Documents tagged "June"
Found 113 documents with this tag
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025942.txt
In an email exchange, Noam Chomsky discusses his recent travels and experiences with Jeffrey E. The topics of their conversation include Brexit, Trump, Syria, Ukraine, and jazz music. Jeffrey E. mentions the Caribbean as a possible destination for their next trip, and Valeria is going to Brazil. The communication is marked confidential and attorney-client privileged.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025363.txt
This document appears to be a chat log from an iMessage conversation on June 22, 2018 between two participants who are discussing a serious operation that is taking place. The participants mention protests at Clinton and Trump locations and the sophistication of the operation. One participant indicates they do this for a living, suggesting expertise in such operations. They also discuss a person named Mooch who has entered an office building and begun talking about the other participant. Additionally, there's a mention of someone named Miro being present, indicating that more people are involved or aware of the situation.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024135.txt
The UBS CIO Monthly Extended from July 2012 discusses the global economy and investment preferences with a focus on risk return and the Euro debt crisis. The document presents asset class views for equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, commodities, listed real estate, hedge funds, and private equity. It also highlights the need for further reform and consolidation efforts in Spain and Italy. In terms of US corporate bonds, it is believed that they offer the best risk return. The UBS Wealth Management & Swiss Bank's Chief Investment Office provides this analysis, but investments may be subject to jurisdictional and regulatory restrictions.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023575.txt
The document discusses the potential for a tech bubble in US markets and suggests using derivatives to position for it. Key strategies include replacing FANG positions with Nasdaq 100 put spreads or using long volatility dispersion strategies like SPX 12M Top50 dispersion. In Europe, investors are advised to use DTE Sep17 collars to hedge against the risk of a pullback in DTE-TMUS merger and consider Enel 3m bullish risk reversals as a value play.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023572.txt
The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation marked a significant transition in President Xi Jinping's grand vision for a new era of win-win globalization. The core idea was to structure, finance, and build critical infrastructure in developing economies as well as diversify and expand the Chinese economy which needed restructuring. The forum aimed to address global discontent with differential impacts on workers in Western countries and championed China's commitment to globalization while reversing historical trends of protectionism in the US.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019476.txt
David Blaine is a magician who has performed internationally, including for political figures such as Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He met Ms. through mutual friends and was impressed with her abilities as both a fashion model and public relations expert. In his letter, David highlights Ms.'s exceptional talent in organizing high-end charitable events and recruiting A-list funders, as well as the significant impact she has made on children's lives through her fundraising efforts.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019233.txt
The article by Arch Puddington discusses the strategies and tactics used by modern authoritarians to undermine democracy. Key people mentioned include Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The methods discussed include propaganda, repression of civil society, and manipulation of elections. The article concludes that while authoritarianism has been on the rise in recent years, it is still possible to defend and promote democracy around the world.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018085.txt
In this document, there are six articles from various publications discussing the Arab Spring, its impact on different countries, and the challenges faced by the region. Key people mentioned include Ian Black, Abdel-Moneim Said, Lawrence Wright, Roger Cohen, Timothy Garton Ash, Jeffrey White, Mohammed Bouazizi, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, and al-Qaida. The articles focus on topics such as the progress made by the Arab Spring, regional differences, and the future of the region.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016111.txt
The Saudi National Transformation Plan aims to diversify the economy away from oil but faces challenges in meeting ambitious targets and maintaining macro stability. The USD peg is likely to hold, but energy policy may need to become less aggressive to support FX policies. Large and regular sovereign Eurobond issuance is expected to weigh on regional bond spreads if risk appetite does not hold up or fiscal balance slips. The NTP suggestion that production capacity is maintained until 2020 reinforces the expectation of medium-term oil market tightness, but achieving a gas production target that could displace domestic crude demand and boost export capacity may be challenging.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014972.txt
The document discusses equity volatility insights with a focus on the European Union and United States' equity markets. It suggests monetizing correlation through EU bank dispersion and extracting alpha from summer SPX range as policy and positioning create a "collar" equities. The report also recommends buying in-the-money down and out puts on the S&P, and position for greater dispersion in EU bank sector returns by buying a Dec17 call on an equally-weighted basket of Santander, BNP, ING, Intesa, and Deutsche Bank while selling worst-of calls. The report emphasizes that monetary policy is likely not supportive of substantial equity upside but the "Yellen put" still exists with a lower strike.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012718.txt
The document discusses regulatory issues and the burden they place on businesses, highlighting the need for regulatory relief to stimulate job creation and economic growth. The author mentions President Obama's Executive order "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review" as a positive step but emphasizes the need for more action from the administration and individual agencies to provide real regulatory relief for job creators. One proposed solution is to strengthen the Unfunded Mandates Relief Act, which requires federal regulators to evaluate the cost of rules and consider alternatives with less cost. The document also mentions that while the current administration has said some of the right things regarding regulations, it has moved in the wrong direction, resulting in a sharp increase in economically significant rules.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012048.txt
Rockefeller Financial Services has partnered with Gregory J. Fleming to create an independent financial services firm called Rockefeller Capital Management. The new firm will focus on wealth management, asset management, and strategic advisory. Viking Global Investors will back the new firm through an investment by one of its funds. Greg Fleming will become the CEO of Rockefeller upon closing. The board of the new firm will include Mr. Fleming, David Rockefeller Jr., Peter M. O'Neill, Reuben Jeffery III, and Brian Kaufmann from Viking. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of next year.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011170.txt
The document provides statistics related to Brexit sentiment from Twitter on June 23rd, 2016. A total of 302,113 tweets were collected between 12 AM CEST and 11 PM CEST that day. Of these tweets: * 157,075 tweets had a positive sentiment. * 93,305 tweets had a negative sentiment. * 51,750 tweets had a neutral sentiment. The document also includes examples of specific tweets with various sentiments and locations.