Dear PGM Capital Blog reader, In this weekend’s blog article, we want to discuss the consequences of the current trend of near zero to negative interest rates in the developed economies. THE FED CUT INTEREST RATES FOR THE THIRD TIME IN 2019 On Wednesday, October 30, the USA Central Bank, “The FED” for the third time[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog reader,In this weekend blog article, we want to elaborate on how geopolitics can affect your investments. INTRODUCTION: Political risk is a type of risk faced by investors, corporations, and governments that political decisions, events, or conditions will significantly impact investment returns; whether it’s trade wars, actual wars, populist politicians or terrorist attacks. Geopolitical risk can refer to a[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog reader,Today is September 30th, and the month of September is almost over and most of you have seen a lot of volatility in your portfolio this month. Due to this in today’s blog article, we’ll elaborate the September effect for the capital markets. INTRODUCTION The Stock Market: Stock market investors hate[…]
Dear PGM Capital Blog reader, In this weekend’s blog article, we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy, and the world of money, in the week of September 15, 2019, as follows: Oil prices soared to the highest level in a decade after attack[…]
Dear PGM Capital blog readers, On Wednesday, September 11, U.S.A President Donald Trump called the Federal Reserve to push interest rates down into negative territory. Thursday, September 12, the ECB cut interest rates further into negative territory, by cutting its deposit rate from minus 0.4 percent to a new record low of minus 0.5 percent[…]
Dear PGM Capital blog readers, In this weekend’s blog article, we want to take the opportunity to discuss with you, the H1-2019 financial results of the following three big Chinese Oil Companies; PetroChina, Sinopec and CNOOC, as reported in the last week of August. PETROCHINA: PetroChina Company Limited (HKE:00857) is the listed arm of state-owned China[…]