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Last week had seen volatility re-enter global stock markets. This week was no different. Fear crept back into the investor sentiment with concerns on how the Fed with move next with its latest, balance - sheet busting quantitative - easing program. As the week wore on, those fears appeared to ...
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Most Asian markets fell Friday on caution ahead of the US nonfarm payrolls data, while Japanese stocks dropped for a third straight day as exporters came under pressure from the yen’s sharp gains the previous day.
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Japanese stocks rebounded on Friday to recover some of the steep losses suffered in the previous session, aided by a deluge of monthly economic data and strong cues from Wall Street.
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The Philippines, a Southeast Asian emerging economy, has attracted substantial investment in recent years even though the economy is small in comparison to markets like Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. While by definition it is emerging, one should also bear in mind with it comes a set of ...
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Economics at first glance seems to be a technical science: a neutral, value-free field, in which value and optimal production, prices, profits are impersonally calculated. A social science considered by many to not even be a social science, but rather an exact science, a science similar to ...
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Since 2005 there has been an agreement between the 27 EU members states regarding exchange of information on interest earnings from banks. Many of you will already be familiar with the effects of this agreement, which provide that if you have an account with a bank in another EU state, that ...
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Yet another mixed week for markets. Asian markets were flat to positive, on the back of news that foreign direct investment into China 5.65% in March from a year earlier to total $12.4 billion. The gain was well above the 1.44% average increase in FDI over the January-March period.
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Markets generally endured a difficult week. Starting with Asia, all major indices retracted with the exception of Japan. Stocks in Japan extended a rally on Friday, with the Nikkei 225 index finishing up 3.5% for the week on the back of unprecedented stimulus. The yen had another down day ...
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"I will give Europe a year! A maximum of two ... ", perhaps these might be uttered in contempt by characters in a tragicomedy about this moment of European crisis. This disgusting feeling still lingers in our mouths due to the unfulfilled promises from our last swallow of bad medicine and yet it...
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A mixed week for markets. European markets have been rattled by news of Cyprus. Crippled by exposure to Greek debt, Cyprus needs to raise €5.8bln in order to secure a €10bln emergency loan from the EU and IMF. Failure to do so may risk exit from the Euro. How ironic given that Athens, for now, ...
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**We wish to point out that Mithril Asset Management, Mauritius has no affiliation whatsoever with Mithril Capital Management** European markets ended the week in positive territory yet Asian and US markets were not able to follow suit. Last Sunday’s news of a forthcoming pro bailout coalition ...
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Major indices ended the week in defiant mood. With Greece’s (euro) era defining election over the weekend, global stocks were lifted by news of coordinated efforts from global central banks to stabilize markets if needed. Quite how, or by what amount is currently unclear but the mere sniff of a...
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Major indices advanced on the whole for the week. Until Thursday movement had been tepid, bouncing back and forth on the slowing global economic growth, a Spanish debt auction in light of downgrade and Greece to name but a few.
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Square Mile Financial Services sro have asked James Turnbull to explain the benefits of New Zealand trusts to expats. James is enrolled as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, and has had more than 20 years of legal and financial services experience. He has provided ...
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A see-saw week. Markets were so pre occupied with Greece it was even able to cast aside the debacle of Facebook’s first week as a listed company. Heading towards the end of the week, markets began in positive territory. German consumer confidence showed signs of stabilising and helped lift ...
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It has been a punishing week for stocks. An estimated than $120 billion has been wiped off the share market in May, with shareholders braced for more turbulence as Europe tries to sort out its debt crisis.
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This is an everyday phrase that is in common usage that means “to avoid committing oneself; to leave a means of retreat open”. It began to be used in relation to financial transactions, in which a loan was secured by including it in a larger loan, in the early 17th century. Initially, the ...
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When people move to another country, there will invariably be some with monies left in pension funds (either private pensions or company pensions) in their home state. Clearly, if these are significant funds, one would expect that people will keep up to date on their investments and watch the ...
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We will be set for a choppy week. Data released on Friday showed the US economy generating only 115,000 net new positions last month, less than half the level of the first two months of the year. The figure came in well below forecasts (163,000), and was barely at the level needed to match the ...
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