The gradual slowdown of manufacturing behemoth China, the spike in the values of inflation-hedged assets such as gold, and central banks around the world adopting lax monetary policies were not enough to stoke the embers of fear within the global economy. Yet, a microbe, Covid-2019, more commonly r

China has historically closed its financial markets to foreign investors and businesses as it strove to support local Chinese businesses and bolster its local economy, yet a recent change in the Asian titan's temperament towards foreign capital and investments reflects a paradigm shift. China is gr

Currently markets along with other equity markets throughout much of the developed world have spent the past eight quarters absorbing the blows of political attacks, scandals and trade barriers and riding the undulating sentiment of investors. The current phase of the market began with the U.S forg

The 45th U.S President's first term has-without an iota of doubt-electrified the global political stage, emitting a shockwave of such unprecedented magnitude that global headlines are replete with the President's latest policy decisions and actions. As President Trump and his administration approac

For nearly two decades, Bangladesh has blindly put its faith into the hands of the RMG (ready-made garments) sector, and indeed this sector has been the cardinal impetus for the economic prosperity that the nation has enjoyed from the 1990s to current times. With the proliferation of the garment fa

The week before Christmas, the holiday smiles and laughs on the faces of investors were wiped off clean and replaced with an expression of financial perdition. All across the world, investment bankers, traders and hedge fund managers sat at their desks in dismay, their eyes fixated on lines which f

The bears seemed to have asphyxiated the bulls and blown them to oblivion during the first half of 2018; the bulls on Wall Street, returning from their opulent, regal New Year parties, complemented by endless bottles of Moët and Chandon and gifts consisting of Rolexes and Richard Milles, were

Bengali culture and conventions often brand the equity markets as a gamblers' paradise and the fool's alchemist-like approach to change and grow pennies into billions -- leaves all that in the dust. The general consensus in Bangladesh regarding the equity markets is based on skepticism and the lack