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Apple investors: Buy the phone, sell the watch
September 10th, 2014
Apple shares on Tuesday were generally bought on the rumor but sold on the news — a broad range of it, in fact — raising the question of whether the late-day drop was a reflection of new investor concerns ...
Low on taxes, high on risk-aversion
May 21st, 2014
High quality global journalism requires investment. Zurich, the world’s private banking capital, is not just luring in old money. Ambitious founders are making Switzerland’s largest city their base – albeit away from the pretty, but expensive, old town. The ...
Starbucks Aims To Double Market Cap to $100 Billion And Take Over Tea
March 20th, 2014
The world’s biggest coffee chain, Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX), plans to double its market capitalization to $100 billion eventually and dominate the tea industry just as it has with coffee, the company said at its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday. ...
The psychology of money
December 30th, 2020
The world stands on the threshold of monetary hyperinflation with the US dollar leading the way. The final months of fiat money are coming into view. What will replace them — bitcoin or gold? This article argues that ...
How can cTrader benefit your brokerage?
September 30th, 2020
Many of you are already aware that Spotware is celebrating its 10th birthday – an entire decade in the industry filled with excellence, amelioration and new partnerships, all based on our core Traders First™ motto. But how exactly does the cTrader Suite help ...
Doubling down on failed policies with central bank digital currencies
August 27th, 2020
Many central banks are researching retail digital currencies, which if implemented, would allow them to issue a new currency directly to the public, managed on a centralised ledger bypassing commercial banks. While there is an element of feeling the ...
Time to learn about money
May 14th, 2020
An unexpected destruction of fiat currency has been advanced by the monetary and fiscal response to the coronavirus. Financial markets have yet to discount the possibility of such an outcome, but in the coming months they are likely ...
Charges announced for a nearly billion dollar Ponzi scheme
January 30th, 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an announcement to inform that has charged a California-based couple with orchestrating a nearly billion-dollar Ponzi scheme involving alternative energy tax credits. According to the SEC’s complaint, Jeffrey and Paulette Carpoff raised approximately $910 million ...
European Central Bank is continuing digital currency research
January 9th, 2020
ECB Prez Christine Lagarde Says Central Bank Digital Currency Could Have Major Implications for the Financial Sector In her first public remarks of the new year, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde affirms that the ECB is continuing to ...
Post-Brexit planning
December 20th, 2019
Brexit will be done by the end of next month, when trade negotiations with the EU will begin. Importantly, Britain’s negotiating position has strengthened immeasurably, and the new government is not afraid to use it. This Conservative government ...
