Highlights of the week of July 25, 2016.

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of July 25, 2016: Diageo reported full-year financial results on Thursday, July 28, 2016. USA Q2-2016 GDP[…]

Why Investing Royal Dutch Shell can be so Lucrative

  Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog article, we want to discuss with you why investing in Royal Dutch Shell can be so lucrative. INTRODUCTION: Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDSA.AS or RDSA.L or NYSE: RDS.A), commonly known as Shell, is an Anglo-Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the[…]

Highlight of the Week of October 12, 2015

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of October 12, 2015: Anheuser-Bush Inbev agrees to buy SabMiller for 68 billion British Pound Walmart warns that strong US-Dollar[…]

Highlights in the week of September 7, 2015.

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of September 7, 2015: Brazil downgraded to Junk rating by Standard & Poor’s. Huge outflow of gold held for[…]

Commodity Prices at Lowest level Since 1999.

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog edition, we want to elaborate on the current commodities bear market that brought the Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM.IND) on Monday August 24th, to its lowest level since August 1999, as can be seen from below chart. On Monday August 24, the Bloomberg Commodity Index of 22[…]

DOW Jones Index lost more than 1000 points in 4 Days

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend blog edition, we want to elaborate on the biggest sell-off on Wall Street since November 2011. DOW-JONES INDEX: The USA blue chip Index, the DOW-Jones Industrial, declined from 17,545.18 points on the close of Monday August 17, to close at 16,459.75 points on Friday, August 21st, a decline of 1,085.43 points[…]

HighLights in the Week of July 20, 2015

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of July 20, 2015: Bad start of earnings season Q2-2015 DOW Jones Down YTD Gold falls below US$ 1,100.00[…]

Highlights in the week of May, 11, 2015

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of May 11, 2015: USA April retail sales flat. Adecoagro S.A., Q1-2015, financial results. USA APRIL RETAIL SALES DISAPPOINTS:[…]

Highlights in the week of May 4, 2015

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of May 4, 2015: China overtook USA as world biggest Economy. Q1-2015 earnings report of Archer Daniels Midland Company[…]

Highlights of the Week of April 13, 2015.

Dear PGM Capital Blog readers, In this weekend’s blog edition we want to discuss some of the most important events that happened in the global capital markets, the world economy and the world of money in the week of April 13, 2015: On Wednesday, the US-Treasury Department said that Japan overtook China in February as the top[…]