send a gift, a package full of champagne glasses, to a cousin in Central Siberia. As

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Doing true justice to the past week in world finance and economics would mean occupying more space herein than I can in good conscience

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