Asian Stocks Slide With U.S. Futures, Bonds Climb on SNB
January 16th, 2015
Asian shares dropped with U.S. index futures as the market turmoil sparked by Switzerland abandoning the franc’s cap extended into a second day. Sovereign bonds rallied and gold traded near a four-month high. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.6 percent ...
Chinese Companies, Investors Move Money Back Home
January 15th, 2015
Shares of Chinese companies are soaring at home but stumbling overseas, and one reason is fast-trading Chinese investors. That is leading some companies and investors to shift money back home after riding a rally in Chinese stocks in the ...
Russian Assets Nearing Buying Range, Investment Adviser Says
January 14th, 2015
Russian assets are approaching levels where they would be attractive to buy, investment adviser Marc Faber — writer of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report — said Tuesday. Western sanctions imposed over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis and ...
OPEC vs. U.S.: Who will blink first on oil?
January 14th, 2015
The Merriam-Webster dictionary offers this definition for the word capitulate: “to stop fighting an enemy or opponent; to admit that an enemy or opponent has won.” I’m not sure who oil companies are fighting, whether it’s oil traders, OPEC, ...
Gregor Horvat
January 13th, 2015
Grega is based in Slovenia and has been involved in markets since 2003. He is the owner of www.ew-forecast.com, but before that he was working for Capital Forex Group and TheLFB.com. His feature articles have been published on: FXstreet.com, ...
How OPEC Weaponized the Price of Oil Against U.S. Drillers
January 9th, 2015
If there ever was doubt about the strategy of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, its wealthiest members are putting that issue to rest. Representatives of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait stressed a dozen times in ...
Massive fraud link to major mortgage broker
January 7th, 2015
The Melbourne man at the centre of an alleged $110 million mortgage fraud holds a senior position in one of the country’s largest mortgage brokerage networks, raising concerns that the true scale of the potential financial losses is yet to be ...
HMRC: “transitional period” for businesses affected by new EU VAT laws
January 7th, 2015
HMRC has announced that there will be a “transitional period” for small businesses affected by new VAT rules. The new Europe wide legislation, which came into force on 1 January 2015, affects businesses that sell digital services, such as ...
29-Year-Old Russian Hedge Fund Founder Disappears With All The Firm’s Money
January 5th, 2015
The value of the ruble isn’t the only thing that is vanishing in Russia. A Moscow hedge fund chief executive has disappeared, along with all the money in the firm’s accounts. That’s according to a stunning feature in The ...
FCA doubles interventions in 2014
January 5th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) doubled the number of times it intervened to force firms to change their practices in 2014. The FCA made 31 ‘early interventions’ – which are done without a lengthy official investigation – in 2014 ...
