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How gold can rescue pensions
June 15th, 2017
The World Economic Forum, in conjunction with Mercers (the actuaries) recently estimated that the combined pension deficit currently stands at $66.9tr for eight countries, rising to $427.8tr in 2050. The eight countries are Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Netherlands, ...
Projecting the Price of Bitcoin
June 7th, 2017
The wild card in cryptocurrencies is the role of Big Institutional Money. I’ve taken the liberty of preparing a projection of bitcoin’s price action going forward: You see the primary dynamic is continued skepticism from the mainstream, which owns ...
New Amplify ETFs fund to the Bats ETF Marketplace
June 6th, 2017
New Amplify ETFs fund to the Bats ETF Marketplace 34 Issuers, 176 Funds Now Listed on Bats in the U.S. Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company, and a leading market for exchange-traded product (ETP) trading globally, has issued an ...
Broadridge appoints new President of Investment Management Solutions
May 2nd, 2017
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR)announced today that it has appointed Eric Bernstein as President of Broadridge Investment Management Solutions. Broadridge Investment Management Solutions supports more than 225 global hedge funds, asset managers, family offices, fund administrators and prime brokers. ...
New global fund to raise $300 Million for digital currency investments
April 24th, 2017
Alphabit, a global fund that invests in digital currencies, has been launched with a target of $300 million, co-founder Liam Robertson said in an interview, as managers seek to tap growing demand for virtual assets that allow for instant, ...
The decline and fall of the EU
April 11th, 2017
This article identifies the headwinds faced by the EU in the wake of Brexit. Without the UK, not only does the EU lose much of its importance on the world stage, but the Commission’s budget is left with an ...
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 ...
Here’s Why Bitcoin’s Dramatic Rally Just Came to an End
January 9th, 2017
A dramatic rally in digital currency bitcoin came to a spectacular end on Thursday with a plunge of up to 20% as China’s yuan rose sharply—further evidence of an intriguing inverse relationship between the pair. Bitcoin had gained more ...
Gold: Getting There A Little At A Time
January 7th, 2017
One of life’s hardest-to-learn but most necessary lessons is that things usually take a lot longer to work out than you’d like them to. That’s where the sayings “Being too early is the same as being wrong” and “The ...
Bitcoin hits a record high, but can it rival gold as a safe haven?
January 5th, 2017
With economic and geopolitical risks on the rise, bitcoin boosters are championing the ability of their crypto-currency, which hit an all-time high this week, to rival gold as a safe-haven play. “When the existing money system has problems, people ...
