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...eventually trade at a premium to developed-market equities. His biggest trade, however, is to buy the Taiwan equity index and pay Taiwan interest-rate swaps to finance it. The audience pounces: Why would an emerging-market specialist rate Taiwan, a market no longer "emerging"? Relative value is the answer. "Against the broader world backdrop, Taiwan is cheap," Dimitrijevic contends, "and financing in Taiwan is ridiculously cheap." Taiwan doesn't share the deflationary problems of neighboring Japan, so long-term interest rates of just over 2% seem crazy, he explains...
...Imagine my delight, then, when I got my rooming assignment for next year. While wondering how I would make friends with my new housemates, I got my answer from the online floor plan: right down the hall, we’ve got a kitchen...
...that my awkwardness with the language echoes my general ignorance about certain Chinese issues. When asked about my opinion of Chinese-Taiwanese relations—a popular question since my parents emigrated from Taiwan—I have neither the knowledge nor cultural finesse to give a satisfactory answer. I’m continually reminded that identity is not just who you think you are but must also encompass the perceptions of others. Telling the people I meet here I’m American won’t change my ignorance of my family’s culture and language...
...oldest person - other than Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who refuses to answer questions on the matter due to an ongoing investigation - to testify has been James Comey, the former No. 2 at the Justice Department. Excluding Comey, 46, the White House has sent five others to testify, none older than 36. Sara Taylor, for example, was Director of the White House's political office before...
...Scott Jennings, at the tender age of 29, became the latest sacrificial lamb the White House has sent up to answer questions about the controversial firings of eight U.S. Attorneys last year. Or, rather, not answer questions, but sit in the hearing room and meekly absorb the ire and frustration of the panel's Senators, Democrats and Republicans alike...