China Perspectives series is a monthly discussion on the latest credit market and economic developments from China with experts from both within and outside of Fitch Ratings.
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Get an inside look at the world of securitization with Fitch Ratings’ Structured Finance in Focus podcast series – join our expert analysts each month for the insights you need to navigate the latest developments across CLOs, ABS, CMBS, RMBS and more.
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From global macroeconomic trends to impacts on the credit markets to regulatory and political changes, Fixed Interests delivers your economic update in 15 minutes or less.
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Independent and prospective credit ratings, commentary and research.
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Ready to dive into investing but feeling overwhelmed by financial jargon? Picture yourself learning alongside two friends: one a beginner investor like you and the other a 15-year finance expert. Meet Market MakeHer, your go-to self-directed investing education podcast. We ask the questions you are thinking and answer with fun analogies without the financial jargon. We share free tools and resources from your brokerage firm, so you not only know how it works, but how to actually invest. Get ...
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53. The Fed Cut Interest Rates: Prepare For Landing 🛬
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The Fed aka The Federal Reserve finally cut interest rates. Papa Powell (aka fed chair Jerome Powell) announced this week the federal funds rate is cut by 50 basis points (which means .50%). This might not seem like much to consumers like us, but cutting it by .50% in one meeting is actually a pretty big deal. Normally, everyone would flip out over…
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What Is A Bond? What Are The Different Types Of Bonds? How Do You Buy Bonds? In this episode of the Market Maker Podcast, Jessie and Jess delve into the world of bonds, discussing their significance in the financial market, the mechanics of how they work, and the various types of bonds available for investment. Explore the relationship between inte…
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Richard Francis, Richard Hunter and Justin Patrie look into the potential effects the upcoming US election could have on credit, touching on the US’ sovereign rating, the different fiscal policy plans offered by the candidates, and more.By Fitch Ratings
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51. What is the Business Cycle? Why Does it Matter NOW?
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We are revisiting the business cycle and how it relates to the menstrual cycle, much like we did in Episode 13 on Recessions, but we compare the phases in each cycle, side-by-side this time and break it down further. What Is The Business Cycle? The Business Cycle is Periods of economic expansion and contraction based on the 3-Ds we discussed last…
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Head of EMEA Sovereigns Jan Friederich and Head of Western European Sovereigns Federico Barriga Salazar discuss fiscal policies in the EU, including the impact of the new fiscal rules and implications for the ECB’s Transmission Protection Instrument.By Fitch Ratings
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50. SMU: NVDA Earnings, Market Participation & Fed Expectations
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Stock Market Update (SMU) Let's discuss and demystify the recent volatility in the stock market, NVDA earnings, Jackson Hole highlights including rate cuts, and the dreaded "R" word (recession). 🔮 "If the Mag 7 is coming down, and the other 493 are participating, that is a recipe for sideways action." ~Jess Inskip Who Are The Magnificent 7? Alphab…
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China’s Local Government and LGFV Debt Risk
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Samuel Kwok, Head of Fitch’s APAC International Public Finance shares his views on China’s local government and LGFV debt problem. (01:21) - 1H24 local governments’ fiscal trends (04:02) - Expect marginal improvement in 2H24 (05:30) - Effect of measures to de-risk twelve “high-risk” provinces (08:22) - LGFVs’ onshore bond yields at record low (11:2…
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Ben McCarthy, Head of APAC Structured Finance, and Tracy Wan, Senior Director, discuss 2024's key themes in Asia-Pacific structured finance, including issuance growth, credit performance in China and Australia, and considerations for fintech lenders.By Fitch Ratings
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49. Better w/ My Finance-Sis, Pt 2: Funds
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Continuing our "Better with my Finance-Sis" Mini-Series, in part 2 we talk all about Funds! But not just the different types of investment funds, also the difference between Passive and Active Funds. Passive Funds vs Active Funds What is a passive fund? Passive funds usually have lower expense ratios, with a more simplified investment strategy and …
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Join Global Cross Sector leaders, Managing Director Greg Kabance and Director Kevin Lopez, as they discuss recent oil and gas PDP securitizations and updates on Fitch's criteria for asset concentration and characteristics.By Fitch Ratings
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David Prowse, Senior Director, Fitch Wire, and Justin Patrie, Head of Fitch Wire, look into our 3Q24 Risk Headquarters report, covering the ongoing impact of high interest rates, escalating geopolitical risks, real estate market challenges and more.By Fitch Ratings
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48. Better W/ My Finance-Sis Mini-Series, Pt. 1: Stock Market Essentials
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🔮 Introducing a new mini-series with our Gen Z "finance-sis" Jacey Saige. It's Jessie DeNuit's turn to teach how the stock market works while Jessica Inskip makes sure she's not leading Jacey astray. In part 1, we talk about why we invest and try to simplify how the stock market works, as best as possible without too many tangents. 🙃 ✨ Follow Jacey…
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47. The Recipe for a Market Sell-Off: Carry Trade, SAHM Rule, Recession Fear
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The stock market has been having quite the week since our last episode on the Fed’s decision to NOT do a rate cut and the resulting effects of the not-so-great unemployment numbers that came out last Friday. Recipe for disaster? Is the stock market crashing? Why was there a sell-off and what is a market sell-off? And is this a good time for us self…
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China’s Housing Demand Forecast 2024 - 2040
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Shuncheng Zhang, Associate Director of Fitch’s China Corporates Team based in Shanghai, shares China’s housing demand forecast from 2024 to 2040. (00:00) - Introduction (01:05) - 2024-2040 Housing Demand (03:43) - New Private Home Supply (06:08) - Overview of Forecast Model (09:13) - Factors Leading to Demand Plunge (12:47) - Public and Secondary H…
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46. Fed Update: What is Event Risk? Could it Trigger a Sell-Off?
