International Finance

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Economy

EU Signs Historic Trade Deal With Canada

The deal will make Canada the only G8 country to have preferential access to the world’s two largest markets, the EU and the United States. 24th October 2013 The European Union and Canada agreed on a multibillion – trade pact on Friday that will integrate two of the world’s largest economies and paves the way...
Economy

KPN “Poison Pill’s” Slim’s Takeover Bid

“The soccer rules in Mexico and Netherlands are the same, but taking over a large company is not soccer. We may have different rules for this here than in Mexico,” said Jacques Schraven, who heads the foundation. 21st October 2013 Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim’s effort to take over Dutch Telecom Company, Royal KPN NV, was...
Economy

London Business School Signs Key Deal

The programme is designed primarily to offer SAFE’s employees access to London Business School’s Master in Finance (MiF) programme, which is ranked number one in the world. 21st October 2013 London Business School, which has presence in London, New York, Hong Kong and Dubai signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with China’s State Administration...
Economy

Restarting Government Seen Harder Than Shutdown

John Koskinen, Deputy Director of Management at OMB said “Significant additional costs, that cannot be determined at this time, include interest payments to third parties” when the government does not pay its bill on time to third parties. 18th October 2013 The US Senate has passed legislation raising the Treasury Department’s borrowing authority, which would...
Economy

Jeremy Siegel Says CAPE Ratio Has a Big Bias

Prof. Siegel says that the CAPE ratio is based on “biased earnings data”- he explains that the changes in accounting standards in the 1990’s, forced the companies to charge large write offs when assets they hold fall in price. 18th October 2013 Analytical investors are always keen to invest at the right moment on a...
Economy

Phillips Curve Model

Phillips observed that one stable curve represents the trade-off between inflation and unemployment and they are inversely related. In other words, if unemployment decreases, inflation will increase and vice versa. 16th October 2013 The Phillips curve suggests there is an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment, it is an ideal guide for policy makers (central...
Economy

Turning customer experience improvement inside out

By analysing and modifying business processes as a means of enhancing the customer experience, The Cambridge began reporting beneficial outcomes very quickly. 11th October 2013 When it comes to customer experience, the financial services industry faces bigger challenges than most. Tarnished by negative perceptions following the economic downturn, contending with tough revenue targets, constrained by...
Economy

Bollinger Bands®

Bollinger Bands can be applied to any type of chart; however, this indicator works best with daily and weekly charts. 10th October 2013 Earlier last month, Bloomberg reported that Treasury ten year notes snapped a six-day rally-capped by an advance in almost two years- as a technical indicator showed the gain is due to reverse....