By Michael Snyder, on August 17th, 2015You can stop waiting for a global financial crisis to happen. The truth is that one is happening right now. All over the world, stock markets are already crashing. Most of these stock market crashes are occurring in nations that are known as “emerging markets”. In recent years, developing countries in Asia, South […]
By Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics and Chairperson at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Cross posted from Triple CrisisThe recent rout in the Chinese stock market – and the Chinese authorities’ increasingly panicky responses to it that temporarily halted the decline – may not seem all that important to some observers. Indeed, there […]
Nearly two months after President Muhammadu Buhari took over the administration of Nigeria, investors in the nation’s stock market have lost over N1.032 trillion. Stakeholders have attributed the development to slow pace of governance, lack of policy direction, high political risk, feud in the federal legislature, no ministerial appointment, amongst others.The recent drop in the Nigerian stock market indicators also […]
By PETER EGWUATUNearly two months after President Muhammadu Buhari took over the administration of Nigeria, investors in the nation’s stock market have lost over N1.032 trillion. Stakeholders have attributed the development to slow pace of governance, lack of policy direction, high political risk, feud in the federal legislature, no ministerial appointment, amongst others.MUHAMMADU BUHARIThe recent drop in the Nigerian stock market indicators […]
A record 3.3 million people signed up to ride China’s dicey stock market last week – Quartz
Room for everyone.(Reuters/Will Burgess)
SHAREWritten byRichard MacauleyObsessionChina’s TransitionApril 24, 2015The surging stock markets in both mainland China and Hong Kong in recent weeks have drawn plenty of people to suggest that, when something rises so fast, it can only end badly. If the sheer volume […]
Nigeria: Stock Market Rides On Elections Success, Gains N178 Billion by MrKnowitall: 12:06am
Lagos — The peaceful election over the weekend reflected on stock market yesterday when it recorded N178billion after going down on Friday.The equities market closed yesterday on a positive note, as market capitalization appreciated by N178bn from N10.319 trillion it opened to close at N10.497 trillion during the […]
After 7 straight up weeks, the market finally came back some this week. The havoc in the oil market continues to cause consternation. Friday indexes opened down a bit and continued to selloff as the day progressed. The S&P 500 fell 1.62% and the NASDAQ 1.16%. For the week the S&P 500 had its worst performance since May 2012 at […]
