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Global Macro Events Challenging Prices

Financial PlanningBy ArthaYantra November 25, 2013 Leave a comment

Early October was a period when most commodities prices fell on account of swelling inventories due to US partial government shutdown. US being world’s largest consumer of crude oil, any economic concerns of the country have a dominos effect on Crude Oil prices around the globe. Towards mid- October US’s debt ceiling issue was resolved…

Macroeconomic – US Debt Casting Shadow on Global Economy

Financial PlanningBy ArthaYantra November 24, 2013 Leave a comment

Macroeconomic news in October was predominated by US debt ceiling impasse which resulted in partial shutdown of the government services. The US shutdown which started in the first week of October lasted for sixteen days calibrating to an economic loss that will potentially reduce the GDP forecast for next quarter. Several hundreds and thousands of…

Developed Markets over Emerging Markets

EconomyBy ArthaYantra October 17, 2013 Leave a comment

During the third quarter of the year, the developed economies showed signs of improvement which in turn weighed heavily on the developing economies. The US economy started the quarter on a positive note by posting an increase of 2.5% in GDP during the quarter ending in June. The data supporting the expansion of manufacturing activity…

Capital Flow Towards Developed Markets

InvestingBy ArthaYantra October 17, 2013 Leave a comment

September 2013, marked the five year anniversary of the recession which started in September of 2008. The developed markets made a significant progress starting 2013. Despite some volatility, US markets continued their good show during the third quarter as well. The quarter, however, the market movements were dominated by the speculation around Fed’s tapering of…

Understand the Economics Behind Gold Price

Financial PlanningBy ArthaYantra May 2, 2013 Leave a comment

Gold was the most sought after investment in the past decade. During this time, gold added to its reputation as the safe haven during the global economic crisis. But off late gold prices have experienced significant corrections. Here are the factors which made gold prices record new highs in the last decade and the factors…

Is this the end of Austerity Era in Euro Zone?

EconomyBy ArthaYantra May 1, 2013 Leave a comment

With a strong performance in the first quarter, US economy was expected to set the positive tone for world economic recovery this spring. All the hype and hope of complete and fast recovery fizzled out a bit in the month of April. Following the trend of recent years, the strong start for the year was…