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Regional Banks Leading Global Panic
In the last 72 hours, the government took over two US regional banks. But within these two the biggest bank is Silicon Valley Bank which...
Sameer Kalra
Mar 13, 2023


Energy Giants Spoilt with Cash
Last year the largest five energy companies reports a combined profit of $200Bn. This excludes Middle Eastern companies that surpass...
Sameer Kalra
Feb 21, 2023


Annual Health Check of Banks - By Fed
As humans go are advised to go a regular health check to track any possible problems, especially in times of stress. In the same way,...
Sameer Kalra
Feb 20, 2023


The Inflation Showdown
Today is the most anticipated inflation release by the USA. This is because it will be the first release with a new method with only...
Sameer Kalra
Feb 14, 2023


Global Trade- Non-Dollar Journey Begins
Post breakout of the Russia- Ukraine conflict, a number of sanctions were applied by the West and allies on the Russian trade. This...
Sameer Kalra
Jan 23, 2023


Are US Banks Preparing For Worst?
Last week the “Big 4” banks in the USA announced the results for the December 2022 quarter. Most of the parameters were within the...
Sameer Kalra
Jan 17, 2023


US Inflation - Falling or Pausing ?
Last week US CPI came in line with the estimates of the market at 6.5%. In terms of headline contributors, the energy remained the...
Sameer Kalra
Jan 16, 2023


Global Foreign Reserves in Danger
The global foreign currency reserves fell to $11.6 trillion in September 2022. This is a 10% drop in the first nine months of last year...
Sameer Kalra
Jan 12, 2023


$18 Trillion to 0 - In Less Than 2 years
After two years of continuous decline, the total amount of negative yield bonds has turned to zero compared to the peak of $18 trillion....
Sameer Kalra
Jan 9, 2023


Financial Condition causing Fund Managers Nightmares?
As global interest rates rise due to inflation financial conditions get more difficult. These financial conditions for a fund manager are...
Sameer Kalra
Jan 5, 2023


Growth will be Lonely in 2023
In the past two years, the global economy was fully focused on growth as the lockdowns had unknown impacts. This was done by making sure...
Sameer Kalra
Dec 26, 2022


Derivatives - The Invisible Crisis
As of Q1 2022, the total notional amount of derivatives held by US banks is $200 trillion as reported by the Office of the Comptroller of...
Sameer Kalra
Dec 19, 2022


The King Dollar Faces An All Out Attack
As of today most of the transactions in the world need the US dollar as a common valuation mode. Meaning if India sells something to UAE...
Sameer Kalra
Dec 6, 2022


Energy Vs Tech - Clash of Titans
2022 has been a year of unusual, to say the least, whether in the real or financial world. The most unusual for the financial markets has...
Sameer Kalra
Nov 28, 2022


Coping Behaviour- Keeping the Economy Afloat
Most of us have been sent on a roller coaster and if you have been on one then before the steep fall part most of us shut our eyes and...
Sameer Kalra
Nov 22, 2022


Season Of Rises - Will it Last for long ?
In the past one and half months, world equity markets have risen by 12% from the bottom with US 10 Bond price rising by 15% this month....
Sameer Kalra
Nov 17, 2022


Inflation Spoiler - Long Term Contracts
The recent global inflation data is providing much-needed relief to investors, governments and most crucially to central banks. The...
Sameer Kalra
Nov 15, 2022


Inflation Reduction Rally
USA inflation data released on Thursday resulted in the largest rally in global equities after March 2020 post-lockdown rally. The data...
Sameer Kalra
Nov 14, 2022


Crypto Saviour - Needs Saving
In the past few quarters, there had been a continuous slide in the Cryptocurrency arena in terms of trust, transactions, value and the...
Sameer Kalra
Nov 10, 2022


Currency - The Financial "Nuclear" Weapon
Since April 2022 Dollar Index ( DXY ) has increased by 11.2% and in the last year, it has increased by 16%. This is one of the biggest...
Sameer Kalra
Oct 27, 2022
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