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The path to success of the Russian version of SWIFT will not be as simple as it seemed to be

It has been some time since the information that Turkey and China decided to access the Russian rouble-based alternative of the SWIFT communication system disseminated all around the world.

Coronavirus crisis fuels the growth in real estate prices. Why the rise is to be followed by fall

Restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic have had a negative impact on a number of sectors but, paradoxically, they are to the benefit of the growth in real estate prices. In the last financial crisis in 2008 after the fall of Lehman Brothers, the real estate market responded by a slump and lost more than 10% of its value globally.

Electric Vehicles: Getting Closer to the Break-even Point

Despite the COVID-19 crisis, electric vehicle sales break records, says the chief analyst of Alpho Milosh Pham. In Germany, their sales almost doubled from the first half of 2019 to the first half of 2020. The falling sales of regular petrol-powered cars of at least 20% are also important.

The Most Interesting Stock Market Investments

In the positive atmosphere at the beginning of the week, the President of the United States Donald Trump announced that his administration “seriously” considered a reduction of capital gains tax together with other measures aimed at easing the tax burden on Americans. The market confidence was enhanced by long-term massive monetary and fiscal incentives, and the growing hope of an effective vaccine against Covid-19, which followed the announcement made by Russia that its vaccine was approved for use outside of clinical trials.

Hospitality industry after Covid-19 expects long and slow recovery

The travel and tourism industry contributes 3 to 3,5 percent of the global GDP. If we also count related industries, the total contribution of tourism to the global GDP nears ten percent. The entire part of the global economy was hit hard with the coronavirus pandemics. As the economies were locked down, the revenue declined by more than 90 percent. Now the economies reopen, it may be estimated the hospitality industry would recover. According to the Alpho analysts, it will very likely take a long time.

Warner Music IPO “scored” despite corona crisis

Warner Music Recording Studio was set to list on stock markets last Wednesday and has represented the largest IPO of the year. Despite that, some companies are delaying their listings due to COVID-19 pandemic. The company has increased the volume of its offered shares from $70 million to $77 million.

Beyond Meat shares grow amid meat supply shortages

Shares of plant-based meat substitutes have been traded on stock exchange since last May, and similarly to most stocks traded on capital markets experienced significant decline in the middle of March. Yet, the company has grown in more than 100% since that. Why? Meat processing plants had to close down due to coronavirus pandemic, and, according to Alpho analysis, as shutdown caused meat shortages, fast-food chains began to substitute meat with plant-based options.

Have stocks reached the bottom or will they drop deeper?

Most experts agree that kickstarting the global economy after the current lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic could be crucial for a future progress. There are more factors, including a deep unemployment, which can cause problems and affect the global economy as well as global markets.

Gilead Sciences - a company with permission to fight coronavirus

Shares of biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences continue to climb despite market turbulence. Since the beginning of 2020, shares gained more than 14%. According to World Health Organization (WHO), Gilead Sciences became the first biopharmaceutical company, which could develop a drug treatment to fight COVID-19.

Behaviour change of Chinese consumers can significantly affect the global market

A slowdown in economic growth and progressive lowering of the estimates of International Monetary Fund (IMF) in individual countries yields in new ways for development along with gradual consumer behaviour change. Chinese economy is a great example where consumers are phasing out of the trends in recent years of spending most of their savings abroad.

Capital Markets Phenomenon of the Year Has Its Name: Covid-19

Global speculative capital have adapted its attention to a new phenomenon named "Covid-19". Current data proved dramatic intraday increase of infected people, increasing lethality and coronavirus outbreak throughout the world, including Japan, Philippines, USA, India, Great Britain, Italy or Germany. Value of pharmaceutical companies is growing, regardless whether they produce antiviral drugs or protective equipment only.

Oleh Shalenyk

Financial Analyst

Since the beginning of 2022, Oleh has worked as an operational analyst for Gulf Brokers, one of the world's leading brokers. Currently, Oleh is the chief analyst at Alpho, the dynamically expanding broker platform, particularly in Southern and Southeastern Asia and the Middle East. Oleh holds a master's degree in program engineering. In 2020, he began his career in the crypto trading industry, where he discovered enthusiasm for financial markets and developed his analytical skills.

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