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Dollar steady against the euro and a basket of major currencies
August 28th, 2018
The dollar was steady against the euro and a basket of major currencies after the United States and Mexico agreed to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement, boosting optimism for an easing of global trade tensions. The agreement ...
Individual and a Company fined in virtual currencies fraud
August 27th, 2018
A New York federal court entered final judgment ordering Patrick K. McDonnell of Staten Island, New York, and CabbageTech, Corp. d/b/a Coin Drop Markets (CDM), McDonnell’s New York-based company, to pay over $1.1 million in civil monetary penalties and ...
The people who got burned by the Bitcoin boom
August 23rd, 2018
Pete Roberts of Nottingham, England, was one of the many risk-takers who threw their savings into cryptocurrencies when prices were going through the roof last winter. Now, eight months later, the US$23,000 ($34,638) he invested in several digital tokens ...
Currency Woes
August 17th, 2018
This week’s collapse of the Turkish lira has dominated the headlines, and it is widely reported that this and other emerging market currencies are in trouble because of the withdrawal of dollar liquidity. There are huge quantities of ...
US financial services company will pay millions to settle charges; The reason?
August 17th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an announcement to inform that Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. will pay $4.5 million to settle charges. The Reason According to SEC’s announcement, Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. failed to safeguard retail investor ...
Housing bubble in the UK?
August 16th, 2018
A housing bubble in the UK is gradually deflating due to an ongoing massive sale of residential properties fuelled by Brexit concerns, which is poised to alleviate lingering affordability issues. UK housing prices falling at fastest rate since 2009 ...
Deutsche Bank traders reaped $35 million on Turkey turmoil
August 16th, 2018
Deutsche Bank AG fixed-income traders generated a $35 million profit in two weeks as economic turmoil in Turkey triggered a slump in assets across emerging markets, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The traders, who work on ...
End Of Credit Cycle Dynamics
August 15th, 2018
While there is no starting-pistol that tells us the final phase of the credit cycle leading into the next credit crisis has actually begun, nearly all the signs point to it being the case for the US economy. ...
European banks exposed to Turkey’s currency crisis
August 14th, 2018
Turkey’s economic crisis poses a threat to European banks with business in the country. Spain’s BBVA, Italy’s UniCredit, France’s BNP Paribas, Dutch bank ING and Britain’s HSBC are the most exposed to Turkey and vulnerable to its free-falling currency. ...
The Turkish lira and the Euro to dollar fell; Emerging market currencies tumble
August 13th, 2018
Emerging market currencies tumble; U.S. futures trade lower; Turkish lira extends drop despite limits to swaps transactions. Stocks declined in Asia alongside the euro and emerging-market currencies, while Treasuries and the yen advanced, on continued turmoil in Turkey that’s ...
