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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.....

Ruling Amid Crisis: 4 Companies Stealing the Show As COVID-19 Uncertainty Prevails
July 25, 2020 08:52 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaIn his recent media briefing, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that- As the business world witnesses changes never fathomed before, the first thought every business enthusiast would be waking up to these days (besides hopin.....

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.....

Your Complete Guide: Companies Hitting the COVID-19 Vaccine Charter (Part 3)
July 25, 2020 01:52 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaCOVID-19 pandemic has infected more than 15.29 million people across the globe since the outbreak, with over 628k reported deaths (as on 24 July 2020 according to the WHO). There is no vaccine available yet to protect against the deadly novel coron.....

Coronavirus Pandemic could hit Women the hardest
July 24, 2020 11:09 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe COVID-19 pandemic has created an environment where large swathes of population are confronting threats to their physical and financial wellbeing, which if left unchecked could accelerate the gender divides. The pandemic and the induced measures.....

Shedding light on another World within sight - Virtual Reality
July 24, 2020 11:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Virtual Reality (VR) represents a technology by which computer-aided stimuli creates an immersive illusion of being elsewhere both mentally and physically, ensuring a memorable experience. Virtual space training is no lon.....

Trump Goes COVID-19 Vaccine Shopping, Pumps ~US$2 Billion in Pfizer/BioNTech candidate
July 23, 2020 05:55 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Trump Administration secures 100 million doses of Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine for US$1.95 billion to meet the Operation Warp Speed (OWS) program’s goal of delivering 300 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. In May 20.....

Step Forward: Oxford/AstraZeneca’s AZD1222 Shows Promising Results in Early Human Trials
July 21, 2020 09:58 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Currently, more than 160 vaccines are under different stages of development (clinical and preclinical). With several ongoing studies around the world, people are eagerly waiting for some good news as the pandemic continues to wreak havo.....

Coinsquare In Soup Over Wash Trade Allegations, Watchdog launches investigation
July 21, 2020 04:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Ontario Securities Commission has launched investigation against Canadian crypto trading platform Coinsquare, its founder Virgile Rostand, CEO Cole Diamond and Chief Compliance Officer Felix Mazer The crypto trading platform allegedly m.....

Retail industry faces ‘COVID-19 hangover’ as consumers spend with caution
July 21, 2020 04:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The pandemic has left major impact on Canada’s struggling retail industry Consumer behavior has changed forever, and rules of retail are being rewritten by the new normal After historic declines in March and April, May retail fig.....

Your Complete Guide: Companies Hitting the COVID-19 Vaccine Charter (Part 2)
July 21, 2020 03:59 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Governments from several countries are taking initiatives to accelerate vaccine development for COVID-19 and ensuring fair distribution once a vaccine is approved. The COVAX facility is a global collaboration to fast-track the developme.....

Japanese Exports face the Steepest Plunge as Economy sinks into Recession
July 21, 2020 02:29 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Japan’s economy slipped into recession in May, with a contraction in GDP by 3.4% annually in Q1 2020, followed by a 7.3% plunge in the previous quarter. Exports plunged 26.2% in June from a year ago as overseas demand for cars, an.....

Double-dip Recession: A possibility in the US?
July 20, 2020 08:28 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The resurgence of COVID-19 cases in some nations worldwide along with the US has sparked fears and risk of another global economic downturn. The rapid acceleration of coronavirus cases in the US is threatening the economic recovery of t.....

Airbnb Back to Square One?
July 20, 2020 07:52 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe travel industry will not be the same again, says Airbnb CEO, Brian Chesky. The boss of Airbnb - a vacation rental online marketplace company, admitted losing almost everything of what it took them 12 years to build. The worldwide outburst of n.....

How has Social Media changed the outlook for some Digital Stocks?
July 20, 2020 03:34 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Social media has emerged as an influential medium to aid the efforts made by individuals and entities to expand their businesses. Quantifiable user data generated via social media platform are further tracked, segmented, and analysed at.....

Morgan Stanley Delivers Record Results in Q2, Net Income Up 45%
July 19, 2020 01:10 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Morgan Stanley recorded $13.4 billion in net revenues in 2Q 2020 with a net income of $3.2 billion. Its RoE was 15.7% and ROTCE was 17.8%. Strong market activity and performance of the Institutional Securities business helped the firm to.....

Bear Market Brain Game-Do Markets Affect Your Brain While Jolting Your Pockets?
July 18, 2020 03:27 AM AEST| By Hina ChowdharyThe great Charlie Munger believes that many with high IQs are dreadful investors as they demonstrate terrible temperaments. One needs to keep irrational, raw emotion well under control to thrive in a stock market. The dynamic stock market goes th.....
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