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Greece Enters Its Crack-Up Boom
July 9th, 2015
The Austrian School of economics has a concept called a “crack-up boom” in which a critical mass of people conclude that their government is actively trying to devalue its currency. Consumers respond by front-running the government, spending their paychecks ...
China stocks rise after Beijing slaps curbs on selling
July 9th, 2015
Chinese stocks rallied on Thursday after the securities regulator banned shareholders with large stakes in listed firms from selling, in Beijing’s most drastic step yet to stem a sell-off that has roiled global financial markets. As the daily drumbeat ...
European Stocks, Chinese Stocks And Commodities Are All Crashing – Are U.S. Stocks Next?
July 8th, 2015
A global stock market crash has begun. European stocks are crashing, Chinese stocks are crashing, and commodities are crashing. And guess what? All of those things happened before U.S. stocks crashed in the fall of 2008 too. In so many ways, it seems like we ...
China Bans Stock Sales by Major Shareholders for Six Months
July 8th, 2015
China’s securities regulator banned major shareholders, corporate executives and directors from selling stakes in listed companies for six months, its latest effort to stop the nation’s $3.5 trillion stock-market rout. Investors with stakes exceeding 5 percent must maintain their ...
Citigroup: Here’s Our Five-Step Plan to Solve the Greek Crisis
July 8th, 2015
For six years the Greek crisis has unfolded in a predictable pattern: Greece needs money. Euro area leaders don’t want to give it to them without imposing tough conditions. Brinkmanship ensues, followed by some sort of ineffectual compromise. And repeat. According ...
Top Stories of the day July 07
July 7th, 2015
1. Rift Emerges as Europe Gears Up for New Talks on Greece Bailout. If a deal is not struck soon, Greece will probably default on a batch of international debts this month and face even more trouble paying civil ...
FSMA Warnings: Providers of binary options and forex products
July 7th, 2015
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) once again warns the public against the activities of various providers of / intermediaries in binary options and/or forex products which engage in unauthorized activities in Belgium. Some of these providers are, ...
FMA settlement with Hanover defendants provides $18 million compensation for investors
July 6th, 2015
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has reached a settlement of its civil proceedings against the former directors of Hanover Finance Ltd (HFL), Hanover Capital Ltd (HCL), United Finance Ltd (UFL), together known as the Hanover finance companies, and the ...
Saudi banks unruffled by Greece-euro crisis
July 6th, 2015
Saudi Arabia‘s banking system remains largely insulated from the ongoing events in the euro zone, with high levels of liquidity and solid capitalization ratios, say top economists in the Kingdom. Their reaction came as early results from the referendum ...
Time for state energy companies in Middle East to rethink overseas strategies
July 6th, 2015
The long, hot summer is usually a quiet period in the Arabian Gulf. But this season marks some dramatic changes for Middle East state energy companies and their overseas ventures. The falling oil price creates opportunities for some, problems ...