Trump’s new tariff proposal hits equities
“It will be interesting to see whether China will start using a more dangerous weapon against the U.S. and selling large portions of the $1.2 trillion of Treasury Bonds it currently holds” - Hussein Al Sayed, Chief Market Strategist for the Gulf and Middle East region at FXTM. (Read more here).

Nigeria's infrastructure: A hidden gem in West Africa
“Historically Africa has been regarded as an underdeveloped continent, lacking major international relevance on the economical scene” - Jamie Simmonds, Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director of The Access Bank UK Limited. (Read more here).

Will the next cryptocurrency revolution be green?
“Last year’s bitcoin frenzy appears to have run its course. The cryptocurrency’s near-vertical ascent to more than $19,000 was followed by an equally precipitous decline… A major problem of this exponential growth is the sheer amount of electricity now used by competing cryptocurrency miners” – Ammar Radhi, part of the global Islamic finance business at Thomson Reuters. (Read more here).

King dollar dims gold's shine
“July was certainly another rough and rocky trading month for zero-yielding gold. The yellow metal has struggled to register any meaningful recovery in recent weeks, despite global trade tension weighing on risk sentiment” – Lukman Otunuga, research analyst at FXTM. (Read more here).

Copper: Trade tensions trump supply risks
"It looks like the recent recovery in the cyclical metals has ended already... We see trade tensions between the U.S. and China as the trigger" - Carsten Menke, commodity analyst, Bank Julius Baer. (Read more here).

Zawya Markets Weekly Q&A
“Real estate companies will most probably report humble figures and this comes in line with the low interest in the real estate sector and properties at this point in time” – Marie Salem, Director of Capital markets at FFA Private Bank (Dubai) Limited. (Read more here).

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