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14 December 2018 - Salomons' Judgement is a bi-weekly column of Roelof Salomons, Chief Strategist at Kempen Capital Management. He writes about financial and economic developments with insights from policy, science and business.

 Salomons Judgement

This is the time of the year to keep it brief. So, if you would like to know my thoughts on recent market developments, please tune in on January 2nd, between 7am and 9am GMT on CNBC’s Squawk Box. I promise to address some hot topics live. 

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Roelof Salomons

Roelof Salomons

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