The first half of 2020, marred by the Covid-19 pandemic, will go down in the history of the financial markets as one of the most uncertain and volatile eras where a decade’s worth of economic progress was undone in days, and the next decade’s destiny was written. It will be...
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Back in April I wrote about the challenges that the Eurozone and the European Union at large were facing. Economic catastrophe and another big debt crisis stood knocking on the door as Covid-19 was ravaging Southern European economies and threatening the solvency of countries like Italy and Spain. But this...
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With several high-profile mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions being cancelled or called into doubt as the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic comes biting, and with new deals plunging to levels not seen since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, investment banks are being forced to rethink their strategies. Since 2008,...
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There are hundreds, if not thousands, of companies vying in the commercial space race to get a slice of the $350 billion-dollar industry. Made up of several lucrative segments, like consumer broadband, Earth Observation services, and satellite launch and manufacturing, the space economy is expected to grow to over $1...
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The Coronavirus Crisis has hit Europe hard, and the continent didn’t exactly start from a strong position. France, Spain and Italy came into this crisis with near double-digit unemployment, large public debt and low economic growth. The latter two also have brewing political disasters with populist left-wing and right-wing coalitions...
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While free-falling asset prices and the overblown hysteria around coronavirus may seem crazy, it makes perfect sense. Markets have been overpriced and inflated for too long now, supported by easing actions from central banks. As the coronavirus crisis is battering the global economy, central bankers no longer have much arsenal...
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