★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Economics & TradeMarketsPolitics & Policy China’s Diplomatic Onslaught Likely Key to Sustaining International Growth of Yuan-Denominated Payments China's efforts to build inroads with large emerging market economies has been supercharged by renewed diplomatic efforts across western Asia…McAlinden Research PartnersApril 12, 2023
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)CommoditiesEconomics & Trade Brazil’s Corn Exports Play An Increasingly Critical Role in Global Supply Balance Brazil's corn exports have been supercharged by rapidly rising Chinese demand. It is likely that South America's largest economy could…McAlinden Research PartnersApril 4, 2023
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)CommoditiesEconomics & Trade Coffee Prices Climb Higher on Weaker Inventories and Crumbling Harvests Across Several Continents Coffee futures jumped back to six-month highs this week on thinning inventories and forecasts for weaker crop yields from key…McAlinden Research PartnersAugust 25, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Economics & TradeFinanceTechnology Brazilian Fintech Startup Funding Surges on Open Banking Reform and Digital Accessibility VC funding surged in Latin America last year, led by Brazilian fintech startups. Brazil has seen a wave of investment…McAlinden Research PartnersJanuary 26, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)⦁ Theme TrackerCommodities Coffee’s About to Have a Really Good Year or a Really Bad Year Coffee’s strong 2019 performance relative to other agricultural commodities was followed by a spectacular crash this year that left investors…McAlinden Research PartnersMarch 9, 2020
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)⦁ Theme TrackerCommodities Coronavirus Curbs International Meat Shipments, but Chinese Import Surge Will Resume China’s meat imports have surged since African Swine Fever decimated their pork supply last year. The effects of the fever,…McAlinden Research PartnersFebruary 19, 2020
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Commodities 3 Reasons Sugar Futures are Rising and How to Invest in the Commodity Sugar production is being disrupted in various parts of the world, intentionally and unintentionally. Production is falling on a global…McAlinden Research PartnersDecember 12, 2019
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)⦁ Theme TrackerCommodities Central American Catalysts Set off Coffee Explosion Coffee prices, which had fallen below $1 per pound as recently as August, have finally felt a reprieve in November-December,…McAlinden Research PartnersDecember 10, 2019
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Economics & Trade Why Investors are Showing Love to Brazil and Rebuffing Mexico (Part II) Mexico’s president no doubt drew a sigh of vindicated relief when yesterday’s release of second quarter 2019 GDP numbers showed…McAlinden Research PartnersAugust 1, 2019
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)Economics & Trade Why Investors are Showing Love to Brazil and Rebuffing Mexico (Part I) Investors are gaining greater confidence in President Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil as the much-anticipated approval of the country’s social security system…McAlinden Research PartnersJuly 29, 2019