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An aging population is likely to keep global economic growth muted in the years to come. This is primarily because the dynamics of the population are rapidly changing.

Fund flows in European equities (EFA) have expanded at a slower pace since 2011. Overall, they’ve grown at an average of 10% over the past three years.

The dollar index (UUP) rallied about 22% between October 2014 to July 2016.

In his recent webcast by Janus Capital, Bill Gross expressed his surprise at the extent to which central bankers of the developed world (EFA) (VEA) have distorted the financial system.

Nokia’s French R&D unit, where the company is required to have hired a total of 2,500 employees before the end of 2018, is expected to be spared the layoff.

Investment research firm Zenith estimates that worldwide spending on online video ads rose 23.0% to $27.2 billion in 2017.

Extreme climate change events hamper productivity, thus affecting industries such as agriculture, fishing, energy, trade, transportation, and tourism.

The International Monetary Fund defines REER as an average of the bilateral real exchange rates between a country and its trading partners, weighted by their respective trade shares.

Various central banks in developed nations (EFA) have lowered their key interest rates close to the zero level to revive their economies.

GoPro believes it can grow sales in developing economies such as India and China by focusing on online sales.

With commodity prices recovering and major developed markets (EFA) (VEA) caught in the lull, Latin America should see sunnier days ahead.

At its monetary policy meeting held on October 31, the Bank of Japan (or BOJ) announced new stimulus measures. The measures come in addition to those it announced earlier.

If major Eurozone economic indicators improve in the coming months, we could expect those economies to regain some strength.

“The next downturn may be a difficult one for central banks to reverse,” warned Ray Dalio, CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund.

Stanley Druckenmiller also sold his position in the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM).

Coach’s gross margin expanded to 71.6% in 3Q15 from 71.1% in 3Q14. Coach reduced the frequency of its in-store and online promotions, which should boost its margins.

Economic indicators Key economic indicators investors should watch for this week are: US (SPY) services PMI data UK (EWU) services PMI data Eurozone (IEV) (VGK) services PMI data German (EWG) services PMI data Spanish services PMI data French (EWQ) services PMI data Japanese services PMI data US ADP employment data US non-farm payroll data Wrapping up […]

The US (SPY) accounts for the greatest portion of Facebook’s revenues with more than 49% of overall revenue in the latest quarter coming from the US and Canada.

Climate-related policies and a transition to a low-carbon economy require capital, and most countries are already burdened with high debt.

Diversification is important because a diversified portfolio has higher risk-adjusted returns than a portfolio exposed to only one security.

In 2016, Puerto Rico defaulted on constitutionally guaranteed GO (general obligation) bonds. On May 3, 2017, Puerto Rico filed for Title III bankruptcy.

Global climate leaders have set a $1 trillion target for green finance by 2020, which would require a tenfold increase in global green bonds issuance.

In this series, we’ll analyze the manufacturing and services activity of China, India, and Brazil (EEM) in December 2017.

The generic drugs industry is likely to sustain robust growth in the coming years, and demographics are a key piece of the puzzle! In fact, demographics are shaping generic drug growth in a huge way.

NIKE is in the midst of transforming the Western Europe market. It’s looking to improve profitability by increasing the premium on its brand.

Nokia agreed to acquire Alcatel-Lucent in an all-share transaction that values the deal at $16.6 billion. The merger will help reduce operating expenses.

The voting result of the Scottish Referendum, due September 18, will have a direct bearing on Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the 28-member European Union as a whole.

Carl Icahn is one of the first activist investors to voice his opinion against share buybacks. He believes that companies are increasingly putting money into buybacks instead of using them for much-needed capital improvements.

While developed markets have been caught in a lull, we’ve seen emerging markets grab the spotlight. Emerging markets have been leading stock market returns so far in 2016.

In practice, asset owners (both retail and institutional) want to avoid significant portfolio drawdowns even if the benchmark index declines.

Netflix plans to invest around $1 billion on original and co-produced content in Europe.

Nokia (NOK) has a dividend yield of 4.4%, indicating an annualized payout of $0.24 per share and a dividend payout ratio of 61.2%.

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM), which tracks the performance of emerging markets, rose 37.3% in 2017.

Monetary value of a user Social media companies Twitter (TWTR), Facebook (FB), and Snap (SNAP) show how much money they make off each of their user accounts as average revenue per user, or ARPU. ARPU is a measure of monetary value a user brings to a platform. Whereas Facebook and Snap released their ARPU for 2Q17, […]

According to the IMF (International Monetary Fund), a moderate progressive tax system may not negatively impact economic growth in developed economies (SPY) (EZU).

Last year, more than 4,000 ransomware attacks happened on a daily basis in the EU (EFA).

According to the report provided by the World Bank in June 2017, global (ACWI) growth is expected to strengthen to 2.7% in 2017.

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM), which tracks the performance of emerging markets, rose nearly 27.3% on a year-to-date basis as of September 7, 2017.

According to MarketsandMarkets, the global SWG market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 20.5% to $5.6 billion by 2020, up from $2.2 billion in 2015.

The correlation between US and international markets varies depending on market cycles.

Trump has planned a reduction in the current tax structure, and both immigration and taxation impact the IT sector—especially software sector.

Gold has fallen below $1,300 per ounce and broken below the longer-term trend line that had been established this year.

Fiscal policy has turned more expansionary, with stress on fiscal spending and monetary easing, thereby flooding the financial markets worldwide with huge liquidity.

The International Monetary Fund (or IMF) warned that there are three major risks to the global financial system in its latest report on global financial stability.

In this series, we’ll compare yields across various developed markets (EFA) (VEA). We’ll also look at how a steepening yield curve affects the financial sector (XLF).

Lower oil prices and unemployment rates globally could support the restaurant industry.

Some say investors should step step away from domestic markets to benefit from international diversification. The world has changed, and global financial markets are more interconnected.

During its last earnings call, GoPro (GPRO) announced that it had delayed the launch of Karma, its much-awaited drone.

On Friday, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) shares fell 7.6% on news of the United Kingdom deciding to leave the European (FEP)(EFA) Union—the Brexit.

Earlier in 2016, Cisco completed the acquisition of European video conferencing startup Acano for $700 million in cash.