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Moody’s credit ratings agency to pay $16.25 million in penalties to settle charges
August 29th, 2018
The U.S Regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), announced that Moody’s Investors Service Inc., one of the nation’s largest credit ratings agencies, has agreed to pay a total of $16.25 million in penalties to settle charges involving internal control ...
The people who got burned by the Bitcoin boom
August 23rd, 2018
Pete Roberts of Nottingham, England, was one of the many risk-takers who threw their savings into cryptocurrencies when prices were going through the roof last winter. Now, eight months later, the US$23,000 ($34,638) he invested in several digital tokens ...
Paper gold not so shiny anymore: Prices hit 19-month low as speculators ‘give up hope’
August 22nd, 2018
The price for gold – which has traditionally served as a haven asset for investors – has fallen by nine percent so far this year. Holders of gold futures contracts, not the physical metal, are shorting their positions. Last ...
Interactive Brokers to pay a $5.5 Million fine
August 21st, 2018
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a press release to announce that it has fined Interactive Brokers LLC (Interactive) $5.5 million for Regulation SHO violations and supervisory failures spanning a period of at least three years. To ...
Currency Woes
August 17th, 2018
This week’s collapse of the Turkish lira has dominated the headlines, and it is widely reported that this and other emerging market currencies are in trouble because of the withdrawal of dollar liquidity. There are huge quantities of ...
Euro to Pound exchange rate strengthens following bolstered balance of trade
August 17th, 2018
The Euro Pound (EUR/GBP) exchange rate is trading at its highest level this week after the EU released the Eurozone’s latest balance of trade data. The figure came in at €22.5bn, lengthening the previous surplus of €16.5bn and beating ...
Housing bubble in the UK?
August 16th, 2018
A housing bubble in the UK is gradually deflating due to an ongoing massive sale of residential properties fuelled by Brexit concerns, which is poised to alleviate lingering affordability issues. UK housing prices falling at fastest rate since 2009 ...
End Of Credit Cycle Dynamics
August 15th, 2018
While there is no starting-pistol that tells us the final phase of the credit cycle leading into the next credit crisis has actually begun, nearly all the signs point to it being the case for the US economy. ...
EU prepares crackdown on ‘citizenship for sale’
August 14th, 2018
Brussels is preparing to crack down on EU governments, including Malta and Cyprus, that award citizenship to rich people from outside the bloc, as concerns mount about so-called dirty money from Russia. Vera Jourova, the EU’s commissioner for justice, ...
European stocks finish in the red; What are strategists saying?
August 14th, 2018
European stocks closed with losses Monday, as Turkey’s perilous financial condition weighed on sentiment. Bayer AG shares were another big drag, after a U.S. court ruling against the company’s Monsanto unit. What are markets doing? The Stoxx Europe 600 dropped ...
