Author: InvestAdvocate

Nigerian Equities Open Week Bearish -0.3% on Losses in Blue Chips

November 3, 2025/Cordros Report EQUITIES The Nigerian equities market opened the week on a bearish note as sell pressures on ACCESSCORP (-3.1%), ARADEL (-9.2%), UNILEVER (-4.3%), and DANGSUGAR (-2.6%) drove the All-Share Index lower by 0.3% to 153,739.11 points. Consequently, the Year-to-Date returns moderated to +49.4%. The total volume of […]

The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy

November 3, 2025/US Federal Reserve By Governor Lisa D. Cook Thank you, David. I appreciate the opportunity to speak again at the Brookings Institution.1 It is always an honor for me to return to the place where I held my first job as an aspiring economist. I had the good […]

Tinubu’s 15% Fuel Duty: Taxing Pain in a Broken Economy

November 1, 2025 By Blaise Udunze When a nation is bleeding economically, with inflation at historic highs and citizens gasping for survival, one expects government policy to offer relief, not suffocation. Yet, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of a 15 per cent import duty on petrol and diesel does the […]