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This Is Why You Don’t Own A Lot Of Stocks
February 16th, 2017
You’d think that by now every relevant measure of stock market overvaluation would have been converted into a chart and circulated throughout the blogosphere. But Zero Hedge has come up with a new one depicting how long the typical ...
Germany repatriating gold faster than planned as confidence in euro plunges
February 10th, 2017
Berlin is bringing home its gold reserves stored in New York, London and Paris faster than scheduled, Germany’s central bank said Thursday. The move is linked to surging euroskepticism, as new governments in France and Italy may ditch the ...
Asian Bonds Gain, Kiwi Falls, Yen Slipped
February 9th, 2017
Asian Bonds Gain While China Shares Extend Rally Kiwi falls after New Zealand central bank holds rates Euro-dollar volatility surges amid French election buildup Political uncertainty continues to drive financial markets, with Asian bonds following a rally in Treasuries. ...
Pound to Euro Exchange Rate: Week Ahead Forecast
February 6th, 2017
Pound Sterling has pulled reversed recent gains against th Euro after being rejected at highs at 1.18 and is seen valued at 1.1580 ahead of the new week. Although the fundamental backdrop looks marginally more supportive to the Euro ...
Price controls and propaganda
February 5th, 2017
Most economists agree on one thing; price controls do not work. Many go on to say they create shortages of goods, which inevitably drives black market prices even higher than they would otherwise be. Price controls were last tried ...
Snap has officially made public its filings for an IPO
February 4th, 2017
Snap, owner of messaging platform Snapchat, has finally made public its filing for an initial public offering (IPO). The company made many of its financial details public for the first time tonight as it prepares for a $3bn (£2.4bn) ...
Non-committal Fed drives down dollar, dampens stocks
February 2nd, 2017
The dollar slipped to a 12-week low on Thursday and stock and bonds markets both showed caution after the U.S. Federal Reserve stuck to its mildly upbeat view of the world but gave no hint on when it will ...
Pound to Euro Exchange Rate: February Should be an Up-Month
February 2nd, 2017
Pound Sterling trades back above 1.17 against the Euro ahead of the all-important Bank of England event due at mid-day on Thursday, January 2. We saw GBP/EUR jump notably on the first day of what we believe could well ...
Euro zone factories start 2017 with fastest growth in nearly 6 years
February 1st, 2017
Euro zone factories started 2017 by ramping up activity at the fastest rate for nearly six years, as manufacturers were more optimistic than they have been since at least the middle of 2012. The survey also highlighted mounting inflationary ...
Multinational law firm launches alternative legal services platform
February 1st, 2017
Fieldfisher launches multi-product ALS platform with initial focus on the derivatives and securities financing markets. The European law firm Fieldfisher launches Condor Alternative Legal Solutions (Condor) – a multi-product alternative legal services platform and the brain-child of derivatives partner ...