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Wall Street has its share of mysteries, not least the 'night effect', a market anomaly whereby money invested in US stocks works better at night than during the day.

As Prime Minister Boris Johnson gets ready to leave office, what is the outlook for the UK economy and financial assets?

With the dollar soaring and inflation rates reaching record levels, we may have entered a new era where countries seek to strengthen their currencies rather than weaken them.

For many green bond issuers, the only future lies in the sustainable economy. They are setting their sights on achieving the global net zero target for 2050 by 2040 or even earlier.

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12/07/2022

One man's loss is another man's gain. While petrol prices are skyrocketing, oil companies are generating nearly five times more profit from refining than a year ago. We offer an explanation.

The BOJ (Bank of Japan) will become the first central bank in history to hold more than 50% of its country's public debt securities. This is an unprecedented situation with some key risks attached to it.

With the imminent launch of ‘Apple Pay Later’, the American giant continues to expand its financial services offering. To the point of soon becoming a bank?

With monetary policies tightening, speculative bubbles are bursting one after the other. SPACs are no exception.

Boosted by soaring crude oil prices, Saudi Aramco recently overtook Apple as the world's largest market capitalisation.

Global stocks market indices are on the cusp of entering bear market territory, being down around 20% from their late 2021 all-time-highs. What would be the main triggers for a sustainable rebound of equity markets?

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