Last week we saw a sell-off in the technology shares of large companies, a fall in the price of gold and a rise (fall) in yields (prices) on government bonds. However, the passage of the $1.9bn “Biden” fiscal package has made investors worried about the expected artificial inflationary pressures that will force central banks to …
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Selection of Shares: Technology Companies or Traditional Industries
The recent passage in the Congress of the new $1.9bn “Biden” fiscal package has caused a “frenzy” among investors everywhere, especially those operating on the US stock market. Estimates vary with each financial company trying to create the right momentum for its client-investors so that funds invested during the pandemic in shares of technology and …
The Taxation of Stock Options and the Free Cost Provision of Shares to Employees respectively
Incentives for employees to achieve specific corporate objectives are either the provision to them of free shares or stock options in shares, which give them the right to buy shares of their own at a preferential price or of the parent (usually) company of the group. The tax treatment of these incentives in the EU …
How the US and the World’s Countries will avoid the Economic Armageddon caused by the Lockdown of Coronavirus Pandemic
The terrifying economic downturn that the developed economies of the world are gradually facing, especially that of the US, due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is much worse than the global financial crisis of 2008 caused by the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. This is because the current crisis is …
The Threat of SARS-ConV-2 and some immediate Economic Consequences from it
On the morning of Friday, February 28, 2020, there were 2848 deaths and 83386 cases of SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) in 44 countries around the globe (Source: WHO, www.who.int ) due to the disease it causes called COVID-19. These numbers are increasing at an impressive speed, while the vaccine that will protect the earth’s population from the …