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British pound was flat, Yen lost, Won jumped, Stocks in Asia gained; Key events to watch this week
April 30th, 2018
Stocks in Asia gained, with some major markets shut for holidays, as investors weighed the ongoing earnings season against a mixed set of signals for global economic growth. The won rallied as the two Koreas moved closer to peace ...
Currency funds are betting on recovery after a dismal decade
April 27th, 2018
After a dismal decade, active currency managers see light at the end of the tunnel. As a decade of ultra-accommodative monetary policy after the 2008 crisis now appears to be nearing its end, funds that invest in currencies as ...
When Investor Psychology Turns Dark, All News Is Bad News
April 26th, 2018
Big companies report blow-out earnings. Home prices soar. North Korea promises to end its nuke program, possibly averting another Asian war. And stocks fall. Does this mean the news no longer matters? That’s exactly what it means. But it ...
Visa, MasterCard and AmEx propose a new deal for online payments
April 23rd, 2018
The way you pay for things with credit cards or debit cards at bricks-and-mortar retailers is a familiar, standardized process. There have been minor tweaks, like the recent adoption of chip cards or getting rid of signatures, but the ...
Oil steady as U.S. drilling tempers bullish sentiment
April 23rd, 2018
Oil prices were steady on Monday as a rising U.S. rig count pointed to further increases in American output, marking one of the few factors tamping back crude in an otherwise bullish environment. Brent crude oil futures were at ...
Asian equities advanced, Euro to U.S Dollar added 0.1 percent; Here are the main moves in markets
April 18th, 2018
Asian equities advanced, helped by an encouraging start to U.S. earnings season, while Chinese bonds rallied after the nation’s central bank moved to support liquidity. The yen dipped amid a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime ...
Europe’s new privacy law will change the web and more
April 16th, 2018
Consumers have long wondered just what Google and Facebook know about them, and who else can access their personal data. But internet giants have little incentive to give straight answers — even to simple questions like, “Why am I ...
Why A Dollar Collapse Is Inevitable
April 13th, 2018
“Naturally, the smooth termination of the gold-exchange standard, the restoration of the gold standard, and supplemental and interim measures that might be called for, in particular with a view to organizing international credit on this new basis, will ...
Bitcoin Foundation cofounder: Crypto isn’t in a bubble — ‘bitcoin is the pin that’s going to pop the bubble’
April 3rd, 2018
Bitcoin has more than halved in value since the start of the year, leading critics to say it’s in a bubble that’s deflating. Jon Matonis, the cofounder of the Bitcoin Foundation, says the real bubble is in bond and ...
The yuan-oil future and gold
April 3rd, 2018
“There can be little doubt that the introduction of the yuan-denominated oil future has been a major strategic step for China.” Regular readers of Goldmoney’s research will be aware that we were among the first to alert western ...
