Search Results for: Chinese markets
Central banks and gold
March 5th, 2017
The very near future is likely to see a sea-change in central bankers’ attitude to the gold allocation in their reserves. The failure of G20 monetary policy since the financial crisis is causing a general rethink, which may eventually ...
Why All Exchange Rates Are Bad
March 2nd, 2017
The economics of exchange rates can be tough sledding. Every now and then, I post on the bulletin board beside my office a quotation from Kenneth Kasa back in 1995: “If you asked a random sample of economists to ...
Global (economic) warming
February 26th, 2017
If the economy was on its uppers, Trumpenomics could be reasonably compared with Reaganomics. But that is not the case. The economy is operating close to capacity, ….any further fiscal and monetary expansion will begin to create …. economic ...
Global diamond market sees moderate growth
February 24th, 2017
The global diamond industry performed moderately well in 2015, led by diamond jewellery retail sales, which grew 3 per cent at constant exchange rates, a report said. However, currency depreciation, as well as slower demand in China, contributed to ...
European v US investment banks: Tectonic shifts
February 22nd, 2017
Much of the sector is in dire straits – partly because of previous efforts to compete globally. As investment banks, the Europeans are not even winning on their home turf. JPMorgan’s investment-banking revenue market share for Europe, Middle East ...
Bitcoin prices touch fresh 3-year high
February 22nd, 2017
The price of a single bitcoin leapt to its highest level in more than three years on Tuesday, as traders bought up coins in anticipation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ruling on a proposed bitcoin exchange-traded fund. One ...
China leads FinTech industry in Asia
February 21st, 2017
China is home to six of the world’s 22 venture capital-backed financial technology ‘unicorns’ — start-ups valued from US$1 billion Mega deals in China drove the total amount of funding raised by venture capital-backed financial technology start-ups in Asia to ...
Asia stocks consolidate recent gains; China shines
February 21st, 2017
Asian stocks held ground on Tuesday though Chinese equities surged to a fresh 2-1/2 month high as domestic funds piled into financial counters on expectations the world’s second biggest economy may have turned a corner. MSCI’s broadest index of ...
SEC is freezing brokerage accounts holding more than $29 million in illegal profits
February 13th, 2017
SEC Charges Chinese Citizens Who Reaped Massive Profits From Insider Trading on Comcast-Dreamworks Acquisition Obtains Court Order Freezing More Than $29 Million in U.S. Accounts The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it obtained an emergency court order freezing brokerage ...
Asian stocks rallied; Dollar headed for first weekly advance since December
February 10th, 2017
Dollar headed for first weekly advance since December S&P rose to record, Treasuries fell after tax cut promises Asian stocks rallied while the yen and government bonds slumped after U.S. President Donald Trump promised a plan to overhaul business ...
