The prospect of longer and warmer days in the Northern Hemisphere heralds the return of less favourable conditions for COVID-19 but instead we seem already to have entered a third wave of infections in Europe,...
US benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose for the seventh consecutive week. Such a streak was seen at the start of 2018 and late Q1/Q2 2009 and 2004, but none longer. The US dollar was mostly firmer,...
One of the biggest permanent changes coming out of the Pandemic is that businesses have invested in technologies that have long been available, but that hadn’t been deployed because there was no visible need to...
Many experts are convinced business travelers won’t fly as much as they did before the pandemic. But others say these people might be underestimating the power of a handshake. Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates...
In response to the many known and unknown questions of this VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world, Finance Minister (FM) presented the most awaited budget of decades on 1st of February of this year. She...
Diversity is a good thing and necessary for companies. Several studies on the subject show that diversity is a prerequisite for larger economic success, but it can also trigger new conflicts. It’s not a new...
Equities have more stable footing today, despite yesterday’s losses in the US, as the relative stability in the bond markets bolster risk-appetites. Led by a 2.7% rally in Hong Kong, which matches its largest advance...
Rising rates continue to spur a rotation and retreat in stocks. Yesterday the NASDAQ sold-off by nearly 2.5% while the Dow Industrials eked out a minor gain. Equities are mostly higher in the Asia Pacific...
Despite a soft close in US indices yesterday, global shares are on the march again today. Led by China and Hong Kong, most large markets in the Asia Pacific region advanced today. Officials gave approval...
Honorable FM Nirmala Sitharaman presented the 3rd union budget of Modi government 2.0 at a time when India along with the world is witnessing one of the biggest health crises of centuries. Covid-19 lead staggering...
Set up in 1942, the Asian Paints group is the largest paint manufacturer in India. About 80% of its revenue comes from decorative paints and the remaining from industrial paints and overseas operations. The Bottom...
Rising prices feature in many economic forecasts for the US. It is seen as part of the reflation meme as the vaccines roll out. There seem to be three threads to the discussion. The first is...