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• Goldman Sachs: "Imminent interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve are about to bring Western capital back into the gold market" 

• Bank of America: "We think gold can reach $3,000/ounce in the next 12-18 months"

• JP Morgan:...

• "The rule that the market multiples of growth companies are higher than the market average applies to several issuers, among those with high revenue growth," according to the Prime team  

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 former deputy general secretary of NATO, Mircea Geoană, aged 66, announced yesterday, through a video message posted on social networks, his candidacy, as an independent, in the presidential elections, the rounds of which are scheduled to...

• Trade Nation: "Fundamentals should continue to influence prices, and supply remains abundant, while the outlook for demand growth is weak"  

Oil prices fell earlier this week to a level not seen since December 2021 after Brent crude...

The penetration of a Russian drone over a certain period of time and over a distance of tens of kilometers represents a vulnerability, said yesterday, Nicoleta Pauliuc, the president of the Defense, Public Order and National Security Committee in...

• The company reported declining revenue and profit in the middle of the year 

• "Business seasonality generates a higher value of income in the second part of the year", according to the company

• NASDAQ penalizes Trump 

The televised debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump had a negative impact on investor confidence in the shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (NASDAQ: DJT), according to a report from Investing.com,...

• "Some journalists accused the moderators of being biased in favor of Harris" 

Kamala Harris dominated last night's debate with Donald Trump, in the race for the American presidential elections in November, the US media say in...

• European Court of Auditors: "Some measures, "green' on paper, are not so "green' in reality" • The European Court of Auditors found that reporting on climate-related expenditure and the green transition does not reflects...  

Our stock market is experiencing the most severe correction in the last two years, after a massive increase in indices starting from mid-2023, a period in which the BET-TRN index, which reflects both the price evolution of the twenty most liquid...

• CJEU magistrates have decided that Apple must pay 13 billion euros to Ireland as unpaid taxes • In the case of Google, the company will pay 2.4 billion euros for abuse of a dominant position • CJEU decisions are final  

• Minister Angel Tîlvăr would participate in the meeting of the Defense Committee in the Senate today • USR summoned Minister Tîlvăr to the Government Hour program, in the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies on October 8  

• European MEPs are in a dilemma, because according to the European Action Plan to fight cancer, alcohol consumption is harmful to health • The European Commission encourages the production of wines with a low alcohol content • Wine consumption at...  

• "Investors should not react emotionally during periods of high volatility" 

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,...

• In the last five years we have had pandemic, war and interest rate hikes; however, equity fund returns were over 100%, according to BT Asset Management Director 

Equity markets are reflections of growing economies, so we have every reason to...

• "The reaction of the stock markets is not necessarily correlated in the short term with the fundamentals of the companies" 

• "I think we will have bigger performance discrepancies between sectors and companies"

• "History has shown that over longer periods of time, all declines in the stock markets have been recovered and overcome" 

• "In Romania we have the problem of deficit; we will probably see the bill next year"

European states living under the threat of the Russian Federation must invest massively in the production capacities of the national defense industry, says an analysis by the think-tank Mars (formerly the 2 March Foundation - 2-Mars) published in...

• The White House official's statement was made following the publication of a report prepared by the Republicans in the House of Representatives regarding the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021 • According to...  

• Historically, an aging population has led to declining yields, lower growth in corporate profits and lower valuations, according to the bank's strategies  

If the Russian drones that flew over Romania's airspace on the night of Saturday to Sunday had targets on the territory of our country, they would have been shot down by F-16 planes, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said yesterday, before the...

The energy ministers of Greece and Cyprus discussed yesterday the details regarding the implementation of the Great Sea Interconnector project, through which a submarine cable would be installed regarding the transport of electricity between the...

Some of the experts of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) are in conflict of interest by being involved in projects regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs), says the non-governmental organization Testbiotech, quoted by the French...

• For this year, the company budgeted 40 million lei for business and a net profit of 1.85 million lei; last year, iHunt had a loss of 1.37 million lei 

Online retailer and manufacturer of mobile phones, gadgets and accessories iHunt Technology...

IT specialists can be kept in our country by offering attractive incomes, even by granting tax facilities, claims deputy Radu Miruţă (USR), secretary of the Commission for Information and Communications Technology (TIC) in the Chamber of Deputies.

There is currently no IT workforce exodus from Romania to Israel, but we have digital nomads who work from our country for companies from other countries of the world, including those from the Holy Land, Daniel Giurea, the president, told us of...

The labor market specialized in IT has moderated in the last 12 months, even if there is still a shortage for certain specializations, Corina Vasile, executive director of the Software and Services Industry Employers' Association (ANIS), told us.

Romania, Bulgaria, and Poland have become the main destinations for hiring IT specialists in Israeli start-up companies, as the war in Israel has forced them to move part of their operations abroad to ensure business continuity, according to an...

Romania has become an attractive destination for economic, technical, and cultural reasons for Israeli companies looking to expand their IT teams outside of their main headquarters, according to a report published on the Carbon website, which...

The war in Israel has forced some local IT companies to move part of their operations abroad to ensure business continuity. Among the IT specialists targeted by Israeli firms are those from Romania.

• (Interview with Jakub Rochlitz, Popular Investor on eToro) 

Reporter: How long have you been investing?

Jakub Rochlitz: This is my third year managing my own portfolio, but I started learning about investments and doing...

• "Normally the results of Sphera in the second semester should be above those of the similar period of the previous year" 

• "Even for the second half of the year, things are not expected to improve at Electrica, there is still...

Norway's Sovereign Investment Fund, formally known as the Global Government Pension Fund, is the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, managing $1.7 trillion in assets at the end of August 2024, according to data on the Bank's...

The Sovereign Investment Fund proposed by the Simion Plan should be established according to the Proprietatea Fund model, claims Adrian Codirlaşu, the vice-president of CFA Romania.

The establishment of a sovereign investment fund is extremely welcome, but such a financial instrument should be established only under the authority of the National Bank of Romania, the only institution capable of eliminating political interests...

The future Sovereign Investment Fund, provided for by the Simion Plan and the AUR program, should be subordinated to the Parliament, lawyer Gheorghe Piperea, MEP from our country, told us.

Liviu Dragnea and PSD proposed, in February 2017, the establishment of the Sovereign Development and Investment Fund in 2017, the measure being part of the governing program of the social democrats for the period 2016-2020.

• Simion's plan provides for the establishment of a Sovereign Investment Fund on the model of the one existing in Norway • FSI proposed by Simion will not hold shares in state energy companies, but will be fed with 50% of the dividends granted...  

The diesel markets in China and India, responsible for most of the Asian demand profile, are showing signs of slowing down, which could create new problems for crude oil prices, reports Bloomberg.

• Laurentiu Stan, founder of Kapital Minds: "Many potential transactions are not realized due to the very different expectations of the seller and the buyer regarding the price" 

• "An independent, objective assessment anchored in the...

The Beijing Stock Exchange (BSE), launched in 2021 to support innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China, turned three years old this week.

• The US Department of Justice has seized 32 Internet domains used by Russia in a massive campaign to influence the 2024 presidential election and other countries, revealing the Kremlin's involvement in disseminating fake news • The Russia...