In my last blog I talked about the evils of religious persecution, but where does one draw the line between religion and politics?  It is natural for Americans to view the great migration from Mid Eastern countries as people desiring to escape the war torn violence all around them.  To

published Dec 29, 2017 5:00:00 PM, by Brian Chappatta (Bloomberg) — Few bond traders around the world will raise a glass to toast U.S. Treasuries and the dollar this New Year’s Eve. Among the countries represented in the Bloomberg Barclays global sovereign-debt index, U.S. obligations had the worst 2017 total

published May 1st 2017, 4:00 pm, by Satyajit Das (Bloomberg View) — For all the hand-wringing over when and how the Federal Reserve would begin tapering its massive bond-buying program, emerging nations appear to be relatively well-prepared for higher U.S. interest rates. Compared with the period before the 1997 financial

published Jul 10th 2016, 12:39 pm, by Toluse Olorunnipa and Justin Sink (Bloomberg) —President Barack Obama said protests against police violence in many cities over the weekend are “legitimate,” yet cautioned that attacks on law enforcement officers undermine public support for the Black Lives Matter movement. “Any violence directed at

published Jul 6th 2016, 6:01 pm, by Henry Meyer (Bloomberg) — Vadim Kuznetsov says his excursion-boat business along Russia’s border with Poland has been torpedoed by a new Cold War. “They’re scared,” Kuznetsov said of the Poles, once his main customers, who no longer venture across the border for fishing

©2016 Bloomberg News O4RU0E6KLVR8 (Bloomberg) — During the boom years, when China’s demand seemed insatiable and commodity prices dependable, the emerging- markets team at Stone Harbor Investment Partners in New York visited its countries once or twice a year. In the past six months, it has made four trips to