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Oil Bankruptcies Are Coming: EnergyNet, the eBay of Oilfields, is Ready to Profit
The big banks are now standing up teams to deal with assets — essentially in-house oil companies. Some specialize in it, like BOK Financial, controlled by Oklahoma oil…
April 28, 2020
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There is No Reason to Be Bailing Out Middle Eastern Overproduction: Analysts Break Down How to Prevent Further Oil Price Volatility
James Angel, associate professor at Georgetown University: "Daily price limits. Futures markets often limit the daily fluctuations in price. Apparently this did not apply on…
April 25, 2020
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Young Voters Could Be Biden’s Achilles’ Heel
If that’s how Mr. Biden’s own supporters feel, we shouldn’t be surprised that many young people who backed his rival, Bernie Sanders, are now keeping their distance. And…
April 21, 2020
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FT Business Book of the Year — a Lockdown Reading List
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy by Pietra Rivoli (shortlist 2005) [is recognized by the Financial Times as a business book of the year]. Subscription.…
April 19, 2020
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How the Government Pulls Coronavirus Relief Money Out of Thin Air
Even so, the growing comfort with the Treasury Department’s relying on the Fed to buy its bonds — and help finance large deficits — is an important shift in the…
April 15, 2020
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With Stock-exchange Floor Closed, Traders and Investors Grapple With Uncertainty
“Most of the traders are just tending to computers, and they can do that from anywhere,” said James Angel, associate professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School…
April 8, 2020
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Should the Financial Markets Close? Georgetown Center Hosts Expert Panel on Market Value Amid COVID-19 Crisis
The continued spread of COVID-19 throughout the world has posed serious uncertainty and volatility in global financial markets in recent weeks, prompting debate about whether…
April 6, 2020
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We’re at War and Need Wartime Institutions to Keep Our Economy Producing What’s Necessary
An op-ed by Robert Hockett, visiting professor of finance: "There can be no question about the nation’s current predicament. We are at war. We are faced with a public health…
April 4, 2020
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How Coronavirus Affects Upcoming IPOs in 2020
As investors have seen their portfolios plummet, their focus has been on trying to maintain the value of what they own rather than taking on the new risk that investing in IPOs…
April 3, 2020
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Conditions for Companies That Get Virus Aid: Room for Abuse?
“On paper, it looks like we learned the lessons,” said James Angel, an associate professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. “But the…
March 30, 2020