Forbes.com: Biden And Sunak - The Energy Policy Odd Couple

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Talk about the odd couple.

On the face of it, Britain's prime minister Rishi Sunak and U.S. president would seem to have little in common. The former is a right-of-center politician with an eye on free markets, while the latter is a left-of-center leader.

Yet, recent news shows they have at least one thing in common. They are both presiding over their national energy policies, which are without doubt self-contradictory and inconsistent. Read more here.

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor -- #Commodities: South of France turns Winter. @BatchelorShow Occitane.

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor -- #MrMarket: Daffodils poking free in Occitane in the miracle mild European Winter. WSJ, Barron's. @BatchelorShow

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CityWire: Oil and ESG Face Off

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Last year, ESG investing was the future. Then the energy crisis hit. Read more here.

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CityWire: How surging oil prices affect fixed income

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Bond markets have radically shifted, and this change is rooted in several factors. One is the evolving nature of the energy industry in the past decade; another, the recent surge in inflation.

Tom Martin, senior portfolio manager at Globalt Investments, explains: ‘Junk today is not the same as junk ten years ago.' Read more here.

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WSJ: Financial Flashback -- 2003 Begins Cloaked in Gloom @jackablin

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CBS Eye on the World with @BatchelorShow: #MrMarket: The price of copper. Barron's

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