Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised that he would be leaving the EU by October 31st, however, they were just granted a 3 month delay for the U.K. to depart from…
Libra: the disruption of the global transaction payments system
What is the Libra? The Libra was created in hopes of making a substantial impact in the emerging cryptocurrency market. The Libra, however, is slightly different than the traditional cryptocurrency…
Copper monthly outlook
Within Ekuota monthly outlook, we discuss the current trends of the copper prices and our forecasts based on the eKuota quantitative methodologies. The objective is to provide a vision of…
Euro/USD monthly outlook
Within this Monthly Outlook, we discuss the current trends of the fx market and our forecasts based on the eKuota quantitative methodologies. The objective is to provide a vision of…
2018: what was the Euro performance compared to other currencies?
During 2018, the Euro strengthened against all major currencies excluding the Japanese Yen, the US Dollar, the Mexican Peso and the Swiss Franc. The chart below shows the percentage variation…
Brexit: Euro-GPB outlook
UK Parliament will be voting on December 11 to decide whether or not to ratify the deal that Prime Minister Theresa May brought back from Brussels. This plan has been…
Global growth is slowing, why?
In the third quarter of 2018, the global economy has encountered some challenges to steady growth, with large economies like Germany and Japan shrinking while China’s momentum is vanishing. Europe’s…
Metals Performance
The price of Palladium in 2017 increased by 56,2% exceeding the threshold of $1,099. This increase occurred due to factors such as the weakness of the dollar (which favors demand)…
Euro’s 2017 performance
During 2017, the Euro appreciated against the major currencies, with the only exception of the Czech Koruna. Indeed, the Czech currency appreciated by 5.9% against its European counterpart (percentage variation…
Exports to China: the importance of managing forex prices
Fixing prices in Yuan is an important challenge for a firm willing to offer its products in the Chinese market. Let us consider a wine producer: how to face the…
Where are the best export opportunities for the “Made in Italy”?
The world that awaits us Economically, 2016 was a disappointing year. So far, 2017 has been better but still characterized by far-reaching uncertainty. We have experienced slow growth across the…
How to avoid currency losses
Currencies are prices. Prices determined by the international financial markets as is the case for other securities: shares, bonds, etc. As with any other financial decisions, before buying or selling,…
Managing Risk from Currency Fluctuations
Every firm, whether international or regional, is competing on a global scale in a rapidly changing marketplace. This means that all companies must pay attention to policy changes and current…
Brexit, Trump & economic future scenario
World growth remains low. The latest estimate from the International Monetary Fund shows growth for 2016 of 3.1%, less than was estimated in April. The reasons for the decrease of growth…
What’s the impact of Brexit for doing businesses with UK?
The main consequence of Brexit concerns the pound. According to a well-known financial analyst, the pound could fall up to 20%. To date (early July 2016), the Pound lost 10,2% versus…
Yuan: the effects on import & export
Last August, the Chinese currency (Renminbi or Yuan), experienced a major devaluation. The Central Bank of China removed the limits to currency price fluctuations and cut interest rates. A big…
Weak Euro: are you ready?
In Today’s financial environment money knows no boundary. Digital currencies such as “bitcoin” have been accepted by large institutional investors and emerging currencies as the Yuan is replacing the US Dollar…
Is the Russia’ crisis an opportunity?
The changes in the world economy have dramatic implications for business. Recent Russia’s sharp slowdown and the ruble depreciation has led the German automaker Volkswagen to announce a downsize of…
Understanding exchange rate
Doing business throughout the world is not the same from one country to another. Trading in different languages, culture and time zone complicates the activities. One of the key factors of global business is the…
Forecasts & FX
We live in a world that is shaped by forecasts. In every field of human activity forecasts target the programme in the future. Weather forecast, traffic forecasts, predictions of life…
HEAVY EURO!
The currency war is a serious issue (read more here). Over the last year the currency world is drastically changed and it’s very dangerous if you don’t stay on the right…
Do you like Bitcoin?
Did you hear of Bitcoin? E-commerce accepts online payments via Bitcoin. What are we talking about? The “Bitcoin” is a virtual currency issued by a private decentralized network. The Bitcoin creator is the…
The currency war
Currency war: the depreciation is a zero-sum game
