š Research Notes for 2021-10-11
This week, we take a look at Christmas supply chain issues, Europe's energy crisis, the OECD minimum global tax, and understanding investment risk through poker.
We conduct extensive investment research and share the most interesting content that we come across every week. Here is a curated list of this weekās top observations.
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Christmas at Risk as Supply Chain āDisasterā Only Gets Worse.
(Bloomberg)
Itās the beginning of October, just the start of what the retail world simply calls āpeak.ā But the industry is already in various forms of panic that usually donāt take hold until the weeks before Christmas.
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Europe Has Become a āHostageā to Russia Over Energy.
(CNBC)
After Russia rode to Europeās rescue and offered to increase gas supplies to the region amid soaring prices, experts said one thing had become abundantly clear: Europe is now largely at Russiaās mercy when it comes to energy, just as the U.S. had warned.Ā
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Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate Deal Reached: OECD.
(Reuters)
A global deal to ensure big companies pay a minimum tax rate of 15% and make it harder for them to avoid taxation has been agreed by 136 nations, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said.
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Getting Schooled in Risk: The Lessons of Poker.
(CFA Institute)
Getting rich slowly in the markets is simple. Just find the risk that everyone else irrationally hates right now. Thatās the one that is available at the right price and will yield good returns. You might say thatĀ those risks are hard to find. Theyāre not always. Actually, predicting the asset everyone is going to love next year is hard or impossible.
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Curated by Joseph Lu, CFAĀ®
Joseph has over a decade of experience as an investment professional, primarily in quantitative analysis and portfolio management roles. He is the founder and managing director of Conscious Capital Advisors and a CFAĀ® Charterholder. The CFA charter is a globally respected, graduate-level investment credential by the CFA Institute, a global association of more than 90,000 investment professionals working in over 133 countries.
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