Latest figures of the US economy, tumbling equity prices, and the present bias in major economies towards continuing and expanding easing has led investors around the world to start to question whether the US...
February came in with large uncertainty as to what direction the global markets are heading in. While investors eagerly hoped that the period of falling (often to sub-zero levels) government bond yields are over,...
According to Ministry of Commerce of the Peoples Republic of China, last year, actual foreign direct investment surged by 7.9%. The report on the last half of 2015 is still not available for unknown...
Now that Iowa caucuses are over and Americans have fewer candidates to choose from, it is highly important to understand what these candidates can offer for the economy and how their solutions for the...
Welcome to our new section How It Works! It will be devoted to exploring both financial and economic concepts, usual and having huge impact on our everyday economic behaviour, business relations and financial system,...
Every year the world’s elite, or “global leaders” as they are called in the official documents, convenes in a small Swiss resort of Davos for The World Economic Forum (WEF), with a noble purpose...
Stock markets all over the world have been falling dramatically since the very end of 2015. The world’s FTSE index dropped by approximately 9% in the first weeks of 2016 while the US S&P...
Approximately a week ago the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, was wrapped up. Some of the matters touched upon were oil prices, Iran’s sanctions lift-off, clean energy, and The Fourth Industrial...
In January of 2016, while markets were spiralled in a series of dramatic sell-off and extremely high volatility, the world’s economic elite gathered in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum. Despite all the...
It was just over a month ago that the Fed convened for their long-awaited December meeting to announce the first interest rate hike in over seven years, marking the end of the ultra-low interest...
Investment Game is a real-time stock market simulation which allows players to manage a portfolio worth 100,000 EUR by making virtual investments on stock exchanges.
IFund invites students to participate in an investment contest SSE Riga Finance Challenge 2017 that gives them an opportunity to apply the knowledge in Economics and Finance as well as win a cash prize from total prize pool of 1800€.