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UK House Price Growth Rate in July Breaks A 11 Year Record
August 03, 2020 11:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The nationwide house price index rose by 1.7 per cent in July, which is the highest monthly leap in prices since August of 2009 when the market was recovering from the financial crisis Bank of England had also reported that the mortgage...

As Canada Props Economy, Loonie Gathers Fragile Strength
August 03, 2020 11:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The Canadian dollar touched a three-year low against the US dollar in March as the pandemic decimated markets The currency is gently gaining grounds, with loonie trading at 0.74x times the US dollar by end of second quarter Canada&rsqu...

Are We in a Messed-up state in the Fight Against COVID-19?
August 02, 2020 12:10 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary COVID-19 has emerged as the most challenging thing for the world that has taken severe charge over global economics as well as society. Major economies have felt severe repercussions due to the pandemic with the US GDP tumbling by 32.9%...

How the struggling US economy is affecting geographies worldwide
August 02, 2020 12:00 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The US reported 32.9% dip in its Gross Domestic Product in the second quarter of 2020, signalling a historic plunge in the economic activity. US economic worries in the face of COVID-19 crisis seem to be further accentuated by tra...

US Economy Charter and Dow Jones: Economy shrivels while stocks are under spotlight
August 01, 2020 01:37 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary On 30 July, both Dow Jones and S&P 500 indices fell 0.85% and 0.38%, respectively, prompted by worst fall of 32.9% in the US GDP numbers in Q2 period, highlighted by Bureau of Economic Analysis. Sharp plunge in consumer spending was...

China and Taiwan- The Emerging Catalyst In the Global LNG Demand Growth Curve
July 31, 2020 09:12 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The global LNG trades are moving at rabbit’s pace, with total trades reaching 348 million tonnes in 2019, leading to a supply rush, which is now dependable on China and Taiwan imports and energy policies. Both China and Taiwan are...

Apple Announces 4 for 1 Stock Split, Posts Record Quarter Despite Pandemic Disruptions
July 31, 2020 09:02 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Apple has once again delivered a beat on street estimates, and this time by quite a surprise with 18% earnings growth. iPhone revenues also increased marginally, while other products and services helped it to deliver record June quarter....

Cash Economy to Online Transactions: India Takes Big Leap, Eyes Global Market
July 29, 2020 03:40 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Indian economy is undergoing a transformational phase, and younger generation is contributing the most. Young people are calling for institutional reforms to update the social and political systems for better opportunities in the future...

Silver Catches up With Gold and How!
July 29, 2020 02:42 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Silver has been under an impeccable and unabated rally with spot prices reaching to a seven-year high of USD 26.201 per ounce on 28 July 2020. The rally in silver is not lagging behind gold, which in the status quo, has emerged as a sta...

COVID-19 Pandemic: Mainland China Reports Highest Single Day Spike Since April
July 29, 2020 02:17 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Mainland China has been witnessing a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, and on 28 July 2020, the country saw its highest number of daily cases since mid of April. As per the country’s National Health Commission, there have been 84,060 ...

Londoners Spent the Least During the Lockdown
July 28, 2020 11:02 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Affluent sections of the British society have spent a lot less during the lockdown than the low- and medium-income groups London and South East England witnessed the least amount of household expenditures during the lockdown period than...

How has ‘Learn From Home’ Impacted Universities
July 28, 2020 10:40 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaKids work hard throughout their school life to get into the college and university of their choice. It is a ‘dream come true’ situation for many and exciting time in everyone’s life. They get to go somewhere, meet new people, all ...

Up ~484% in a year, More Boost for Moderna with Late-stage Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine
July 28, 2020 07:25 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Clinical-stage biotechnology company Moderna commenced Phase 3 COVE study for its COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273. Moderna stock has delivered an exceptional return of approximately 484% in the last one year and an outstanding return of ~25...

Chip Titan- Intel Faltered and Tripped Wall Street on Friday
July 28, 2020 02:20 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Intel Corporation, which regained its position in 2019 as market leader, is a semiconductor vendor, going through a crisis that may rip it off from its position of being technologically the best in the world, causing a deep cut on its re...

Chinese Arrest Escalates the US-China Tensions, TikTok Ban Also on the Cards
July 28, 2020 01:29 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Chinese UC Davis researcher was arrested on visa fraud in the US. The US also plans on banning one of the popular video-sharing social networking platform TikTok. ByteDance claims that the TikTok does not store data in China, but the C...

Russia's Battle against COVID-19 - How is the Country Faring on the Vaccine Front?
July 27, 2020 08:06 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO), there have been over 15.78 confirmed COVID-19 cases across the globe, including 640,016 deaths (as of 2:34 PM CEST on 26 July 2020). Russia has the fourth-most COVID-19 cases in the world, with 812...

Energy Stocks’ Recovery From Pandemic Is Going To Be A Long Affair
July 27, 2020 12:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaGrowth in Canada’s energy sector has stalled since the pandemic unleashed terror on the markets. The third largest sector on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), the country’s key bourse, touched historic lows in more than two decades in March...

Which Parameters Should Be Looked at While Selecting Stocks?
July 26, 2020 12:15 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Investing could be quite complex for new investors, and they shall emphasise on basic fundamental investment approaches while starting investments, especially when they have a lot of options. Selecting stocks for your portfolio will req...

5 Ways to Diversify Your Investment Portfolio
July 26, 2020 12:10 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Investors choose to diversify their respective investment portfolios primarily to mitigate the risk associated with some class of assets. It is very important to hedge investment to decrease the exposure to uncertainties and market vola...

Canada’s inflation leaves negative territory, increases 0.7 percent in June
July 25, 2020 04:20 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaCanada’s benchmark inflation measure, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), grew 0.7 percent year-over-year in June, marking its return to positive territory. The inflation had turned negative in April following the enforcement of strict containmen...
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