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The Surprising Vitality and Resilience of NASDAQ
At the close of yesterday’s business, the tech-heavy NASDAQ index was just about forty points shy of hitting its all-time record high of 5,048.62 attained on March 10, 2000 (with an intraday peak of 5,132.52). The Dow Jones Industrial Index
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New World Bank Green Bond Is a Story of Market Growth and Innovation
Green bonds have created a new way for investors to achieve the return they need while also supporting climate-friendly development projects. Many long-term investors today consider climate risk and sustainability in their investment choices. The investor base in green bonds
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Ross Jackson: Nero Politics Meet Limits to Growth
Nero – the last emperor of the Roman Empire – is best remembered as the man who fiddled while Rome burned. I see a direct parallel to the collective of current world leaders who are ignoring vital threats to our
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Greece vs The Euro Righteous: Waiting for the Other Guy to Blink
So far, nobody in Brussels blinked. However, before the week is out somebody will. An eleventh hour compromise between Greece and its creditors is more than likely. According to the analysts at Morgan Stanley, the probability of a Grexit is
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Greece: Attack of the Merchants of Doom Fails to Impress
President Martin Schulz of the European Parliament (EP) arrived in Athens today to read the riot act, before the Greek government does something it may come to regret. Mr Schulz travelled with a sizeable entourage of journalists to ensure the
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Greece: The Primacy of Politics to Provide a Solution
Just a few years ago, Forbes Magazine – that self-proclaimed “Capitalist Tool” – identified the primacy of politics as the greatest danger facing Europe and the European Union (EU). The publication merrily took a swipe at Mario Draghi, president of
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World Economic Forum: All Eyes on European Central Bank
Davos – Clearly enjoying her role as the real moneybags of the World Economic Forum (WEF), German Chancellor Angela Merkel – small in stature but as ever a commanding presence – lashed out at Russia yesterday for its “flagrant violation”
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World Economic Forum: Less Is More and Other Wisdom from Davos
Less is more, and you better get used to it. That is the message US real estate tycoon Jeff Greene brought to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. One of the hundred or so billionaires to attend the
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World Economic Forum Opens in Davos: Sharing and Caring
Davos – Over 2,600 of the world’s most notable people have ascended to Europe’s highest mountain town for a series of meetings that aim to address “key issues of global importance.” Nestled at 1,560m above sea level in a picture-perfect
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Nordea’s Sasja Beslik on Davos 2015: Rising Inequality Unsustainable, Inclusiveness Answer
Davos – A participant of earlier World Economic Forum (WEF) meetings in Davos, Sasja Beslik, head of Responsible Investment and Governance at Nordea Investment Funds, applauds the attention awarded to rising income and wealth inequality at this year’s get-together in
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