The economists compare consumer confidence data between that of last month and the current one. In comparison to the previous month of February 2016, the confidence of the consumers, especially those who are from the euro-zone countries, has fallen in the month of March. The said fall, however,...

For the current year, Forex Market Players bet the pound to $ 15.5 billion. The sum is very large: in size, it corresponds to the GDP of Iceland. Expectations for the pound is very high. Or rather, low: it should fall to the 80s’ lows. Based on purchased options, currency traders expect to 4% drop...

The upcoming presidential period may cause fear on a global scale if the nomination is in favour of Trump, predicts Gundlach. Jeffrey Gundlach runs DoubleLine Capital and is a well known investor. Gundlach is predicting a "global growth scare" which is likely to develop sometimes from now and till...

There are not many countries able to achieve economic growth at almost 8 percent. Even China, which last year managed to increase its GDP "only" by 6.9 per cent, hopes at best to remain at this level in the coming years. However, the north-western edge of Europe is home for a state with a...

At first glance, the four largest banks in Greece are doing better than ever. In November, they received a third aid package for several years. The allocated € 14.4 billion ($ 15.9 billion) helped to increase the capital adequacy ratio to 18%, which is higher than the European average of 13%....

Employees of Apple Inc. may refuse to perform their duties and are even ready to resign, if they are forced to crack the iPhone, which belonged to a terrorist from San Bernardino. Apple employees are already discussing what they will to do, if they are obliged to assist law enforcement authorities....

According to a new study, in 2015 were closed more hedge funds than at any other time since the financial crisis. With regard to liquidation of hedge funds, last year was the worst since 2009. 979 funds have been closed in 2015; to compare, there were 864 of them in 2014, according to Hedge Fund...

ICO has come up with the largest ‘Social Bond’ in Spanish market which addresses the issues of unemployment, underperformance, and wealth distribution. Towards the end of January 2015, ICO “issued its debut EUR 1bn December 2017” which is a three years’ “Special Bond”. The said bond supports ICO’s...

Unfunded pension obligations of 20 OECD countries reached $ 78 trillion. For comparison, total debt of the same governments is almost 2 times less ($ 44 trillion). Ever since the financial crisis of 2007-2008, a huge public debt was one of the major causes of concern. Yet, nobody thought about...