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Dow Falls 370 Points, Bonds Rally on Trump Turmoil
May 18th, 2017
Risk off sentiment grips markets with Washington on edge Volatility comes roaring back, as gold surges on haven demand The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 370 points, Treasuries rallied the most since July and volatility spiked higher ...
Update on Brexit
May 14th, 2017
This article looks at the background to Brexit negotiations and concludes that Britain is negotiating from a position of strength, while the EU is increasingly in a position of financial difficulty. Not only will the European Commission be forced ...
Crude’s rally took the price of a barrel back above $48 in New York
May 12th, 2017
Retailers slump on Macy’s results as bonds, gold advance Crude sustains momentum in wake of U.S. stockpile data U.S. stocks fell from records, though losses eased in afternoon trading as crude’s rally took the price of a barrel back ...
Artificial intelligence is coming for law firms
May 11th, 2017
Chances are if you’re a paralegal or a junior lawyer entering the field, you’d rather spend your time doing other things than scanning documents for clients’ names or other mundane information. New artificial intelligence systems designed specifically for law ...
Dollar hits eight-week highs vs. yen, kiwi tumbles
May 11th, 2017
The dollar edged lower after notching an eight week high against the yen on Thursday in Asian trade, while the New Zealand dollar tumbled after its central bank suggested a tightening was further out than markets had priced in. ...
Germany’s Bafin talking with financial firms on move to Frankfurt amid Brexit
May 9th, 2017
German financial regulator BaFin said that the watchdog was in talks with a number of financial institutions applying for licenses in Germany in light of Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Raimund Roeseler, who oversees banking regulation ...
EBRD joins SWIFT’s Know Your Customer Registry
May 9th, 2017
In a move to facilitate global and local financial flows and ensure their transparency, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has signed up to use SWIFT’s Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry and is encouraging partner banks in countries ...
Business cycles are credit cycles
May 7th, 2017
This article gets to the heart of why central banks’ monetary policy will never succeed. The fundamental error is to regard economic cycles as originating in the private sector, when they are the consequence of fluctuations in credit. It ...
End of empire
April 30th, 2017
“Already, China dominates world trade. Her own economy is already significantly larger than that of the US on the PPP estimates. While being the largest consumer of raw materials, China also exports more finished goods by value than any ...
VC investments in financial services startup shifts in Europe
April 28th, 2017
Venture capital investments in financial services startups are showing a geographical split, with funding for so-called “fintech” companies in the United States cooling but soaring in Europe, according to a new report out Wednesday. Years of hype that led ...