by Natalija Riabko | Feb 16, 2026 | Agriculture, Commodities, Energy, EU, Forecast, Investing, Market Outlook, News, News of the day, Oil, Oil Industry, Precious Metals, Raw Materials, Semiconductors, Stock Exchange, Strategy, USA, Weekly news
Executive Overview Global financial markets enter mid-February in a phase characterised by relative stability in policy expectations, selective equity leadership, and persistent geopolitical sensitivity. Cross-asset signals suggest neither systemic stress nor...
by Natalija Riabko | Feb 13, 2026 | Analytics, Article, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, ESG Criteria, News, News of the day
In the early years of the decade, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) carried the tone of a moral awakening. Capital, long accused of indifference to social and ecological cost, appeared ready to reform itself. Sustainability was no longer the vocabulary of...
by Natalija Riabko | Feb 8, 2026 | Agriculture, All Markets, Bond Market, Commodities, Economic Fragmentation, Energy, EU, Forecast, Heavy Industry, Investing, Market Outlook, News, News of the day, Raw Materials, Steel Industry, Stock Exchange, Strategy, USA, World Markets
Preamble: A global economy entering the age of conscious constraints The global economy in early 2026 is neither recovering nor booming. It is lucid.The great cycles of economic illusion like monetary abundance, frictionless globalization, cheap energy, geopolitically...
by Natalija Riabko | Jan 19, 2026 | Agricultural Markets, Agriculture, Bond Market, Commodities, Energy, EU, Forecast, Investing, Lithium, Market Outlook, News, News of the day, Oil, Raw Materials, Stock Exchange, Strategy, USA, Weekly news, World Markets
Surface stability, underlying tensions As markets enter the week of 19 January 2026, a semblance of calm dominates. Systemic stress indicators remain contained, implied volatility is moderate, and major indices are confined to narrow trading ranges. Yet beneath this...
by Natalija Riabko | Jan 14, 2026 | Agriculture, Commodities, EU, Forecast, Investing, Mercosur, News, News of the day, Sustainable Growth, Sustainable Production, Trade Agreements, USA
After more than twenty-five years of negotiations, the trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc comprising Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, stands as one of the most consequential trade initiatives in modern EU commercial policy. As the...
