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Bitcoin’s Price Volatile at $900 as China Concerns Linger
January 10th, 2017
Bitcoin prices experienced intense price volatility on 9th January, continuing a trend that’s been the new normal since late last week. Prices fell nearly 5% in less than two hours across global exchange today, declining from an opening price ...
Dollar Drops Further While Asia Stocks Are Mixed: Markets Wrap
January 10th, 2017
U.S. currency continues slide from peak at start of year Japanese shares slump, Hong Kong equities gain for fourth day The dollar slumped for a second day, continuing its slide from a multi-year peak at the beginning of 2017. ...
U.S. Stocks Halt 3-Day Drop as Dollar, Gold Climb: Markets Wrap
January 4th, 2017
Crude slides from 18-month high amid doubts on OPEC cuts Warnings, optimistic calls vie for investor attention U.S. stocks rose with the dollar as economic data bolstered confidence that the American economy is poised to accelerate. Gold rose and ...
Dollar Retreats, While Stocks Advance With Crude: Markets Wrap
January 3rd, 2017
Most markets are trading for the first time in 2017 on Tuesday European equities climbed Monday on manufacturing strength Asian stocks advanced and crude oil climbed on the first full trading day of the New Year as a private ...
China going cashless thanks to fintech boom
December 30th, 2016
Standing in line at a Starbucks in downtown Shenzhen, I suddenly realize that no one in front of me is paying with cash. They aren’t paying by credit card either. In fact, I can’t see a single customer holding a wallet or a ...
Euro Climbs Along With Oil as Japan Stocks Decline: Markets Wrap
December 30th, 2016
European currency spiked as much as 1.6% versus greenback Crude climbed after first daily decline in nine days The euro spiked higher as the dollar weakened for a second day and oil advanced in thin end-of-year trading. Japan’s Topix ...
Yen Breaks Winning Streak While Oil Extends Rally: Markets Wrap
December 27th, 2016
Stocks in China and Japan fluctuate after economic data Crude advances for seventh day, longest stretch in four months The yen halted a four-day advance, while oil continued its longest winning streak in four months as some major financial ...
Trump, Russia and China
December 19th, 2016
Even before he takes office, President-elect Trump is turning the world upside down. It has become clear his attitude towards Russia and China is very different from that of his predecessors. Amazingly, he is already wresting power from the ...
Bitcoin soars to nearly three-year high in wake of China volatility
December 15th, 2016
Digital currency bitcoin on Tuesday surged to its highest in nearly three years as investors bought the asset in a supposedly safe-haven bid in the midst of volatility in the Chinese stock market. On Tuesday, bitcoin climbed as high ...
Oil prices stable, supported as output cuts hit market
December 13th, 2016
Oil prices were stable on Tuesday, buoyed by soaring demand in Asia and as signs of a crude production cut organized by OPEC and other exporters materialized, tightening a market that has been grappling with years of oversupply. International ...