George Papanicolaou
January 7th, 2015
George Papanicolaou holds a BSc in Electronic Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (USA), an MBA with specialization in Finance from Leicester University (UK) and a Postgraduate Certificate in the Mechanics of Risk Management from Middlesex University ...
U.S. stocks finished lower on Monday
December 16th, 2014
U.S. stocks finished lower on Monday, topping off a wild ride that had the Dow Jones Industrial Average trading in a more than 300-point range on either side of neutral as investors monitored the price of oil. “Everyone keeps ...
What the RSX Bear Market May Mean For SPX
December 10th, 2014
It has been a rough year for Russian stocks. This is shown well by the Market Vectors Russia ETF in red and especially against the volatile but upwardly moving S&P 500 in blue. When some time is taken to study this chart, however, ...
Crude, Copper and the S&P 500
December 2nd, 2014
Why the Fed Bubble Is Likely to Burst After more than five years of aggressive accommodation from the world’s central banks, there are many charts that suggest the tremendous run-up in the risk assets during this time period is likely to ...
FOREX – Euro dips as Spanish consumer prices fall more than expected
November 27th, 2014
The euro fell against the dollar on Thursday after data showed Spanish consumer prices falling more than expected, firming up expectations that the European Central Bank will have to resort to more aggressive easing of monetary policy. The euro ...
Draghi Urgency for ECB Action Gets Final Reality Check
November 24th, 2014
Mario Draghi is about to find out just how urgent his call for action has become. One week after the European Central Bank president vowed to revive inflation “as fast as possible,” policy makers will receive a glimpse on ...
ASIC shuts down unlicensed FX business and removes its director from the industry
November 20th, 2014
ASIC has taken action in the NSW Supreme Court to permanently shut down unlicensed foreign exchange (FX) business, Vault Market Pty Ltd (Vault Market), and to remove its sole director, Mr MD Anamul Amin, from the financial services industry. ...
Technical Analysis: Currency pairs – Nov 17
November 17th, 2014
Technical Analysis for November 17, 2014 EUR/USD As the weekend shows us a break over 1.252, a short term bullish movement is expected in EUR/USD and it would target 1.256 next. A break over 1.256 will target 1.26 next too ...
The Two New Tools of Monetary Policy
November 12th, 2014
Every basic exposition of how monetary policy is conducted before about 2008 is soon to become obsolete. The three basic monetary policy tools that used to be taught in almost every introductory economics course were changing reserve requirements, changing ...
CySec: Fees and annual contributions of AIFs and AIFMs
November 11th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) informs all interested parties that Directive DI131/56-2014-01 “’Directive on fees payable and annual contributions of Alternative Investment Funds and Alternative Investment Fund Managers” has been published in the Official Gazette of the ...
