Saturday, Nov 23, 2024

International Finance

Category : Fintech

Innovation in Poland – Addressing the €10 billion Question

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Innovation is considered a key component for growth in Poland and the country is utilizing €10 billion in structural funds from the European Union to stimulate commercially oriented research, particularly in the private sector. 20th September Poland, as a high income country, is committed to fostering sustainable income growth for the bottom 40% of its...
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Trade Weighted U.S. Dollar Index

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The American dollar is used as the standard unit of currency in world markets for commodities such as gold and petroleum, it also the world’s foremost reserve currency. 16th September 2013 The U.S. dollar slipped against its major counterparts on Friday as the U.S. added fewer jobs than expected in August, with downward revisions in...
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Italy Imposes Tax on High Frequency Trading

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The 0.02 percent tax applies to derivative deals lasting less than half a second and to transactions involving Italian stocks or indices calculated on the basis of the product’s overall value. 10th September 2013 Italy has implemented a new tax on high frequency trading on its stock markets becoming the first country in the World...
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Faster progress in education and health

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Investments can improve education and health. It pays to put a whole nation not just the government to work on human development. Economic growth is front-page news everywhere. But experience tells us that the link between income and human development is far from assured. Worldwide, countries with similar per capita incomes have had quite different...
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Energy Sector Critical to Myanmar’s Transformation – Report

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Myanmar plans for major expansion of its energy sector, it has a unique opportunity to build efficiency into the strategy. However this also requires adopting energy efficiency standards and policies and educating its population about why and how to NAY PYI TAW, MYANMAR – The New Energy Architecture: Myanmar report released today is the first ever to...
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Consequences of Reverse Stock Split

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
A reverse split will result in share holders holding fewer shares in the company, but the stake in the nominal value of the company per share will remain the same. 26th August 2013 Finjan Holdings, Inc. a leading online security and technology company which owns a portfolio of patents, related to software that proactively detects...
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Importance of PMI Index

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The Purchasing Manager Index is a key parameter to gauge the business and economic conditions in any economy. 25th August 2013 European shares picked up steam after a period of calm activity on strong data forecasts from Europe and China. The Markit Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index showed the largest monthly increase in business activity...
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Trading on “Dead Cat Bounce” Pattern

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
It implies a short rise in price of a stock, which has suffered a fall in its prices and refer to those securities or stocks which have poor past performance and are unlikely to recover. 23rd August 2013 Newspaper articles and television commentaries have different audiences,  Journalists use metaphor in an attempt to make the...
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Forex Trading Strategies

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The strength and weakness of global currency fluctuates continuously and the objective of currency trading is to anticipate a rise in a currency’s value in relation to other currencies. 21st August 2013 Online currency trading takes place all over the world, throughout the day for five days a week. When online currency trading began, only...
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