Lilium and Tulipa are of a family of plants known as Lilliodeae. They are predominantly bulbous herbaceous flowering plants found in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Typical to their genus these plants produce fragrant flowers in different colours which… Read More ›
Finance
The Fed’s QE Taper: For Emerging & Developing Markets, Forewarned Is Forearmed.
The US housing market in the run up to 2007 was booming but a large part of the booming mortgage market was based on what has come to be known as Sub-prime mortgages whose popularity increased markedly through securitisation in… Read More ›
Gold Or Bitcoin – It’s a matter of Trust.
As far back as 221BC during the reign of the first Chinese emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, the Chinese were using coins but they were not the originators of coins as historical references to a standardized and certified system of coinage is… Read More ›
African eurobonds – An enchanted path to prosperity?
Two decades ago, African indebtedness was a major issue internationally and in 1996 a World Bank initiative extended to Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) saw a slew of debts accumulated by corrupt and incompetent regimes written off to contribute the… Read More ›