CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: Energy prices continue higher

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: The virus returns with the snow in Northern Europe

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

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Barron's: 3 Reasons Why High Gas Prices Will Stick Around for a While

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Bad news for your wallet: Eye-watering pump prices for gasoline are likely here for a while. 

Worse still, Tuesday’s announcement by the Biden administration to release oil from the strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) likely won’t have a prolonged effect on dampening pump prices, experts say. Read more here.

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Forbes: More Room For The Market To Rally Before Year-End

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Stocks could have more room to soar by year end.

Yes, the market has already had a good run since the October low, but there is a good chance of seeing a lot more, according to a recent report. Read more here.

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Forbes: Yet Again, COVID-19 Could Send Europe’s Economy Into A Tailspin

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

The specter of COVID-19 related lockdowns have reared their ugly head again in Europe. And they could send the continental economy into a tailspin, experts say. Read more here.

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Featured in MoneyWeek: Look beyond Japan’s Olympic omnishambles

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

"Still, the long-term case for Japan is encouraging, says Simon Constable in The Wall Street Journal. The market was once shunned for its poor corporate governance, but reforms have forced Japan’s boardrooms to take shareholder value seriously. Schroders reports that the market’s average return on equity, a key gauge of profitability, has risen from 5% in 2013 to 6%-7% in 2019. That should spark more interest from global investors once the Olympics omnishambles has been sorted out."

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CityWire: Financiers should look beyond profit/loss to help save the planet

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Investors have long had a single focus: a searing eye on the bottom-line profit or loss in pounds and pence. Now, experts say change is needed in the financial sector if the world is to successfully tackle climate goals, experts told attendees at COP26. Read more here.

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