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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have crashed 20 per cent on Monday
January 9th, 2018
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies including ethereum, litecoin and ripple plummeted in value on Monday after Coinmarketcap removed prices from South Korean exchanges without warning. Prices on South Korean exchanges are typically up to 30 per cent higher than in other ...
Early investors review: Asian equities built on the best start to a year since 2006
January 9th, 2018
Asian equities built on the best start to a year since 2006 as Japanese traders returned from a holiday following new all-time highs for U.S. shares. The yen climbed in an apparent reaction to the Bank of Japan trimming ...
Asian equities edged higher, the pound was flat; Here are the main events to watch for this week
January 8th, 2018
Asian equities edged higher ahead of the start of the region’s earnings season this week, with investors betting that the outlook for economic growth and profits is strong enough to support record-high stock prices. The Korean won declined. Shares ...
Investors review: Asian stocks headed toward fresh historic highs; Euro was little changed
January 4th, 2018
Asian stocks headed toward fresh historic highs, with Japan’s markets coming back from New Year holidays to see solid gains in the wake of U.S. records. Oil rose, while gold slipped. With Japanese benchmarks heading for the biggest one-day ...
Oil prices close to mid-2015 highs, but doubts over further rises loom
January 3rd, 2018
Oil prices were stable on Wednesday, not far off mid-2015 highs reached the previous session, as strong demand and ongoing efforts led by OPEC and Russia to curb production tightened the market. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures ...
This is the currency that performs best at the start of a new year
January 3rd, 2018
If you are wondering which currency, other than the U.S. dollar, to hold at the start of a new year, past trades show you’ll be better off with euros. Using data analytics platform Kensho, CNBC looked at the average ...
Facebook has a giant, Europe-sized legal problem
December 28th, 2017
Europe continues to be a giant pain in Facebook’s app. Germany and France this week both hammered Facebook for its data practices, though in different ways. Germany’s competition regulator declared on Monday that Facebook is using its dominance in ...
Agricultural commodity prices to fall again in 2018, says Goldman Sachs
December 27th, 2017
Agricultural commodity prices, on course for a third successive year of decline, are on course for a fourth, Goldman Sachs said, even as it lifted its forecast for cotton prices. The investment bank forecast commodity returns overall, as measured ...
Charges against a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme targeting thousands of investors
December 22nd, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges and an asset freeze against a group of unregistered funds and their owner who allegedly bilked thousands of retail investors, many of them seniors, in a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme. SEC ...
Asian equities mixed, Yen and pound little changed; Investors review
December 21st, 2017
Asian equities were mixed after U.S. equities dipped in the wake of congressional passage of U.S. tax cuts, suggesting investors see the growth-boost narrative from the corporate and individual rate reductions as having played out. Benchmark gauges in Sydney ...
