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A MACRO MINUTE: One big happy family in Turkey, a lonely Theresa May...

Welcome back to our daily review of macroeconomic and geopolitical news impacting financial markets around the world. Today, Turkey and the UK are in the spotlight – but not necessarily for the...

A MACRO MINUTE: Brexit or no Brexit, Mario Draghi before the European Parliament ...

Welcome back to our daily review of macroeconomic and geopolitical news impacting financial markets around the world. Since Saturday, several countries have been in the spotlight, especially the UK...

Ocado, Netflix, Sydney Airport: Top Trending Financial Tweets - Week 27

We’ve had yet another event-filled week drawing to a close. From Ocado, Japan and Netflix to Sydney Airport and the Fed's concerns: here’s this week’s selection of top trending financial tweets.

A MACRO MINUTE: China and the US at war, a German agreement on immigration ...

Welcome back to our daily review of macroeconomic and geopolitical news impacting financial markets around the world. Today, the trade sanctions ax fell as much on the United States as on China while...

A MACRO MINUTE: A compromise on German cars, China fears the sentence ...

Welcome back to our daily review of macroeconomic and geopolitical news impacting financial markets around the world. Today, Europe is spinning around Germany thanks to a positive news on German car...

A MACRO MINUTE: China to put its threats into effect, oil rumors in the US ...

Welcome back to our daily review of macroeconomic and geopolitical news impacting financial markets around the world. Today, Europe is spinning around Germany as US markets will be closed this 4th of...

GE, Walgreens, Natural Gas: Top Trending Financial Tweets - Week 26

Welcome back to our weekly recap of financial Tweets. We’ve got news about GE, Walgreens, natural gas, and more, so here goes: this week’s selection of 7 top trending financial Tweets.

A MACRO MINUTE: Trump-Putin meeting, weakened emerging markets, ...

Welcome to our new, daily review of macroeconomic and geopolitical news impacting financial markets around the world. Here are the main events of today, updated regularly as fresh announcements are...

Audi, Disney, Daimler : Top Trending Financial Tweets - Week 25

We’ve had yet another event-filled week drawing to a close. From Audi, Disney and Daimler to the OPEC meeting and Mercedes's doors: here’s this week’s selection of top trending financial tweets.

UK cars, a Dutch IPO, Solar energy : Top Trending Financial Tweets - Week 24

Welcome back to our weekly recap of financial Tweets. We’ve got news about a British carmaker, a Dutch IPO, solar energy, and more, so here goes: this week’s selection of 7 top trending financial...

The Ultimate Guide to Options : Call and Put Options

Welcome back to the second part of our option series. In today’s chapter, we’ll take a closer look at the two types of options: call and put options. We’ll dive deeper into the functioning of...

Ant Financial, Amazon and Crypto Fraud: Top Trending Financial Tweets - Week 23

We’ve had yet another event-filled week drawing to a close. From Buffet, Bezos and Dimon’s new CEO to Amazon’s Premier League rights and more than $1 billion stolen cryptocurrencies: here’s...

Economy: The role of the central banks, put simply

The easiest way to understand the functioning of the economy - broadly speaking - is to imagine a machine with two engines: the first engine consists of the money supply, in other words, the amount of...

Netflix & Twitter to finally join the S&P

Goodbye Monsanto! The GMO giant steps aside to let Twitter enter the S&P 500 and Netflix the S&P 100. Both companies now play in the big league next to their tech or media peers – Apple, Facebook,...

A plastic ban, Spain, 3D corneas : Top Trending Financial Tweets - Week 22

Welcome back to our weekly recap of financial Tweets. We’ve got news about a plastic ban, Spain, 3D corneas, and more, so here goes: this week’s selection of 7 top trending financial Tweets.

The Ultimate Guide to Options : The basics

Trading options requires a certain level of basic knowledge. It’s not usually something you do if you’ve never invested in an exchange-traded product before.

Netflix, NYSE, Starbucks: Top Trending Financial Tweets - Week 21

We’ve had yet another event-filled week drawing to a close. From the Obama’s signing a deal with Netflix to NYSE’s first female president and Starbucks’s top ranking: here’s this week’s...

Airbus, Blockchain, PayPal : Top Trending Financial Tweets - Week 20

Welcome back to our weekly recap of financial Tweets. We’ve got news about Airbus, blockchain, PayPal, and more, so here goes: this week’s selection of 7 top trending financial Tweets.

The banking industry: How does a bank work

Broadly speaking, the way a bank works isn’t very difficult to understand: just like at all other companies, we see assets on the balance-sheet and liabilities . ...