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What do you make of the stock market's rise and the dollar's fall? I'm optimistic on the market. I think the economy has caught a huge break with low interest rates, which are really going to make a difference. While the weaker dollar is obviously a concern, it's helping exports to remain strong. At the end of the day, though, it's low interest rates that matter more to the stock market.(See the top 10 scared stock traders...
...this rally just reflecting the government's huge stimulus? The recovery in the stock market is really a function of the fact that corporate profits continue to be pretty strong, and that's because there is low wage pressure and, overall, companies have done a pretty good job of running efficiently...
...rallied, a bet on inflation? There's still a lot of risk aversion among investors, which is why the bond market is so strong. In other words, if you are fearful of stocks, you're just going to stay in the fixed-income market. But we are in a low-yield environment now, so those same investors - individuals and investment managers - are reaching out for riskier assets to get more yield. That's why you see things like junk bonds rallying. You also see commodities rallying - but that's also an expression of risk aversion. People see stocks...
...avoid all this, the IEA says the world needs to spend about $10.5 trillion in extra money from 2010 to 2030 to foster new low-carbon energy sources. Expensive, yes. But if the IEA is right, the alternative is far worse...
...extensively about Chungking Mansions, estimates that about 15% of sub-Saharan Africa's handsets - or more than 10 million units - flow through the building each year. Mathews has counted 129 different nationalities that have stayed in the building over the past three years. "It's a world center of low-end globalization - not the globalization of Coca-Cola or Sony, but the globalization of Africa and South Asia," Mathews says. Ashekian, a Canadian citizen of South Asian descent, would not have stood out in the building's diverse crowd...