Who can doubt that we live in interesting times? Was not the press conference of US President Donald Trump, when he confessed to the whole world that he trusted Vladimir Putin more than his own intelligence services, interesting? The US intelligence services insist that they have convincing evidence of the involvement of the Russian government in interfering in the presidential election in 2016....

The global volume of investment in the energy sector in 2017 amounted to $ 1.8 trillion, or 1.9% of global GDP. This amount is 2% less than a year ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimated. Of the total investment, $ 750 billion was spent in the power industry (minus 6% compared to 2016). Of these, investments in the electrical grid amounted to $ 303 billion (plus 1%), investments in...

Excess of sugar in the market in 2018 will lead to world reserves reaching a record level amid a slowdown in demand and an upsurge in production, ZeroHedge writes. Having reached a high of 15.37 per pound on the third day of January, the price of sugar futures, which are traded on the Intercontinental Exchange, was on the way to a decline. Sugar was trapped in a long-term "bearish" market,...

Chinese stocks may rise by 20% over the next three years, even if conflicts with the US continue, said Wong Kok Hoi, founder of the Singapore-based APS Asset Management Pte. If the tension between the US and China in the trade and technology sector weakens, the profit can reach up to 50%, notes Wong Kok Hoi. This, he said, is comparable to the CSI300 index, which lost about 14% this year....

It seems that OPEC missed possible emergence of a competitor. On the other hand, the organization certainly could not prevent formation of an organization of oil buyers in any case. Relations between India and China are not at their best point as the two countries are fighting for leadership in Asia. Beijing and Delhi cannot solve the territorial disputes that once led to the war, but all this...

This year, ship owners are going to ship $ 1 billion worth of tankers for scrap. First of all, we are talking about VLCC, large-capacity tankers of the 3rd class with a capacity from 160 to 320 thousand tons. The tankers are dismantled for scrap metal at shipyards. Most of them are located in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The Hindustan peninsula accounts for almost 80% of this relatively new...

Thomson Reuters assessed dynamics in the capital markets in the first half of this year. The world market of primary placements increased by 22% against the previous year and amounted to $ 98.6 billion, which is the maximum since 2015. According to Thomson Reuters, in the first half of the year the total volume of initial public offerings around the world totaled $ 98.6 billion. This is 22% more...

The energy companies of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf have become less active in entering the debt markets in 2018, as the surge in oil prices limited the need for financing current operations and planned projects. This is reported by Bloomberg. Producers of oil and gas, operators of pipelines and refineries in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Quatar, Bahrain borrowed...

Fintech projects from Latin America are breaking records in terms of attracting investments. For instance, Brazilian payment service PagSeguro held the second largest IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in 2018, collecting $ 2.3 billion. The financial technology sector is growing all over the world, but Latin America will become the most powerful driver for its development in the coming years. New...