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Risk On/Risk Off: What Schizophrenic Markets Are Telling Us
July 11th, 2016
These trends cannot be reversed with yet another rate cut or another “whatever it takes” announcement. In the conventional investment perspective, risk-on assets (i.e. investments with higher risks and higher potential returns) such as stocks are on a see-saw ...
Investment adviser to plead guilty to running a $21 million Ponzi scheme
July 7th, 2016
A Rhode Island investment adviser has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges for orchestrating a $21 million Ponzi scheme, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Aside from that scheme, Patrick E. Churchville, 47, also used ...
Brexit isn’t the most serious threat to the EU — the euro is
July 4th, 2016
Brexit isn’t the most serious threat to the EU — the euro is One surprising thing about Britain’s vote to leave the EU is that Britain’s economy has been doing better than a lot of European countries. Unemployment in ...
Indian payments industry set for rapid changes
June 30th, 2016
Initiatives such as Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and mobile technology are giving a boost to banking and payments The amount of cash in circulation in India is estimated at around 18% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), making ...
What does Brexit mean for EU citizens in Britain – and Brits in Europe?
June 27th, 2016
The 3m non-British UK residents and 1.3m Britons living in the EU need to know what the result means in practice Europeans living in Britain For many of the estimated 3 million non-British EU citizens living in the UK, ...
Ryan Tax Plan Cuts Corporate Rate to 20% to Stem Inversions
June 27th, 2016
U.S. corporations would get the largest federal income-tax rate cut in history, and their foreign earnings would no longer face domestic taxes when they return to the U.S. under a plan that House Republicans unveiled Friday. The changes would ...
Accountancy profession reacts to the UK’s decision to leave EU
June 27th, 2016
Accountants, tax experts and finance professionals have reacted to the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, with many predicting a wave of uncertainty regarding the economy and British businesses. The Leave campaign received 52% of the referendum, compared ...
Bitcoin exchange Quoine raises $20m venture investment
June 21st, 2016
Quoine, a Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange, has closed a $20 million funding round, leveraging off the large opportunity for Bitcoin in the Japanese market, led by venture capitalists (VCs) and other ‘strategic investors’. It’s last funding round was a $2 million ...
The pensions mess: can gold help?
June 14th, 2016
The British have recently seen two unpleasant examples of the cost of pension fund deficits. A deficit at British Steel, estimated to be about £485m, was followed by a deficit at British Home Stores of £571m. In both cases, ...
An Everyman’s Guide To Understanding Cryptocurrencies
June 13th, 2016
Cryptocurrencies have a role that could increase as global currencies are devalued. When an asset rises by almost 30% in a few weeks, it tends to attract attention. Recently, that asset was bitcoin (BTC). The price of BTC in ...
