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China's Car Market Booms

At the Shanghai auto show, global auto executives are returning to a vastly different market than the one they left in 2021. China-made brands now dominate key segments, propelled by new electric-drive models that are gaining ground both domestically and internationally.

19 Apr 2023

Warren Buffet Increases His Exposure To Japan

Buffett expressed his satisfaction with his current investments in these firms and stated that he is considering investing further in five of Japan's major trading houses.

12 Apr 2023

Buffet Is Still Bullish

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has expressed unwavering confidence in the U.S. economy and his company, Berkshire Hathaway, in his annual letter to shareholders released on Saturday.

04 Mar 2023

U.S. Retail Sales Smash Estimates

Retail sales increased more than expected in January, despite rising inflation. According to the Commerce Department, sales for the month rose by 3%, exceeding the expected rise of 1.9%.

20 Feb 2023

Greenlight Capital Stages A Comeback

Greenlight Capital saw a return 36.6% for 2022 thanks to its strategy of shorting overpriced technology stocks. The Nasdaq Composite index, which is heavily weighted toward technology, fell 33%.

11 Feb 2023

China's Restart

After years of pandemic-driven disruptions, factory managers and workers are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. The country rapidly removed restrictions of movement in December, a move that greatly increased the number of COVID-19 cases and caused further disruptions.

30 Jan 2023

It's Not All Doom And Gloom

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in January, investor sentiment in Germany has improved for the first time. This is another indication that the slowdown in Europe's largest economy may not be as severe as initially anticipated.

27 Jan 2023

The Rebirth Of Oil And Gas

13 Jan 2023

Broadcom, Hard To Beat

Broadcom is a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies a broad range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. Its 50-years history dates back to diverse origins from HewlettPackard Company, AT&T, LSI Corporation and Symantec Enterprise Security.

09 Jan 2023

Shoppers Are Back

Although Americans spent more time and money shopping on Black Friday than they did the year before, certain figures indicate that they were also cautious with their spending as inflation put a strain on their wallets.

01 Dec 2022

Meesho Is Catching Up

The app, which is only available in India, has 127 million downloads within the same time period compared to 81 million for Amazon and 50 million for Flipkart.

28 Oct 2022

JPMorgan Moves Further Into FinTech

To counter threats from fintech companies like Stripe and Block, JPMorgan Chase has agreed to buy a payments startup named Renovite.

15 Sept 2022

Carbon Offsetting, An Opaque And Booming Industry

A Cheap Tool Enabling Companies To Make Dubious "Net Zero" Claims.

13 Sept 2022

Nubank, South America's Champion

David Vélez, Cristina Junqueira and Edward Wible launched Nubank in 2013 after becoming dissatisfied with the Brazil's banking services. The company secured a $2 million seed investment from Sequoia Capital and Kaszek Ventures.

21 Aug 2022

Banks Roar Back While Fintech Lenders Struggle

Bank stocks have posted strong outperformance against the S&P500 in recent weeks after a dramatic sell-off in the first half of 2022.

19 Aug 2022

Berkshire Puts Its Cash To Work While Softbank Bleeds

Despite worries about slowing growth, Berkshire Hathaway's operating profits increased in the second quarter, but Warren Buffett's conglomerate was not immune to the general market turbulence.

08 Aug 2022

Dollar Stores Benefit From Inflation

As a result of rising prices, many families claim that forgoing vacations and eating out is no longer enough to keep their budget balanced. They are now looking for measures to reduce the price of necessities as long as inflation is high.

03 Aug 2022

Apollo Global, An Investments Leader

Founded in 1990, Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid and equity. The company has a flexible mandate in many of the funds it manages which enables it to invest opportunistically across a company’s capital structure.

25 Jul 2022

The Cloud Is Helping Some Tech Companies

Rising interest rates, high inflation, and economic uncertainty have all had an impact on tech valuations, but not so much in enterprise software. According to CIOs, demand is stable as firms continue to realign themselves around cloud computing and data.

16 Jun 2022