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Index Futures Drop With Asia Stocks After China GDP; Euro Rises
October 19th, 2015
Economy expands 6.9% in third quarter, beating estimates Gold retreats with copper as metals slide in data’s wake U.S. and European equity-index futures retreated with Asian shares and commodities after China reported the slowest economic growth since 2009. Treasuries ...
Oil Market Showdown: Can Russia Outlast The Saudis?
October 19th, 2015
“Two men enter, one man leaves, two men enter, one man leaves, two men enter…” Oil consuming countries will celebrate the first anniversary of the Saudi decision to let market forces determine prices. This decision set crude prices on ...
Dukascopy Japan announced launch of Forex trading services
October 19th, 2015
Dukascopy Japan (former Alpari Japan) has issued an announcement to inform about the soft launch of its services. According to the company, as of October 16, clients of Dukascopy Japan are able to trade currencies only. Binary options, Metals ...
Silver as money
October 16th, 2015
Gold is money, admittedly not often circulating as such today. Fiat currencies issued by governments have driven gold out of circulation. But where does this leave silver? Money-substitutes, bank notes and bank deposits, were originally backed by physical silver, ...
UK to spend £10m on cryptocurrency research
October 16th, 2015
Harriet Baldwin, Economic Secretary to the Treasury of UK, in a speech, that she delivered at the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science, has declared a £10million funding for cryptocurrency research. Baldwin also mentioned that the country was working hard ...
UBS to Pay $19.5 Million Settlement Involving Notes Linked to Forex trading strategy
October 14th, 2015
Case Is Agency’s First Against an Issuer of Retail Structured Notes The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that UBS AG has agreed to pay $19.5 million to settle charges that it made false or misleading statements and omissions ...
SnapSwap granted first bitLicense in Europe
October 12th, 2015
SnapSwap International S.A. announced today that the company has been granted a license to provide services as a regulated payment institution by the Minister of Finance of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The license allows SnapSwap to offer payments, remittances, ...
What will Happen to Bitcoin when the Economy goes Bust?
October 12th, 2015
Many people interested in Bitcoin have a less than optimistic view about the health of the global economy. This skepticism — in some cases pessimism — is fueled by a controversial business cycle theory that is fairly popular in ...
ETFs are the next frontier for liquid alternatives
October 12th, 2015
Mutual funds have been the go-to wrapper for alternative strategies, but that’s changing To investors, State Street Global Advisors might be best known as the firm behind the plainest of plain-vanilla investment products: the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY). The exchange-traded ...
Asian shares extend an October rally; dollar slips
October 12th, 2015
Asian shares rose on Monday, extending an October rally, as investors hunted for bargains in industrials and basic materials, fueled by a rebound in commodities while the dollar struggled as hopes of a Fed rate rise this year grew ...
