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Foreign exchange trade suspension in Nigeria; Investors dump shares of Nigerian banks
August 25th, 2016
Investors sold shares in Nigerian banks on Wednesday, a day after the central bank suspended nine lenders from foreign exchange transactions for failing to remit money owed to the government. The central bank suspended FCMB, First Bank, United Bank ...
The World’s Top Performing Hedge Fund Is Shorting Big Dividends
August 24th, 2016
Oslo Asset Management’s AAM Absolute Return grew 58.5% in 2015 Companies paying dividends rewarded with generous valuations The world’s top performing hedge fund is shorting companies that are juicing their valuations by promising investors big dividends. AAM Absolute Return ...
Hedge funds resume selling in ags, led by corn, cotton, hogs
August 22nd, 2016
Hedge funds returned to a bearish bias on ags – although not by much, as improved sentiment towards cocoa and wheat prices offset some of the impact of data-fuelled sales in corn and cotton. Managed money, a proxy for ...
Iran focusing on gas exports to Europe
August 22nd, 2016
Iran has concentrated mainly on liquefied natural gas (LNG) in its plans for gas exports to Europe, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh announced. The Oil Ministry’s plans are rather focused on LNG when it comes to the export of ...
The Odds of a Global Food Crisis Are Rising
August 22nd, 2016
The vulnerability of global food production to extremes of weather is a profound reality that few grasp. Given the current abundance of food globally, confidence in permanent food surpluses and low grain prices is high. Few worry that the ...
Cypriot energy company is to buy two Israeli gas fields
August 18th, 2016
The Cypriot oil and gas company will pay Delek $148.5 million for the two small Israeli gas fields. Cypriot energy company Energean Oil & Gas is to buy Israel’s Tanin and Karish gas fields from Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) units Avner Oil ...
Dollar Weakens on Fed Outlook as Emerging-Market Shares Advance
August 18th, 2016
Yen breaks 100 after Fed minutes as jobs data boosts Aussie Mongolia’s tugrik stabilizes after interest rate hiked to 15% Emerging-market shares rallied with European stock index futures and the dollar fell versus all of its major peers after minutes ...
European stocks choppy as investors await Fed minutes
August 17th, 2016
European stocks were lower on Wednesday after initially opening higher, as investors remain cautious ahead of the closely-watched release of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest minutes. The pan-European STOXX 600 was down 0.5 percent, with all sectors in the red, with ...
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 ...
Dollar Weakens as Muted Prospects for Fed Rate Hike Boost Gold
August 10th, 2016
Bonds gain as odds of a 2016 U.S. rate increase stay below 50% Asian stocks near one-year high as Hang Seng Index climbs The dollar weakened on speculation the Federal Reserve will be slow to raise interest rates amid ...