The local markets are being shocked by China's latest efforts to crack down on high and increasingly risky forms of debt in its financial system.   Investors are kept on edge as more loans are defaulting, bond yields are rising and stocks are falling.   "Most equity investors we...

There are no signs of narrowing down of the earnings of U.S. CEOs and workers, and a labor group analysis that was released recently described this as a wide and longstanding gap.   According to the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of U.S. labor unions, noting an average paycheck of 347 times...

The Government of Puerto Rico announced in 2015 that the island was unable to service its debts. On May 3, 2017, it launched the bankruptcy procedure, the largest in the history of America. The total national debt is almost $ 74 billion, or 100% of GNP. The prolonged fiscal crisis adversely affects...

In this current earnings quarter, European firms have found that the number of positive surprises for them is turning out to be the best in seven years, says the Swiss bank UBS.   While only 29 percent missed, analyst estimates were comprehensively beaten by 63 percent of European companies...

The rally of commodity prices might not be seen this time around, Goldman Sachs said in a note, even as the lending and investor bank noted that such prices usually rally as the U.S. Federal Reserve heads into a hiking cycle.   Historically, "commodities perform the best when the Fed is...

The spread of populism in Europe and the threat that might pose to the future of the euro was one of the trades of 2017 for the big financial investors who play on global political and economic risk in December.   However, the risks seem to have receded after with only a relatively...

As the exodus of finance jobs starts to take shape, public statements and information from sources shows that the largest global banks in London plan to move about 9,000 jobs to the continent in the next two years, reported news agency Reuters.   Outlining plans last week for their European...

If the Saudi Aramco IPO does not bring the desired funds, a planned project to diversify the kingdom’s economy will not be able to move forward as planned, BMI Research’s report said. However, investors are clearly set on a successful IPO despite everything. "The IPO will become the litmus test...

A risk to the lucrative financing plans used by major automakers to sell millions of cars is being posed due to a plunge in sales of diesel cars in Europe's two biggest markets is helping to drive down the value of used vehicles.   Authorities across Europe are looking to ban or restrict use...