The Fed and dollar depreciation

. Marcuard's Market update by GaveKal Dragonomics So no surprises. A slightly more dovish Federal Open Market Committee stuck to the script of future monetary policy moves being data dependent. Since the

China mania grips Shanghai equity market

. By Oren Laurent President, Banc De Binary Over the past 12 months, China’s Shanghai Composite index has grown by a whopping 152%. The market capitalisation of Chinese stocks has surpassed $10

What drives the yield of government bonds?

. By George Theocharides Due to the current weak economic circumstances that we are experiencing here in Cyprus (as well as other countries in Europe), we are constantly bombarded with various economic

Yen in the hands of foreigners

. Marcuard's Market update by GaveKal Dragonomics Having traded in a tight range since late last year, the Japanese yen made a technical breakout last week, weakening beyond JPY 125 to the

More surprises from Netflix

. By Oren Laurent President, Banc De Binary This month, Netflix announced its biggest project yet: a $30 mln satirical war film starring Brad Pitt, set to be released on the online

CYPRUS: Economic sentiment unchanged in June

The monthly Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) remained unchanged at 104.2 points in June, due to a marginal drop in consumer confidence and an equal improvement in business confidence in the retail, construction