Global Markets Weekly Round-Up
The week began with a major crash in the energy markets after Saudi Arabia announced a move to slash oil prices by boosting its production by more than 10 million BPD in [...]
UK Temporarily Bans Short-Selling of Italian Spanish Stocks
The UK financial regulator has suspended short selling of some London Stock Exchange listed stocks such as Juventus Football Club, Ferrari, among other Italian and Spanish stocks. Short sellingoccurs when [...]
The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2020: 300 Million Fewer Women than Men Use Mobile Internet
Themobile gender gaprefers to how much less likely a woman is to usemobileinternet than a man, at least once in the last three months. Every year, GSMA Intelligence conducts surveys [...]
Global Markets Enter Bear Run
Wallstreet on Thursday entered a bear run as investors continued the sell-off which has dragged stocks by more than 20% from the recent record highs. This comes after the World [...]
Microsoft Launches Social Entrepreneurship Program
Microsoft, via its Microsoft for Start-ups initiative, has launched a Global Social Entrepreneurship program during the recently concludedSankalp Africa Summit 2020. The program seeks to build and scale underrepresented founders [...]Podcast; How COVID-19 is propelling Saudi Arabia vs Russia Oil Price War
News of a potential increase in Saudi Arabia's crude production with COVID 19 anxiety sent oil prices to 18-year lows as markets opened on Monday. Oil prices plummeted by more [...]Oil Prices Rise After Historic Crash
Oil Prices of oil rebounded during Tuesday's session with Brent for May deliveries rising by more than 13% from Monday's crash of more than 30%. The rebound follows an announcement [...]Global Markets; Oil Prices Decline Continues, Virus slows in China
On Monday, crude oil prices losses continued following Saudi Arabia’s move to slash prices by boosting its production by more than 10 million barrels per day in April. Saudis decision comes after [...]Global Markets Weekly Wrap Up
US Markets Equities on major United States stock markets closed the trading session on Friday lower as investors shifted their attention to the rising number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide [...]Gold Rally Continues as Equities Drop
The price of gold continued to rise on Thursday's trading session as COVI 19 fears continued to dampen the stock market. Gold was up 1.25% to $1,659.66 an ounce at [...]British Regional Airline, Flybe, Collapses
British regional airline, Flybe, has gone out of business after being placed under administration, becoming the first airline to be unable to withstand the coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic has led [...]Podcast; Central Banks Come to the Rescue of Global Markets
The coronavirus spread has pushed central banks in developed economies to take emergency measures to shield their economies from the corona impact. Equiti Group market analysts Gaurav Kashyap and Mark [...]
