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15 Asia-Pacific Countries Sign World’s Largest Free Trade Agreement at a Crucial Time
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (“RCEP”) The RCEP agreement is a modern and comprehensive regional free trade agreement covering trade in goods, trade in services, investment, economic and technical cooperation, and new rules for electronic commerce, intellectual property, government procurement, competition, and small and medium-...
November 17, 2020Read More >NIO Making Waves
The sales of electric cars exceeded the two million mark for the first time in 2019. By far the biggest electric automaker by market cap is Elon Musk's Tesla. Its current market cap stands at $394.26 billion at the time of writing this, putting the electric automaker at the top of all automakers in the world. However, there is another electric c...
November 12, 2020Read More >October: US Stimulus Noises and National Lockdowns
Another Volatile Month for Markets The financial markets were rattled by another wild month driven by geopolitics and COVID-19 updates. As the month comes to an end, the rapid resurgence of the coronavirus cases across the US, European countries, India and Russia have forced some leaders to reimpose national lockdowns. Global Equities The back-an...
October 30, 2020Read More >US Election 2020: Eyes on the US Senate
The Political Event of the Year 2020 The most-awaited political event of the year 2020 is just around the corner: the US Presidential elections will take place next Tuesday on the 3rd of November. The US politics have the potential to affect the global economy, alliances and trade agreements which makes it a Global Event. In a pandemic-induced ...
October 30, 2020Read More >Earnings to Watch This Week: Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet
Investors are gearing up for one of the busiest weeks of the third-quarter earnings season. The immediate focus will be on the tech leaders: Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet as those companies were among the main drivers of the rebound in the US stock market after March lows. The world has gone remote- people were suddenly forced to work, s...
October 27, 2020Read More >PayPal Taps into Crypto
Buy, Hold and Sell Cryptocurrency PayPal officially confirmed its entrance in the cryptocurrency market on Wednesday. The leading online payments company announced the launch of a new service enabling its customers to buy, hold, and sell digital currency on its site and applications. The message of the CEO was clear that the Company is keen in...
October 22, 2020Read More >US Corporate Earnings to Watch this Week
Aside from politics and virus concerns, attention will be on the US corporate earnings season. After major US banks reported their third-quarter earnings results, investors will eye Netflix reports among many others. Monday International Business Machines (IBM): The company will host a conference call to review third-quarter 2020 financial resul...
October 19, 2020Read More >Coming Up This Week: US Big Banks on the Radar
The third-quarter earnings season will kickstart with major US banks. In an ultra-low interest rates environment, the financial industry struggled faced by a series of pressures triggered by the ongoing pandemic crisis. Over the months, banks had made significant provisions for credit losses and saw major declines in asset management revenues. I...
October 12, 2020Read More >September: A Typical Scary Month for Investors
Poor Month for Markets Investors are generally apprehensive of the month of September as on average it is marked as the worst month for the stock market. After a staggering rally in August driven by broad-based vaccine optimism, global stimulus, improving economic data, better-than-expected earnings season and the outperformance of the technology...
September 30, 2020Read More >Interest Rates: Ultra Low, Near Zero or Negative?
In a pandemic-induced environment, central banks and governments have absorbed all the shocks of the virus on the financial markets by injecting massive liquidity in the economy, keeping credit flowing and supporting the global economy with huge fiscal stimulus plans to manage an unparalleled health and economic crisis. Governments and Central ...
September 22, 2020Read More >Laybuy (ASX: LBY): Another ASX BNPL
After a solid debut on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) earlier this week, New Zealand buy now pay later company went on a volatile ride for its first week. Following the completion of an initial public offering (IPO) that raised A$80m at A$1.41/share with an indicative market capitalisation of A$246m under the code LBY, the Company comm...
September 10, 2020Read More >PM Shinzo Abe’s Resignation, Abenomics, and Berkshire Hathaway Buys Stakes in Five Japanese Companies
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister officially resigned on Friday due to health issues after a few weeks of speculations. Amid a global pandemic, markets fret that his resignation may create a new period of political uncertainty for Japan. Since the announcement, a few ministers from the ruling party expressed the...
August 31, 2020Read More >August Wrap-Up: Global Equities on a Rally
Covid-19 Cases and Vaccine Optimism The virus continues to spread across the world, with more than 25 million confirmed cases of coronavirus and 840, 000 deaths. The United States remains the worst-affected countries followed by the Eastern Mediterranean region and European countries. After successfully containing the virus, a rise in the number ...
August 31, 2020Read More >Afterpay Ltd ($APT): YTD – ASX Best Performer
Afterpay Ltd remains Australia’s favourite tech stock. The Buy Now Pay Later company is the best performing stock on the Australian share market and its share price has risen by a staggering 204% since the beginning of the year. Source: Bloomberg Afterpay is on a Roll! Investors digested a series of good news for the tech stock this week. ...
August 28, 2020Read More >Jackson Hole Symposium: Markets Bracing for More Volatility
The annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium rarely goes unnoticed as is an exclusive central bank conference which fosters open discussions about global policy matters. The economic event is sponsored by the Federal Reserve of Kansas City and is closely watched by market participants. The Symposium has the potential to spark more volatility in th...
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