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Analysts have noted that the year-end period is typically a seasonally strong stretch for equities. (EPA Image pic) The Dow rose to a new record high Friday, extending a post-election US equity market rally propelled in part by anticipation of president-elect Donald Trump’s economic growth agenda. The blue-chip index piled on 1% to end the […]
Stocks notched their best week of the year as investors cheered President-elect Donald Trump’s economic agenda. “Tax cuts are behind the rally … and in general, there is the perception that markets like Republican administrations, although certainly the performance for the past few years of the Democratic administration has not exactly been shabby,” Interactive Brokers’ […]
The “Gilpin dilemma”, an essential concept in international relations theory, stems from the analysis of hegemonic stability theory by American scholar Robert Gilpin. It illustrates the long-term challenges faced by a hegemonic power as it plays a leading role in maintaining international order. The hegemon shoulders the burden of providing global public goods at great […]