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How Being a Boring Investor Can Make You Rich
July 17th, 2015
Think like a millionaire and learn how to boost your returns without resorting to exotic—or risky—investment strategies. Most millionaires don’t rely on complicated strategies to attain wealth. More than three-quarters of a typical millionaire’s portfolio is held in a ...
Forex Broker FX World Under Investigation by City of London Police
July 16th, 2015
Currencies-trading firm’s license was suspended in June, says FCA The City of London police are conducting a fraud investigation into currencies-trading firm FX World, according to a person familiar with the matter. “ are investigating a foreign-exchange company in ...
China Opens Interbank Market to Central Banks, Sovereign Funds
July 14th, 2015
China issued new rules making it easier for foreign central banks, sovereign wealth funds and global financial organizations to access its interbank bond market, the latest step in the opening up of Asia’s largest economy. They will no longer ...
Orderly Grexit Poses a Puzzle for EU Lawyers Gaming Out Doomsday
July 10th, 2015
Grexit on Sunday? Not so fast, say the lawyers. Even if the creditors pull the plug, Greece will remain legally part of the euro zone on Monday. It could hang on in a half-out, half-in state indefinitely, creating legal ...
The Neo-Marxist Threat to National Economies
July 10th, 2015
The theatricals and melodrama of the current Greek crisis mask a far more serious issue than mere political entertainment. The self-created sequence of threats to Greece i.e. sovereign debt default, bankruptcy, Eurozone exit and relegation to the status of ...
Justice Department Announces Two Banks Reach Resolutions under Swiss Bank Program
July 10th, 2015
Banque Pasche SA Will Pay $7.229 Million Penalty and ARVEST Privatbank AG Will Pay $1.044 Million Penalty; Both Continue to Cooperate With Department of Justice The Department of Justice announced today that two banks, Banque Pasche SA and ARVEST ...
Post Referendum, Greece Will Not Leave The Eurozone
July 9th, 2015
Summary Even after the large victory of the “No” at the referendum, Greece will not leave the Eurozone. This is certainly the reason why financial markets kept a relatively cool head in the turmoil of this Monday. Let’s dig ...
Greek debt crisis: Where do other eurozone countries stand?
July 9th, 2015
Eurozone leaders are back in Brussels to discuss how to deal with the growing debt crisis in Greece. Greek voters overwhelmingly rejected the terms of an international bailout on Sunday. Although some countries are keen to strike a compromise, ...
China Bans Stock Sales by Major Shareholders for Six Months
July 8th, 2015
China’s securities regulator banned major shareholders, corporate executives and directors from selling stakes in listed companies for six months, its latest effort to stop the nation’s $3.5 trillion stock-market rout. Investors with stakes exceeding 5 percent must maintain their ...
Citigroup: Here’s Our Five-Step Plan to Solve the Greek Crisis
July 8th, 2015
For six years the Greek crisis has unfolded in a predictable pattern: Greece needs money. Euro area leaders don’t want to give it to them without imposing tough conditions. Brinkmanship ensues, followed by some sort of ineffectual compromise. And repeat. According ...
