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European stocks and bonds fell in a volatile market on Monday
September 12th, 2016
European stocks and bonds fell in a volatile market on Monday, hit by growing concerns that global central banks’ commitment to the post-crisis orthodoxy of super-low interest rates and asset purchase programs may be waning. German Bund yields DE10YT=TWEB ...
Asia stocks, bonds suffer central bank anxiety attack
September 12th, 2016
Asian shares suffered their sharpest setback since June on Monday as investors were rattled by rising bond yields and talk the Federal Reserve might be serious about lifting U.S. interest rates as early as next week. European bourses were ...
The Forex business is officially shrinking for the first time since 2001
September 8th, 2016
The latest triennial survey of the FX industry by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has revealed a decline in volumes for the first time in 15 years. The conclusions of the survey are broadly in line with the ...
Asia Closes In On UK In Forex Market Dominance
September 8th, 2016
For weeks now, analysts have warned that the U.K.’s dominance in FX trading is waning. Now, for the first time in more than a decade, the U.K.’s share of the global currencies trading market dropped to 37.1 percent, reports ...
Emerging Currencies Rebound With Shares After U.S. Stocks Rally
August 30th, 2016
Overseas funds net buyers in South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand Concerns of higher U.S. rates are fading, according to KTB Emerging-market stocks rose, heading for their biggest gain in more than a week, as an overnight rally in U.S. ...
Most Asia stocks slide on Fed officials’ rate comments, dollar firms
August 29th, 2016
Most Asian share markets tumbled on Monday while the U.S. dollar added to gains made after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated a U.S. interest rate increase remains on the cards for this year. European markets also looked set ...
The Giant of Tokyo’s Stock Market Reveals Its Investment Secrets
August 25th, 2016
Japan pension fund is top owner of MUFG, Honda, many more First unveiling of equity holdings spurs debate on strategy Companies across Japan have a new name in their top 10 shareholder lists: the world’s largest pension fund. The ...
Oil prices dip as focus returns to global supply overhang
August 25th, 2016
Crude prices dipped on Thursday as brimming U.S. and Asian fuel inventories returned investor attention to a large global supply overhang, cutting short a price-rally and restricting Brent crude futures to below the $50 a barrel mark. International benchmark ...
EuroFX: How British Firms Built a Pyramid Scheme in China That Lost Millions
August 19th, 2016
The foreign exchange fraudsters hid in the cracks between international jurisdictions. As David Byrne ate breakfast at the Tongli Lakeview Hotel outside Shanghai one Sunday in April, an angry customer was waiting for him. Byrne, 52, is a British ...
China’s Demand for Gold and its Implications for Fiat Currency
August 17th, 2016
While financial market turmoil has led a number of countries to stock up on gold, China stands out from the rest due to the sheer quantity of gold it has purchased over the last couple of years. In 2015 ...
