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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?
So said a former U.S. Treasury Secretary in 1971 to other finance ministers struggling with the soaring dollar. 50 years later, the strength of the greenback is again threatening many financial balances around the world.
Rate hikes abound across the world, following in the Fed’s footsteps. Volatility is peaking, tech stocks aren’t out of the woods and the US administration’s shrinking oil reserves are pushing the black gold’s prices ever higher. Each week, the Syz investment team takes you through the last seven days in seven charts.
Despite the sanctions, the ruble is at its highest level in 2 years against the euro. What are the reasons behind this rebound? Will the Russian currency hold as Russia has become a financial "pariah"?
Rising oil prices, booming tourism, Expo 2020’s success, structural reforms: lately, everything seems to be going in the right direction for the United Arab Emirates. A favorable situation that is also benefiting the local equity markets.
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