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We recorded this on 08/01/2024, knowing that unemployment numbers will not drop until this podcast airs on 08/02/2024, and that might also change so keep that in mind. **Employment Report Update from Jess** Fed's View on Labor Market:Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that the changes in the labor market are "broadly consistent with a normalization pro…
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45. What is Market Breadth & Concentration Risk? Why Should YOU Care?
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Inflation is at an all-time high and so is the stock market. This is a tale of two markets. How is the S&P 500 making record highs when so many Americans are living paycheck to paycheck? We're going to break it all down. What's happening in the stock market, what the S&P 500 actually is, what market breadth and concentration risk means and why it a…
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44. Replay: Where to invest first in your personal finance journey
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Let's refresh and re-assess our financial planning goals for our future selves. You've budgeted, you've saved, you've looked at what you've got going on in your spending and bills and what you have left over - what do you do with that extra money? (Invest it, of course 👻) *this is educational info, not advice - personal finance is personal, duh, an…
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Global Economic Outlook – Monetary Policy Enters an Easing Phase
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Brian Coulton, Chief Economist, and Ed Parker, Sovereigns Managing Director, parse Fitch’s latest Global Economic Outlook report, covering focus points including the gradually slowing US economy, global monetary policy developments and more.By Fitch Ratings
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43. Stock Market During Election Years: We're Not Getting Political, But Is The Market?
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How Does The Stock Market Perform During an Election Year? We are not getting political in this episode -- however, we are on a fact finding mission to understand if the stock market is. Let your fin-mom and fin-auntie break it down for you. 😉🔮 Does the U.S. Presidential election affect the stock market? Does the political party of the elected lead…
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Lan Wang, Senior Director in Fitch’s Credit Policy Group, joins for a wide-ranging discussion on China credit developments, including recent rating actions, growth prospects, property and banking sector outlooks, and recent EU tariffs on Chinese EVs. (00:00) - Introduction (00:55) - China Sovereign Rating Action (01:48) - Rating actions in other Ch…
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42. AI Under Power Grid Pressure: The Price to Energy Ratio Risk
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In this episode we re-visit our AI Portfolio and Investment Thesis that we discussed back in Episode 21, but with a new emerging headwind. According to our very own Jess Inskip, "the real ‘P/E Risk’ isn't overhyped price to earnings. The risk is price to energy." (Get it? That's a P/E Ratio joke 👻) AI Investing Most of us are invested in AI, whethe…
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Trends and Outlook for European Consumer and Auto Finance
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Join ABS analysts Markus Papenroth, Head of European ABS, and Tom Deacon, Director, for a discussion on the latest trends in consumer and auto finance.By Fitch Ratings
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Mexico’s New Administration - Key Challenges and Opportunities
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Shelly Shetty, Managing Director, Americas Sovereigns, and Carlos Morales, Lead Mexico Analyst, look at Mexico’s recent elections, including challenges and opportunities for the new administration, and rating drivers moving forward.By Fitch Ratings
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41. Stock Order Types: Demystifying The Ways to Trade Securities
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There are so many different ways to buy and sell securities in your brokerage account. In this episode, we'll go over many of the different order types you may see in your brokerage account when you go to buy or sell a stock, or any securities. What does Bid and Ask mean? What is Stop and Limit Order? What are market orders? How many different Orde…
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40. Preparing for Rate Cuts: What are Bond Funds?
