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Bloomberg’s Weekend Reading

Exploiting market volatility is a great way to make money, or lose it. Just ask the pros. And for a year which in so many ways was just as miserable as the previous one, 2021 was also crazy where your money was concerned. Very few people, for instance, would have thought to buy oil drillers and sell clean energy stocks. Gas markets took investors on an impossibly wild ride, thanks in part to Russia’s Vladimir Putin. And in the murky world of crypto, forget Bitcoin and Ether. Binance’s BNB gained a whopping 1,300%. For hedge fund managers, investments in private enterprises saved the year, and they’re hoping for more of the same in 2022. But mostly, it was a good time to be a multibillionaire.

What you’ll want to read this weekend

What to expect in 2022? The U.S. economy faces no end of potential peril, as the Stephanomics podcast explains. Inflation looms large—just ask this trader who called it right in 2021. And corporate America faces a long, uphill slog this year, Gary Shilling writes for Bloomberg Opinion.

There’s no letup to Covid-19 rampaging across the globe. High-quality masks are in demand and U.S. health officials told travelers to avoid cruise ships even if vaccinated. In Africa though, inoculations of any sort are a luxury since it imports 99% of all drugs needed to combat a variety of fatal illnesses.

The year ahead will be critical for the future of Singapore as a global financial center after its efforts at living with Covid-19 met with mixed success. And the latest media crackdown in Hong Kong portends a tough year for press freedom, already reeling from assaults by Moscow, Istanbul and America’s right wing, including a certain twice-impeached ex-president. But Donald Trump faces a tough year, too: Multiple civil, criminal and Congressional investigations of him, his administration and his company may come to a head.

Police officers leave the offices of online media outlet Stand News after a raid in Hong Kong on Dec. 29. More than 200 police burst into the pro-democracy news site and arrested six people connected to it, including the acting editor in chief.​​ 

Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg

Ghislaine Maxwell’s high-society days are over (barring a successful appeal) as she potentially faces decades in prison—and it likely won’t be the cushy kind that held Martha Stewart. After Maxwell’s conviction this week for sex-trafficking of minors, her accusers, and those of the late Jeffrey Epstein, had this to say.

One of the more surprising revelations of 2021: Miami is the foodie capital of America. Really. And for anyone planning a trip to Hawaii, expect something more sustainable and less colonial. But if you fancy a slice of real estate heaven, and a challenge, look no further than the former East Germany.

Tran An, a Vietnamese hotspot in the Little River neighborhood of Miami

Source: Bloomberg

What you’ll need to know next week

  • It’s the first anniversary of America’s deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
  • U.S. jobs data will suggest the tight labor market hasn’t eased.
  • Fed minutes will show how intense the rates debate was.
  • CES in Las Vegas is attracting only die-hard attendees.
  • The jury in the Elizabeth Holmes case resumes deliberations.

What you’ll want to read in Bloomberg Green

One Big Obstacle to Slowing a Global Fish Crash

Fish consumption has been rising at double the rate of population growth for more than half a century, outpacing even animal proteins. Humans eat more than twice as much seafood as they did in 1960, with most of the increase occurring in the developing world. But as fish populations plummet, a huge swath of the seafood industry goes unmonitored, hobbling global conservation efforts. Now one company is trying to fix that.

Bangladesh is one of several countries where the use of small transponding devices is already underway. Above, fishers unload baskets in Chandpur City on Sept. 7.

Photographer: Habibur Rahman/Eyepix Group/Barcroft Media/Getty Images

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Back where we started

Friday, December 31, 2021

Bloomberg's Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Many on Wall Street will be starting the first workweek of 2022 in their home office as the omicron variant breaks infection records across

Russia’s deadliest month

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Bloomberg's Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Chinese companies listed in the US rebounded Thursday after a five-day slump as investors piled back into stocks hurt by President Xi

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Bloomberg's Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Some on Wall Street have made the case that 2022 won't be that bad for markets. But there are bears in the woods, and they aren't as

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Bloomberg's Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Flight cancellations that disrupted US travel over the Christmas weekend stretched into Monday, with winter storms further pressuring carriers

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