★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)FinanceMarkets Banks’ Buildup of Reserve Accounts Could Boost Future Earnings if Recession Fears are Overcooked Top US banks have reported a largely mixed set of earnings for Q4 2022. However, some of the most recent…McAlinden Research PartnersJanuary 19, 2023
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Economics & TradeFinanceMonetary Policy As USD Continues to Crack, China and Others Wage War on Dollar Dominance in Global Trade A weakening Dollar throughout the second half of 2022, and into the new year, has coincided with a ramping up…McAlinden Research PartnersJanuary 18, 2023
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Economics & TradeFinanceReal Estate & Construction Beijing Digs Property Developers Out of Cash Crunch, But Reforms Will Need to be Supported by Demand Shares of Chinese real estate developers have soared into 2023, largely reflecting the introduction of more permissive policy from Beijing.…McAlinden Research PartnersJanuary 11, 2023
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)FinanceTechnology Ethereum’s Post-Merge Era Conquers Key Goals, Yet Centralization and Regulation Concerns Linger In the three weeks following Ethereum's (ETH) long awaited "Merge", data indicates all systems are running smoothly and the network…McAlinden Research PartnersOctober 6, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)FinanceMonetary Policy Booming Credit Growth Could Bolster US Banks, but Risks are Also on the Rise Unsurprisingly, bank profits headed lower in Q2 of this year, largely due to banks preparing provisions for future losses. Deposits…McAlinden Research PartnersSeptember 22, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)CommoditiesFinanceMarketsTechnology BTC Rebound Set to Revitalize Crypto Miners Bent by Bear Market Pressure After several downward revisions to Bitcoin's (BTC) mining difficulty, computing power provided to the network appears to be rising again.…McAlinden Research PartnersAugust 8, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Economics & TradeFinancePolitics & Policy Hong Kong Financial Sector Losing Out on International Talent but Heavy COVID Restrictions Likely to Remain New talent is increasingly hard to come by in high profile sectors of Hong Kong's economy - particularly the all-important…McAlinden Research PartnersJuly 25, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)FinanceMarkets Bank Profits Broadly Lower in Q2 as Loan Loss Reserves Run out, Investment Banking Stalls US banks' second quarter results helped to map out an uncertain future for the financial sector. Trading revenues rose but…McAlinden Research PartnersJuly 19, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)FinanceMonetary Policy Chinese Bank Protests Intensify, Spotlighting Issues Facing Country’s Regional Banking System Several banks in China's Henan province have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of deposits since mid-April with little…McAlinden Research PartnersJuly 13, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)⦁ Theme TrackerEconomics & TradeFinanceⓁ Aerospace & DefenseManufacturing & LogisticsPolitics & Policy US Set to Boost Military Presence in Europe and Push Defense Budget to New Highs With Finland and Sweden now set to join NATO in the near future, tensions between the organization's member states and Russia…McAlinden Research PartnersJune 30, 2022