The 13th five-year plan: an overview

 “Every five years in China, man They make a new development plan The time has come for number 13 The “十三五” (shisanwu), That’s what it means” This is the refrain of a propaganda video song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m91zBt94Ll0).   It’s weird I can assure you, and it is intended for English speakers, in order to explain how a […]

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The Banking Sector: Mean Reverting or Momentum?

The banking sector has been one of the most discussed among regulators, journalists and practitioners across the globe in the last 10 years. This article aims to analyse a dual simple systematic trading strategies for both USA and EU (EMU area) banking sector. We select the following 10 banks for the European market: Unicredit, Intesa […]

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It’s all about the tie

  A couple of years ago, investors would have paid a fortune to possess a crystal ball and use it to forecast ECB’s decisions. Today, all they need is Mario Draghi’s tie. In fact, some people seem to play a weird game – by the name of “tie guesses” – that consists in guessing the colour of […]

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A New start for Eni: the 2016-2019 strategic plan

On Friday 19/03, Eni S.p.A., the Italian Oil &Gas largest company by market value, announced in London its new 2016-2019 strategic plan whose main declared aim is to adjust the company business model in order to offset the impact of the dramatic plunge in oil prices. Indeed, the whole Oil & Gas industry has been suffering significantly […]

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