● The current rise in stock markets and the decline in prices for government bonds are caused by investor confidence that, that the rate of inflation will continue to rise. But the problem is, what theories, used by investors to forecast inflation, seemingly, does not work
● Chinese companies invest billions in electric vehicle batteries, trying to dislodge competitors from Japan and South Korea
● Analysts predict, that oil prices will continue to fluctuate around $55 per barrel at least until the end of spring. On the one hand, the OPEC cut oil production affects the market, and on the other - the growth of shale oil production in the USA
● IBM hopes to revolutionize, releasing soon quantum computers. The company is already working to enter into commercial agreements to provide customers with access to experimental quantum systems.
● Biotech companies seek to develop new cancer drugs. At the same time, many competitors are outstripped by Incyte, working in a former department store in Delaware
● In Tennessee on a chicken farm, affiliated with Tyson Foods, avian flu detected. To prevent an epidemic, it was necessary to destroy 73 500 birds
● Barron’s: Snap shares are overvalued in 34 Times
● Head of the Federal Reserve System Janet Yellen said, that the US regulator intends to start tightening monetary policy in the US, and the increase in interest rates may well be more aggressive, than previously calculated by the members of the Open Market Committee. FED in 2017 there may be three quarter percentage point increases in the year.
● As the analytical company informs “Shanghai DZH”, in the past 2016 year, investment in Chinese startups increased by 70 % and reached the winning amount in 236.4 billion yuan ($34.3 billion).
● In the United States, the number of retailers on the verge of collapse has increased in 3 times. Today, the share of retailers with a Caa / Ca credit rating reached the level of 13 Percent. These are the highest rates since the crisis. 2008 of the year.
