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Asia stocks advance before Fed, dollar treads water
March 18th, 2015
Asian stocks shook off a slow start and rose on Wednesday, led by China shares, while the dollar marked time as markets waited for the Federal Reserve‘s policy statement for clues to when U.S. interest rates will rise. Following Asia’s lead, ...
Asia stocks jump as Fed rate hike expectations shift again
March 17th, 2015
Asian stocks markets jumped Tuesday as investors cheered the prospect of stimulus in China and second guessed what signals the Federal Reserve will give on interest rates at its policy meeting this week. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose ...
Sorry But This Is Not 1997 for the Market
March 16th, 2015
Several months ago I wrote of how super bull markets that last nine or ten years have been once in a generation situations, the last ones being those of the 1920’s and the 1990’s, but that there were enough ...
IBM looking at adopting bitcoin technology for major currencies
March 16th, 2015
International Business Machines Corp is considering adopting the underlying technology behind bitcoin, known as the “blockchain,” to create a digital cash and payment system for major currencies, according to a person familiar with the matter. The objective is to ...
Commerzbank Announcement Regarding Sanctions and Money Laundering Violations
March 16th, 2015
Following the release that Commerzbank nears $1.4 billion-plus settlement with U.S, Commerzbank issued a press release informing that: Commerzbank has reached settlements with the Department of Justice (“DoJ”), the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the New York ...
Results of the Poll Vote: Will Digital Currencies become more popular in 2015? (Poll Closed March 15)
March 16th, 2015
On March 15 closed the poll on www.onestopbrokers.com where you have shared your opinion about an interesting question for the future of Digital Currencies. Please find below the results: Poll: Will Digital Currencies become more popular in 2015? Answer ...
Asian stock markets drift as investors await Fed meeting
March 16th, 2015
Most Asian stock markets drifted Monday as investors hunkered down ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting this week that may set the stage for the first U.S. interest rate hike since the global financial crisis. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark ...
GFG Market Insight – Will Gold Go Below $1,000?
March 13th, 2015
In Brief: Gold’s charts suggest this precious metal may decline below $1,100 per ounce in the near-term. If this proves true and gold’s buyers fail to step up and support gold at those levels, gold appears poised to drop quickly below ...
U.S. Hits German Bank with $1.45 Billion in Penalties
March 13th, 2015
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday ordered Germany’s Commerzbank bank and its U.S. affiliates to pay $1.45 billion in penalties for violations of U.S. sanctions law and for a multibillion-dollar securities fraud. A department statement said Commerzbank, Germany’s ...
Banks announcements following Fed’s “Stress Tests”
March 12th, 2015
Following Federal Reserve “Stress Tests”, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America issued press releases informing that: Morgan Stanley Announces Share Repurchase of Up to $3.1 Billion of Common Stock and the Increase of Its Quarterly Dividend to ...
