An analysis of the markets by UBS Group AG shows that during the recent correctional phase in the market, there were only about 10 to 15 per cent of investors who had taken advantage of the low-priced stocks for enhancing their equity allocations or used cash to buy such shares.   “We...

According to the latest estimates, Portugal's economy grew by 2.7% last year, the Statistical Office of the country said. According to Statistics Portugal, GDP grew from 1.5% in 2016 to 2.7% last year, mainly due to domestic demand and investment, while the level of external demand remained...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) blocked a deal to sell the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) to a group led by Chinese investors, Reuters reports. The regulator said that there are unresolved questions about the ownership structure within the framework of such a transaction. Besides, it is...

Japan’s framework is question as traders gear up for lawsuit against crypto-currency heist at Coincheck. On Thursday, 15 February 2018, Coincheck to witness a lawsuit, filed by a group trading in crypto-currency, against the “$530 million” theft of digital currency at the “Tokyo-based exchange”...

Travel costs would be reduced by up to 40 percent while CO2 marginal emissions would be reduced to zero in urban areas by the advent of electrified autonomous vehicles, predicts a recent report of the World Economic Forum (WEF).   Some new approaches to electric mobility would be required by...

A change in rules of remittance of the yuan by the Chinese authorities in January saw the first ever international bank assisting in remittance of the currency from a foreign country.   Yean was remitted from Australia back to mainland China by a Chinese national with the help of HSBC bank....

Mexico needs to stop dependence on its trade with the United States for its economy and instead look at expanding and strengthening and diversifying its ties trade relations with countries and economies of Central and South America, said an official associated with the UN Economic Commission for...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that the US is preparing to become the world's largest oil producer in 2019. The increase in production at shale deposits compensates for a steady increase in demand for oil and a reduction in supplies by other producers, writes the Financial Times. Oil...

The most recent report on the economic performance of the United Kingdom clearly indicates a steady growth despite the uncertainties associated with Brexit.   According to figures from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), there has been a 0.5 per cent growth in the...