Bonds are traditionally more stable and less volatile than equity as instruments to safekeep one’s money. But, bonds, by its conceptualization and construction, are illiquid assets. Such illiquidity provides a gap which can be exploited by manipulators and speculators in the bond market....

China’s entry to the World Trade Organisation in 2001 coincided with a period in world’s economic history where substantial increase in trade and container traffic, especially those associated with trade in semi-finished products and raw materials, was observed. This expansion coincided with...

Despite the popularity of online news available through social media, newspapers remain as an important source of validated information for citizens in various strata of society. This is particularly true for low-income citizens and those with less skill who are not plugged into the Internet...

Central banks fine-tune a currency price frequently based on a set of criteria, most of which revolves around currency stability. However, some of the criteria may be to boost exports by engineering an artificial low price for a currency, that is below market expectations. Such criteria may be...