Insights
Dealing with market volatility
In the last week we have seen oil prices drop to a 5 year low with double digit falls in less than a week. This has disturbed many countries that are dependent on oil revenue such as Russia, Nigeria and Norway. The markets can be affected by numerous factors and a sometimes we simply do…
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What would be the implications should Scotland vote ‘YES’?
Next week the Scottish nation will take to the polls to decide whether to remain part of the UK or go it alone. Although arguments have been made from both sides of the border about who will be better and worse off, the two camps are pretty evenly matched. There are a lot of grey…
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Economic Review for the Last Week
The European Central Bank took strong measures and dropped interest rates even more when they received growth and inflation rates that were weaker than their expectations. They decreased their deposit rate to -0.20% and interest rate to 0.05% and declared two new programs through which they will buy asset backed securities and bonds. The news…
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Global Equity markets at their best in August, after five months
The trading for the month of August ended on Friday the 29th, witnessing a rise in the global equity markets, reaching their peak in five months, since February. The rise was attributed to the strong U.S. data and German bond yields rising up from their record lows, amid expectations that the European Central Bank (ECB)…
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Eurozone needs an unconventional approach to its economic crisis
Mario Draghi, the head of ECB calls for more unconventional and growth friendly policies to end eurozone crisis. Within the Eurozone, it has been a long-time since the living standards were at peak. For instance, the living standards were last at their peak in 1997 in Italy, 2000 in Cyprus and Portugal, 2001 in Greece,…
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Bumpy Economic Outlook for the Last Week
The economic outlook for the last week saw a cyclic pattern. The week started off positively with the economy recovering from losses from the last week. However, by the midweek the markets had started declining once again. The reasons responsible for this decline were the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and Libya, the Gaza-Israel conflict and…
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