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China Shares Rise but Uncertainty Hovers
July 10th, 2015
Greece inches closer to deal with creditors, but investors are wary of sustained China recovery China shares rose Friday, and other Asian markets made tentative gains, as investors assess whether a recovery in Chinese stocks proves sustainable. The Shanghai ...
Post Referendum, Greece Will Not Leave The Eurozone
July 9th, 2015
Summary Even after the large victory of the “No” at the referendum, Greece will not leave the Eurozone. This is certainly the reason why financial markets kept a relatively cool head in the turmoil of this Monday. Let’s dig ...
China stocks rise after Beijing slaps curbs on selling
July 9th, 2015
Chinese stocks rallied on Thursday after the securities regulator banned shareholders with large stakes in listed firms from selling, in Beijing’s most drastic step yet to stem a sell-off that has roiled global financial markets. As the daily drumbeat ...
Asian stocks fall in volatile trade as China index seesaws
July 9th, 2015
Asian stocks markets were volatile on Thursday as China’s main index seesawed after a prolonged sell-off while Hong Kong’s benchmark rebounded strongly. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index in mainland China fell more than 3 percent in the first ...
European Stocks, Chinese Stocks And Commodities Are All Crashing – Are U.S. Stocks Next?
July 8th, 2015
A global stock market crash has begun. European stocks are crashing, Chinese stocks are crashing, and commodities are crashing. And guess what? All of those things happened before U.S. stocks crashed in the fall of 2008 too. In so many ways, it seems like we ...
Ragin’ Contagion: When Debtors Go Broke, So Do Mercantilist Exporters
July 7th, 2015
Papering over the structural imbalances in the Eurozone with bailouts or bail-ins will not resolve the fundamental asymmetries in trade. Beneath the endless twists and turns of Greece‘s debt crisis lie fundamental asymmetries that doom the euro, the joint currency that ...
Asia shares win reprieve but Greece, China concerns limit gains
July 7th, 2015
Asian stocks won a reprieve on Tuesday after sharp falls the previous day but investors remained on edge amid uncertainty over Greece‘s position in the euro and volatility in mainland Chinese equity markets. Chinese shares dropped almost two percent ...
Time for state energy companies in Middle East to rethink overseas strategies
July 6th, 2015
The long, hot summer is usually a quiet period in the Arabian Gulf. But this season marks some dramatic changes for Middle East state energy companies and their overseas ventures. The falling oil price creates opportunities for some, problems ...
UAE making 2015 the year of renewable energy
July 6th, 2015
Some consider 2015 to be the year for renewable energy in the UAE. Three reasons stand out: the country’s expansion of clean-energy projects, its funding of renewable projects abroad and the fact that the Emirates has the lowest solar-energy ...
What If You Had An Italian Bank Account? Or A Portuguese Bond?
July 3rd, 2015
Though it might yet drag on for weeks, months or even years, Greece’s drama can end in one of only two ways: Continued austerity which consigns its most vulnerable 50% to an endless “capital D” Depression, or some form ...
