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• Switzerland - the most innovative country, for the 14th consecutive year 

The correction of the indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) that started in August continued in September, in contrast to the evolution of the main indices of the Western markets, which suggests the absence of internal growth vectors for...

U.S. stock market indexes are hovering near new all-time highs, and according to some Wall Street strategists, there are strong indications that prices will continue to rise, even if the geopolitical climate is tense and valuations are high....

The European Central Bank (ECB) will probably cut interest rates at the monetary policy meeting in October, says Francois Villeroy de Galhau, a member of the ECB Governing Council, quoted by La Repubblica publication, Bloomberg reports.

The US and China are two great powers of the world, but their sources of power vary significantly, according to a Ray Dalio analysis (Great Power Index 2024) that identified eight basic pillars that measure a nation's types of strength. These...

Oil futures quotes rose by around 3% yesterday, on the international stock exchanges, against the backdrop of escalating tensions in the Middle East, as concerns are fueled that Iran's military attack against Israel could lead to new...

Moral duties are not talked about very often. Paid quite rarely, these are discussed discreetly, shyly. In football, things related to this subject are a little different and you hardly feel like pointing the finger at the debtor.

• What is Generative Artificial Intelligence? 

Roxana Mînzatu, the Ciolacu government's proposal for the position of European Commissioner from Romania, was nominated yesterday by Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, as one of the six vice-presidents of the...

The war in the Gaza Strip, fears of a widening deficit and subdued economic growth have led institutional investors in Israel to transfer 151 billion shekels (the equivalent of nearly US$40.2 billion) abroad since early October 2023, according to...

The impact of the Federal Reserve's long-awaited interest rate cut, which will be the first cut in four years, will be felt well outside the United States, according to a Reuters article reviewing the possible influence of the central...

The modern pharmaceutical industry, a global market of billions of dollars, is no longer limited to treating and curing the sick. In recent years, new advertising techniques have been developed that aggressively target healthy audiences, turning...

The Board of Governors of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided, yesterday, to reduce the reference interest rate by 0.25%, marking a new step towards the moderation of the restrictive monetary policy, according to a press release issued by the...

The top of the biggest increases in issuers' revenues from the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) is dominated by entrepreneurial companies listed in the last ten years which, in most cases, have an explicit policy of accelerated expansion,...

The intensification of geopolitical risks, the prospects of easing the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve or the purchases of the central banks supported the upward trend of the price of gold this year which, from the end of 2023 until the...

Oil prices fell earlier this week to a level not seen since December 2021 after Brent crude fell 8% last week, according to Business Insider.

Investors must have an allocation of savings by asset class that allows them both to benefit from growth and to provide them with a certain peace of mind during periods of falling markets, says Răzvan Paşol, CFA, Director General of Patria Asset...

Long-term, recurring investments and quality companies such as those on the Bucharest Stock Exchange represent the secret of successful investments in shares, says Adrian Negru, CEO of Raiffeisen Asset Management.

There are chances that in the second half of the year the economic activity of our country will be more dynamic, thanks to the impulse from domestic demand, believes Alexandru Combei, CFA, Investment Director of BRD Asset Management.

The aging of the world's population will accelerate in the coming decades, which will likely bring poor results for the stock market, JPMorgan strategists say, writes Business Insider.

Two out of three entrepreneurs believe that selling their business entirely is their main exit option, followed by partial sale to a private investor (42%), transition to family or management (33%) and listing on the stock exchange (12%),...

The long-term upward trend of the indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) entered a corrective phase in August, primarily due to the contagion with foreign markets that suffered a severe fall at the beginning of the month. The BET index, of...

Specialists in ocean activity have noticed a thermal anomaly in the surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean, which are unusually cold for this time of the year, a phenomenon that began to manifest itself as early as May. This accelerated cooling,...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell late last week gave the clearest indication yet that the U.S. central bank is about to do what markets have long expected - cut interest rates, which are currently at their highest high level of the last two...

• The key interest rate is currently in the range of 5.25%-5.5%, the highest level in the last 23 years 

Since 1900, the United Kingdom has accounted for almost a quarter of global market capitalization, according to visualcapitalist.com, which has compiled a country-by-country ranking of the industry covering the years 1900 and 2023.

The escalation of the budget deficit indicates structural problems, which can only be remedied through urgent fiscal reforms that lead to budgetary consolidation, the Fiscal Council states in the report for the year 2023, published yesterday, a...

People continue to watch quite a lot of television, but less and less classical television. S&P downgraded Warner Bros. Discovery's rating outlook from "stable" to "negative," citing declines in the media company's...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) yesterday kept its forecast for global oil demand unchanged in 2024, but downgraded estimates for 2025, citing the impact of Chinese consumption, according to Reuters.

The middle of the calendar summer constituted a real challenge for the national energy system, in view of the increase in electricity consumption due to a prolonged period of 10 consecutive hot days, when temperatures of over 40 degrees in the...

The Bank of Israel has requested that banks present a plan to redirect deposits from current accounts to term deposits, after banks stopped paying interest on these accounts, according to the Israeli press. The letter sent by the Bank of Israel...

Demand for critical minerals such as copper, cobalt, lithium and nickel has been increasing in recent years, with these raw materials being used in a range of new technologies, from electric cars to wind turbines, which are becoming increasingly...

Global stock markets were gripped by panic in the first trading session this week as the latest economic data from the United States reignited investor fears of a possible US recession, results from several big names in technology the growth...

• The company comes to the stock exchange at a valuation of 156 million lei, according to the price paid by most investors in the public offering 

Our country is fast approaching a major railway accident with dozens of victims, probably a collision between a heavy freight train weighing more than 1000 tons and a passenger train, warns the Pro Infrastructure Association on its official...

The main indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) marked a succession of new historical records in the first half of the year, in a general international context conducive to risky assets, boosted by internal elements such as the financial...

Commodity markets faced selling pressure last week due to uncertainties over the upcoming US presidential election, concerns over the Chinese economy and rising agricultural production in Brazil, according to an analysis by Anadolu news agency....

• History shows that market gains driven by just a few stocks tend to be followed by crashes, according to a Societe Generale strategist 

The European Central Bank (ECB) decided yesterday to keep the reference interest rate unchanged and did not give any indication of the next move, according to Reuters.

The upward trend started by the indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) since the summer of last year continued in the second quarter of this year, with the main share baskets of our market setting new historical records, between April and...