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AFRICA!

20/12/2022 SFB

African economies have become more responsive to significant global trends as they have modernized and globalized. Deglobalization, coordinated global fiscal and monetary tightening, environmental change, and the resurgence of fierce superpower competition are only a few of the recent changes that together provide significant challenges for the continent. As nations struggle with growing inflation, global headwinds are limiting Africa's economic growth and impeding efforts to reduce poverty. When it comes to protecting people's jobs, buying power, and development gains, African governments are being forced to make challenging decisions due to high interest rates and debt. This raises the possibility of stagflation...

Cryptocurrencies

30/06/2022 SFB

Cryptocurrency or virtual currency is a form of investment that has developed since 2010. Today, there
are more than 2,000 types of crypto currencies worldwide..

Russia-Ukraine Crisis

26/05/2022 SFB

The invasion of Russia’s military in Ukraine, which resulted in Europe’s largest ground war in generations, has profoundly impacted the lives of millions of people and has set off a large-scale humanitarian crisis. From a financial standpoint, on the 24th February 2022, the Russian invasion has completely taken the market by surprise. The global economy which has already been wavered by high inflation was suddenly faced with distressing new threats, which consisted of severe energy shortage, an amplifying refugee crisis and the potential for a protracted war in Eastern Europe...

METAVERSE, what else?

13/04/2022 SFB

The metaverse is a virtual social sphere whereby it allows users to create their own avatars, personalize them, and perform activities that they do in real life. Facebook is transforming itself into Meta because they are ready to create a virtual social sphere focusing entirely on digital interactions. Apart from Facebook, there are also companies such as Microsoft, Nvidia, and Epic Games that are preparing technologies and apps to promote Virtual Reality. Metaverse can be thought as a future iteration of the internet as it will allow users to meet, work, play game, and socialize together in these 3D spaces.

China Economic Outlook 2022

22/02/2022 SFB

The Chinese economy experienced astonishing growth in the last few decades that propelled the country to become the world's second largest economy. Historically, China’s growth miracle has been remarkable. In the 30 years to 1990, the money GDP for China and the US in American dollar terms grew more or less in tandem at just over 6% and 8% per annum, respectively. But in the next three decades, China’s GDP growth doubled to more than 13%, while the US’s halved to 4.5%.

2021 Review

26/01/2022 SFB

The economic recovery from the Covid-19 recession faces threats from increasing Covid rates, inflationary pressures and an energy crisis as the end of year approaches whereas company earnings on the other hand continue to rebound and surprise positively. For most of 2021, investors have concentrated on the progress of the recovery from the Covid-19-induced global recession and the likely reaction of central banks to any pickup in inflationary pressures.

Work from Home and the Pandemic COVID -19

07/01/2022 SFB

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the workplace has known a dramatic alteration. In order to slow the virus’s spread and protect employees, many companies have shifted to remote work. Some big firms have even announced that they will allow employees to work from home permanently. Yet huge swathes of the labor force are unable to work remotely, and experts say these developments could have profound implications for the economy and inequality.

Emerging market report

30/11/2021 SFB

Since their introduction in the early 2000s, emerging markets have remained a popular investment area. As a result, a number of new funds and tools for investing in emerging markets have been introduced. Emerging markets are a unique investment opportunity because they offer equal parts of risk and reward. While there are huge gains awaiting investors that can identify the right emerging market investment at the right time, the risks involved are sometimes not well understood.

Investment views September 2021

30/09/2021 SFB

The last few days of the third quarter had a substantial impact on quarterly index returns. For the majority of the third quarter, the Nasdaq had solidly outperformed both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average as investors continued a trend from the second quarter by moving to less economically sensitive large-cap tech shares. However, during the last week of the quarter, as global bond yields rose, there was heavy selling in tech shares as investors rotated into other market sectors.

THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON THE ECONOMY AND INFLATION FOR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

11/08/2021 SFB

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a severe global recession with differential impacts within and across countries.