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The root cause of monetary confusion
September 23rd, 2016
Arguments about sound and unsound money often degenerate into a them-and-us dispute, with the supporters of unsound money casting sound money proponents as impractical out-of-date libertarian weirdos. Supporting one side or the other as if they were opposing football ...
Asian Stocks Rally With Won, Bonds After Fed as Crude Oil Gains
September 22nd, 2016
Kiwi weakens as central bank flags more easing; won jumps Iron ore, coking coal and steel prices surge in China Asian stocks rallied With European equity index futures and bonds after central banks including the Federal Reserve indicated monetary policies ...
Fun with Fake Statistics: The 5% “Increase” in Median Household Income Is Pure Illusion
September 20th, 2016
The truth is the rich are getting richer and everyone else is losing ground as inflation chews through stagnant incomes. Supporters of the status quo nearly wet their pants with joy when the Census Bureau reported that real (adjusted ...
The Bank For International Settlements Warns That A Major Debt Meltdown In China Is Imminent
September 20th, 2016
The pinnacle of the global financial system is warning that conditions are right for a “full-blown banking crisis” in China. Since the last financial crisis, there has been a credit boom in China that is really unprecedented in world ...
IFSC confirms that TradeFxP is not licenced by any autority in Belize
September 20th, 2016
The International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC Belize) has issued a warning to inform that: It has come to the notice of the International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC Belize) that an entity calling itself ‘TradeFxP’, is falsely and fraudulently claiming ...
Tesla sued in China for autopilot crash death
September 19th, 2016
A Chinese man suing Tesla Motors Inc after his son was killed while driving one of the US car makers’ vehicles argues that the responsiveness of the car’s “autopilot” function was responsible for the accident, his lawyer said. Tesla’s ...
CBOE to Launch Options On FTSE Emerging Index
September 16th, 2016
Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) today announced that it plans to launch options on the FTSE Emerging Index on September 26, 2016. The FTSE Emerging Index is a market-capitalization weighted index representing the performance of large and mid-cap companies from advanced ...
Why the EU is doomed
September 16th, 2016
We are accustomed to looking at Europe’s woes in a purely financial context. This is a mistake, because it misses the real reasons why the EU will fail and not survive the next financial crisis. We normally survive financial ...
KCG Completes Acquisition of Neonet
September 15th, 2016
KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) (“KCG”) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Neonet Securities AB (“Neonet”), an independent agency broker and execution specialist based in Stockholm, Sweden. The Neonet business, which will operate as a subsidiary ...
KPMG, EY, PwC, Deloitte, Accenture’s new weapons: toys, tech and Play-Doh
September 15th, 2016
Think of it as the consultant’s version of an arms race – but played out with fancy gadgets. KPMG’s new Innovation Lab, located at the accounting and advisory firm’s Barangaroo digs in Sydney, is designed to unsettle clients so ...