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This Is What Gold Does In A Currency Crisis, Brexit Edition
October 27th, 2016
In June the UK shocked the world – or at least the world’s elites – by voting to pull out of the European Union. Economists predicted disaster, EU leaders threatened pain for British exporters and tourists, and the ...
Asia shares extend losses, dollar off highs
October 27th, 2016
Asian shares extended losses on Thursday after disappointing earnings from technology giant Apple dragged on Wall Street, while the dollar remained shy of this week’s nearly nine-month highs. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was down ...
London banks are reportedly stockpiling Bitcoin to pay off potential ransom demands of cyber criminals
October 26th, 2016
THE threat of debilitating attacks launched by hackers has become so concerning that financial institutions in London are reportedly stockpiling Bitcoin to pay off potential ransom demands of cyber criminals. On Friday in the US, a number of major ...
UK IPO market shrinks 42% post-Referendum
October 25th, 2016
A significant slowdown in the IPO market in the first half of the year has continued through the third quarter as the EU referendum takes its toll, according to Henderson Managed Investment Trusts. Just 32 companies listed on the ...
Switzerland adopts strategic directions to boost its Financial sector
October 25th, 2016
During its meeting on 19 October 2016, the Federal Council adopted a report and laid the foundations for a future-oriented financial market policy. The focus is on five strategic directions that should enable the Swiss financial centre to boost ...
Are you thinking to work in UAE? Check the UAE Salary guide 2017
October 24th, 2016
UAE salary guide 2017: How much you can expect to earn in finance, technology, HR and admin Entry salaries for professionals in finance and accounting, financial services, technology and administration sectors are expected to rise an average 2.5 per ...
Fiat money and gold
October 21st, 2016
It is time to revisit the Fiat Money Quantity (FMQ), which totals US dollar money deposited in the banking system, the commercial banks’ money on deposit at the Fed and physical cash. Besides alerting us to how the expansion ...
Asian Stocks Weighed Down by Earnings as Euro Declines With Oil
October 21st, 2016
Crude falls on Russia supply concerns as dollar strengthens Hong Kong’s financial markets shut owing to Typhoon Haima Asian stocks snapped a three-day winning streak as corporate earnings gave cause for caution and the euro sank to its weakest ...
Who Will Exit the EU Next?
October 20th, 2016
The European Union’s future has been up for debate since the Continent’s economic crisis began nearly a decade ago. But questions about the bloc’s path have multiplied in recent years as Greece came close to quitting the eurozone and ...
Asian Stocks Rise With U.S. Futures, Mexican Peso After Debate
October 20th, 2016
Oil near 15-month high on surprise drop in U.S. stockpiles Aussie weakens on jobs data; euro steady ahead of ECB meeting Asian stocks rose with U.S. equity index futures and the Mexican peso as the third and final American ...
