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MBM Research provides macroeconomic reports designed to inform investors and to aid them in finding new opportunities in the market. These reports tend to focus on the medium-term, with most of the information considered to be relevant over time frames of 1-3 months. Stock indices, currencies, and commodities are often analyzed in combination in one another as we believe this is important in gaining a proper understanding on the interconnected nature of modern markets. We believe in viewing the market from a conservative standpoint in order to spot emerging trends as they begin to unfold.

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Energy

Which Factors are Fueling Oil Rallies?

In most financial market contexts, crude oil maintains its position as one of the most actively traded commodities in the world. In futures markets, light sweet crude oil is...

India

Will India’s Monetary Policy Continue to Weaken Rupee?

During the second bi-monthly monetary policy decision in August this year, the Reserve Bank of India maintained the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility as unchanged at...

Investment Management

Safe Haven Assets in Financial Markets

Over the last decade, we have seen several instances where most market investors have been caught off-guard and surprised by new developments. Most notably, the stock market events of...

Currencies

Understanding Currency Correlations

Those looking to trade in any of the financial markets will obviously need to have a firm understanding of the basics involved in their chosen asset class. However, what...

Currencies

Euro Gains despite QE Programs

When we look at many of the financial media headlines over the last year, we have seen a good deal of attention focusing on the declining valuation in the...

Commodities

Gold and Oil Reaction to the U.S. Dollar

The US dollar has exhibited one of the most impressive trends that the currency market has seen over the last year, as the greenback has risen close to parity...

Stocks

Small-cap Stocks Still Outperforming S&P 500

Stock markets have shown some interesting trends so far in 2015, and most of those trends have been bullish in nature. However, some stock sectors have benefited more from...

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President of World Bank Group, Islamic Development Bank, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank respectively.

Al-Madani - Kuroda - Mirow - Moreno - Zoellick

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The World Needs A New Trade Pact: Robert Zoellick et al.

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Following a career as a photographer and video producer, Alice began working in financial services as an IFA in 2007. She began her career as an investment writer and financial journalist in 2009, working for a number of top financial institutions while obtaining extensive expertise writing for a range of industries and audiences. Alice went to St Andrews University to study English and Russian.

Alice Briggs

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Argentina’s Energy Secretary in 2002, and subsequently its World Bank representative. Alieto Guadagni has a doctorate in economics from the University of Chile. In 1991 he undertook the role of undersecretary of Production for Defense in the Ministry of Defense in Argentina, and consequently became secretary of International Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Relations. In 1993, Guadagni was appointed an official ambassador of Brazil. He has worked as a consultant for international organisations such as the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank, the Organization of American States, and the United Nations, in addition to being a researcher at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.

Alieto Guadagni

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The YPF Takeover Will Not Solve Argentina’s Energy Problems: Alieto Guadagni

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Founding members of Columbia University’s Center on Capitalism and Society. Amar Bhide is a Visiting Professor at Harvard Business School, currently teaching ‘Lessons from Transformational Medical Advances’. Edmund Strother Phelps (born July 26, 1933) is an economist who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2006.

Amar Bhide and Edmund Phelps

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Fiscal Fallacies – The Root of All Sovereign Debt Crises: Amar Bhidé & Edmund Phelps

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Amy Griffin enjoys writing about social media, other marketing strategies, and finance. Some of her best-known work includes educational content related to finance and economics.

Amy Griffin

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How to Improve Your Credit Without Using a Credit Card

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Chief Economist at NGP Energy Capital Management Dr. Anas F. Alhajji is a Managing Partner of Energy Outlook Advisors and was previously the Chief Economist at NGP Energy Capital Management. He was in charge of the firm’s macro-analysis of the oil, natural gas, and associated markets, as well as the general economy. Dr. Anas F. Alhajji is a leading expert on the energy markets, and has published over 900 papers, articles, and columns.

Anas F. Alhajji

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High Oil Prices: Caught in a Sea of “Vicious Cycles”

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Senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Adjunct professor at Georgetown University. Per Anders Aslund is a Swedish economist and a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Additionally, he is the chairman of the International Advisory Council at the Center for Social and Economic Research. From 2003 Aslund was the director of the Russian and Eurasian Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His work mainly focuses on the economic transition from centrally planned to market economies. Anders Aslund has been dubbed by David Frum as ‘one of the world’s leading experts on the collapse of the planned Soviet economy.’

Anders Åslund

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The BRICs Party Is Over

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Andrea Edwards has worked in marketing and communications all over the globe for 20 years, and is now focused on her passion – writing. A gifted communicator, strategist, writer and avid blogger, Andrea is Managing Director of SAJE, a digital communications agency, and The Writers Shop – a regional collaboration between the best business writers in Asia Pacific

Andrea Edwards

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