PODCAST OF JANUARY 4, 2022

What will happen in this new year? Many people are wondering, and there are numerous articles in the Financial News Review of OF Osservatorio Finanziario today, January 4.
"The year 2022 promises to be full of appointments for the big Italian companies, also because many of the games that were unblocked after years of stalemate last year will come to life." announces La Repubblica in the article put in the Cover Story. It starts from Atlantia, which is about to finalize the sale of Autostrade per l'Italia,... but also for Mediaset, which after the peace with Vivendi can return to grow abroad. And then there are the Generali case and the Tim case. Not only that. "After a record-breaking 2021 for all the main European and world stock exchanges, 2022 starts with a plus sign for the Old Continent's lists". Writes Il Sole 24 Ore that continues: "In Piazza Affari, with the FTSE MIB in positive, eyes are on Iveco Group, which is debuting on the list after the spin-off from Cnh Industrial". This is followed by other in-depth reports from various publications.

Once again we write about inflation while waiting for the latest data coming this week from Italy, France, Germany and the European Union. While waiting, the markets of the Old Continent are moving to new all-time highs: the Stoxx600 index, in fact, which gained a total of 22.47% last year, is rising another 0.7% to 491 points. Wall Street gains ground, where Tesla stock is in evidence, up over 7% after the data on sales that have seen a +87% to almost one million cars delivered worldwide in 2021. Yesterday, Milan closed on an upward trend (+1.4%) with spread at 131 points.

Still on the subject of inflation, La Stampa reminds us that "After the increases in electricity and gas, there will be a car insurance bill for 800 thousand families".

Still on the subject of forecasts, according to a survey by the Financial Times, economists expect the European Central Bank to continue its net asset purchases for another two years - well after other major central banks begin to scale back theirs.
Three-quarters of the 32 economists surveyed by the FT said they expect the ECB to stop expanding its €4.6 billion bond portfolio in 2023; only slightly more than a quarter said they think it will do so sooner.

And a special report in Il Sole 24 Ore plus reminds us that this year celebrates Twenty years of the euro between crisis and success: and announces: now the digital challenge begins.

On the financial front emerges the news of Azimut that strengthens itself in the financing of startups and small and medium Italian companies by acquiring the majority of the capital of Mamacrowd, an equity crowfounding platform.

It's time for investigations and retrospectives. Today our review counts 5 of them. Among these, Corriere della Sera asks: Banks, do you really need a branch or can you do everything online? Which services are available at home. And always in the Milanese sheet the topic balances: that in 10 years they are in decrease of a third: here because they don't work more. He explains.
L'Espresso introduces the theme of work by asking: What does the flight from work that oppresses tell us about our time? While Tomorrow affirms that "There is no turning back from remote work".

Also today the Technological Review is really very rich. Numerous articles on cryptocurrencies and the future of Bitcoin - which has already turned 13 - attacked now also by Deutsche Bank that considers it a mere illusion.
And as usual, there will also be innovations on display at the Consumer Electronic Show (CIIESS), which opens tomorrow, January 5th, in Las Vegas, where the focus will be on digital health, food technology, automotive technology, NFT, gaming, smart home and more.

But that's not all. You can read the many articles reported every day from Monday to Friday on the topics of Economy, Personal Affairs, Commentary, Specials, Investigations, Technology, International translated in the Financial News Review of OF Osservatorio Finanziario published in real time, as soon as an article is read by the editorial staff, in the OFROBIN™ app that is easily downloaded from Google and Apple stores. Original articles are downloaded to the app with a tap. And there's also a search engine with a 10-year history series.
And Together you can also listen to the Podcast that I have decided to make public again for this month of January 2022.

And that's it for today. see you tomorrow