In May, the bellwether investment bank Goldman Sachs decided to slash its exposure to Emerging Markets. Rising trade tensions between the US and China were blamed for the move. “We have scaled back overweight exposure to EM (emerging market) currencies...
With Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk due to retire as the President of the European Commission and President of the European Council respectively, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed his intention of ‘resetting’ relations with Brussels. Tensions between...
Former US President Ronald Reagan referred to African UN delegates as “monkeys” while on a phone call to President Richard Nixon in 1971, it was revealed last month. A year before, President Donald Trump had referred to African nations as...
Chinese markets are continuing to trend downward as conflicting reports emerged last week over the possibility of the American and Chinese negotiators resuming trade discussions. Last week in particular was rather eventful in regards to the trade dispute for a...
In August, a Wall Street Journal news article sparked mixed reactions. According to the piece, US President Donald Trump was seriously considering buying Greenland from Denmark. The news initially caused some laughter among actual and former Danish politicians – perhaps...
While Donald Trump’s candidacy as the Republican 2020 nominee had been a foregone conclusion, internal challengers have emerged. Even though the odds are stacked against them, the damage candidates could cause to Trump’s presidential campaign cannot be overstated. After all,...
Boris Johnson’s Brexit drama has become a tale of two Donalds. On one side is a man much like himself – loud, brazen and unpredictable. On the other, quite a different character – ponderous, deliberate and concise. The former, Donald...
With the 2020 US presidential election looming, the Republicans should be concentrating on winning. Considering that none of the Democrat candidates have emerged as a clear favourite to win their party’s nomination next year so far, and with GDP growing...
In early August, when President Donald Trump announced his interest in purchasing Greenland, Americans were left on a reactionary spectrum. The purchase of a tiny Arctic country with a population of 56,000 left Americans laughing uproariously, scratching their heads in...
A joint operation of Gibraltar authorities and British Royal Marines took place on July 4, offshore Gibraltar, leading to the detention of the Iranian Tanker Grace 1. This action came as a response to the suspicions that the ship’s crude...
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