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What Is The Bond Market and What Are Bond ETFs? CPI is “cooling off” which means inflation is trending closer to the Fed’s target, which means a rate cut MAY be in our future! What does that mean? Well if the Fed, you know, good ol "Papa Powell" who we keep talking about, well if they actually go through with cutting rates this is what happens. Int…
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Estimating the Impact of Potential US Tariff Hikes
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With elections in the U.S. approaching, Brian Coulton, Chief Economist, and Alex Muscatelli, Director, Economics, look into the potential impact a renewed trade war sparked by US-led tariff hikes could have on the global economyBy Fitch Ratings
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Contagion Risks from Rising Commercial Real Estate Delinquencies
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Euan Gatfield, Head of EMEA CMBS, joins Justin Patrie, Head of Fitch Wire, to explore the current CRE environment, delving into rate cycle impacts and other factors such as e-commerce, post-Covid office space utilization and the energy transitionBy Fitch Ratings
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39. What is a Stock Split? (looking at the Nvidia stock split 👀)
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Happy Fin-Friday! The Nvidia stock is now one of the big 3 in the S&P 500. We've talked about Nvidia earnings and how much the stock price has soared just this year. Now they have announced a stock split and a dividend increase from $0.04 per share to $0.10 per share. Let's demystify stock splitting. 🔮 🍰 What Is A Stock Split? A type of corporate a…
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Post-Election Economic Outlook for Turkiye
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Paul Gamble, Head of Emerging European Sovereigns, and Erich Arispe, Lead Analyst on Turkiye, discuss the positive rating actions around Turkiye following the country’s 2023 economic policy changes, and the impact of recent local elections.By Fitch Ratings
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38. What is a Short Squeeze? (Talking About Meme Stocks, Hedge Funds & Market Mechanics)
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Finally, short squeeze and gamma squeeze make sense! (Did you know gamma squeeze was a thing?) Also, Roaring Kitty is out of hiding, remember that whole GameStop stonks thing that happened? Well apparently it's happening again with another memestock (super high risk, y'all). We also learn about hedge funds, meme stocks, market makers and the roles …
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Structured Finance Markets in Non-China APAC
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Explore Structured Finance markets in Asia Pacific outside China, and potential evidence of deteriorating metrics, with APAC SF Senior Directors Natasha Vojvodic and Atsushi Kuroda, and Head of APAC Structured Finance Ben McCarthy.By Fitch Ratings
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China’s Changing Role in Global Commodity Market
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Henry Hao, Principal Economist at CRU, discusses structural shifts of China’s role in the global commodity market.By Fitch Ratings
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37. Finding AI Stock Investing Ideas with Jacey Saige
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This week we are joined by Jacey Saige, a Gen Z financial literacy advocate who wants to discuss how to find AI opportunities and stock market impacts. Jacey is filling in for our beloved Jessie DeNuit - do not fret she will be back next week! AI is an important narrative to sustain this bull market. The S&P 500 is about 30% driven by technology. 5…
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36. Refresher: We are Paying Attention to Bonds Again
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The bond market has always been relevant, but it hasn't mattered as much since the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) - that's when the housing market collapsed in 2008. When we have a financial crisis, there is a fiscal policy response and monetary policy response to stimulate the economy. Right now we are in restrictive fed territory, they have raised …
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35. What Is CPI, PPI & PCE Price Index (Indices) in Fed Speak - Decoded
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Come with us as we leap through the gallows and levitate down WallStreet. 🔮 Today we're discussing the most recent FOMC Press Conference led by the Hawkish Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, and what it all means when he talks about the CPI & PCE Price Index. There's also a quick SMU (stock market update). New Vocabulary Word: Tapering Tapering is a mone…
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Richard Hunter, Chief Credit Officer, and Justin Patrie, Head of Fitch Wire, dive into the latest Risk Headquarters report, outlining the main risks to global credit this quarter including real estate, geopolitics, China macroeconomics, and more.By Fitch Ratings
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Factors Influencing Subprime Auto ABS Performance
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Join ABS analysts Todd Swanson, Director, and Nicholas Eklund, Associate Director, for a look into performance trends in the subprime auto ABS space, including some unique post-pandemic drivers and how they may impact performance going forward.By Fitch Ratings
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34. Investing Jargon, Demystified 🔮✨ The Top 20 Terms You Need to Know - In Order
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There's a loooot of jargon in the financial world. And it can seem overwhelming or like it's a language that was intentionally made to keep you in the dark, but Jess has been shining light on all this lingo since the beginning, and we've realized the jargon is actually pretty easy to grasp once it's explained to you in a logical, compounding way. C…
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Wei Yu, Director of Fitch Ratings, discusses key credit trends of China’s coal mining industry. (00:00) - Introduction (00:34) - View on coal prices (02:00) - Debt reduction (03:21) - Financial burden and structural challenges (06:10) - Financing conditions (07:23) - Energy transition risksBy Fitch Ratings
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Thomas Rookmaaker, Head of APAC Sovereigns, and Krisjanis Krustins, Primary Analyst on Pakistan discuss the results of Pakistan’s recent elections, their implications for IMF talks, and the country’s reform potential and funding prospects.By Fitch Ratings
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