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Yen Fell 0.1 Percent, Euro Was Steady, Pound Rose; Chinese shares declined
December 14th, 2017
Chinese shares declined after a surprise hike in short-term interest rates by China’s central bank, though there was little impact more broadly in Asia as investors digested the Federal Reserve’s latest rate increase of its own, and an updated ...
Bitcoin: Does it really use more electricity than Ireland?
December 12th, 2017
Can something which has no physical presence consume as much electricity as an entire country? The internet has recently been awash with claims that the digital currency Bitcoin could be using more electricity than a number of developed nations. ...
U.S Regulator Approves Exemption From SEF Registration for MTFs and OTFs Authorized Within the EU
December 11th, 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the issuance of an order exempting certain multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) and organised trading facilities (OTFs) authorized within the European Union (EU) from the requirement to register with the CFTC as swap ...
Asian Stocks Advanced; Here Are Some Of The Key Events Coming This Week
December 11th, 2017
Asian Stocks advanced, though volumes were subdued, after U.S. labor market figures lifted optimism on global growth, propelling Wall Street to fresh record highs. The dollar declined. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average reclaimed a 26-year high as Tokyo shares ...
CySec announced the authorisation of new Cyprus Investment Firms
December 7th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued two announcements to inform that new companies have been approved by the Commission as Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs). According the announcements, the firms ABC ...
Stock Market 2018: The Tao vs. Central Banks
December 7th, 2017
The central banks claim omnipotent financial powers, and their comeuppance is overdue. I will be the first to admit that invoking the woo-woo of the Tao as the reason to expect a reversal of the stock market 2018 ...
Australian Dollar Jumped, Euro Was Steady; Key Financial Events In The Coming Days
December 5th, 2017
The Australian dollar jumped on stronger-than-expected retail sales data and comments on inflation from the central bank. Stocks in Asia traded mixed as investors assessed gains spurred by the passage of the U.S. tax cuts in the Senate that ...
The U.S. dollar bounced to a two-week top
December 4th, 2017
The U.S. dollar bounced to a two-week top on Monday and S&P futures jumped as traders marked the passage of a Senate tax bill over the weekend, a move that raises the risk of more aggressive rate hikes in ...
PwC accepts payment in Bitcoin for its advisory services
December 1st, 2017
PwC in Hong Kong has for the first time accepted payment in Bitcoin for its advisory services. As the firm works increasingly with companies in the digital asset and crypto-currency space, it believes that accepting such payments will evolve ...
Latest Update on Stocks, Currencies, Bonds And Commodities; Asian Stocks Mixed
December 1st, 2017
Asian stocks fluctuated at the start of the last month of 2017 and S&P 500 Index futures declined as the U.S. tax bill encountered stumbling blocks. The dollar headed for its first weekly gain in four weeks ahead of ...
