Market Analysis

interest rates

The declining interest rate cap

17/11/2015(0)
Believe it or not, one of the topics in economics that confuses macroeconomists is the actual role of interest rates. For the most part they just assume that an ... Read More
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5 Ways The Paris Attacks Could Hit Europe’s Economy

16/11/2015(0)
The consequences could be far-reaching–and not just negative. It is, of course, far too early to do anything more than speculate. But common sense says that there must be ... Read More
oil

Saudi Arabia Preparing To Fuel Its $100 Billion Oil War With Debt

16/11/2015(0)
Saudi Arabia has probably spent around $100 billion of its foreign reserves by now to prosecute its war against American shale and other low-cost oil producers. The oil kingdom’s ... Read More
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No Serious Financial Repercussions from the Paris Attacks? Don’t Be Too Sure

16/11/2015(0)
Global sentiment might switch decisively from “risk-on” to “risk-off” with far-reaching consequences. Goldman Sachs has helpfully announced that any financial repercussions from the attacks in Paris will be short-lived, ... Read More
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IEA releases Oil Market Report for November

16/11/2015(0)
Non-OPEC output to slip more than 0.6 mb/d in 2016 as demand growth slows to 1.2 mb/d from five-year high Global demand growth is forecast to slow to 1.2 ... Read More
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Even Small, Well-Run Countries Can’t Escape The Currency War

13/11/2015(0)
    The old saying “When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled” captures perfectly the dilemma of the world’s non-superpowers. From Brazil to Thailand to non-eurozone Europe, the currency ... Read More
stock-market-collapses

4 Harbingers Of Stock Market Doom That Foreshadowed The 2008 Crash Are Flashing Red Again

12/11/2015(0)
So many of the exact same patterns that we witnessed just before the stock market crash of 2008 are playing out once again right before our eyes. Most of ... Read More
EUR CHF

Why are Some Currencies Stronger than Others?

12/11/2015(0)
  The currency market is a reflection of the spending power and the demand for assets within a country or union. The higher the demand for assets within the ... Read More
oil

Oil Majors Don’t Share OPEC’s Optimism On Oil Prices In 2016

12/11/2015(0)
OPEC’s meeting in Vienna is less than a month away, and oil producers – countries and companies alike – have been raising their concerns at an energy conference in ... Read More
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‘Brexit’ Wouldn’t Be Disaster for U.K., Says UBS Chairman

11/11/2015(0)
Axel Weber said Britain would probably get a good deal if it voted to leave The chairman of one of Europe’s biggest banks said Tuesday that if the U.K. ... Read More
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