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Positions, problems and prospects of EU ‘digital tax’ proposal
September 14th, 2018
Explained: The EU ‘Digital Tax’ Scramble EU finance ministers met last weekend for the fourth time this year to agree on a tax levy targeting large digital multinationals such as Apple, Facebook and Google – yet the political battle ...
5 ways the World Economic Forum says Artificial intelligence is changing banking
September 13th, 2018
Artificial intelligence has been a focus of discussions at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, over the past few years, so the organization decided to partner with Deloitte Consulting on a study that sought to “cut ...
Paper gold not so shiny anymore: Prices hit 19-month low as speculators ‘give up hope’
August 22nd, 2018
The price for gold – which has traditionally served as a haven asset for investors – has fallen by nine percent so far this year. Holders of gold futures contracts, not the physical metal, are shorting their positions. Last ...
Robotics investors still looking for the next big thing
August 21st, 2018
For the past five years, investments in robotics companies have grown, thanks to venture capital interest in robotics and automation, helped in part by Amazon’s purchase of Kiva Systems in 2012. But with no other large outcomes like Kiva, ...
End Of Credit Cycle Dynamics
August 15th, 2018
While there is no starting-pistol that tells us the final phase of the credit cycle leading into the next credit crisis has actually begun, nearly all the signs point to it being the case for the US economy. ...
Record high of £14.6bn paid in corporation tax by UK financial services sector
August 14th, 2018
A record high of £14.6bn of corporation tax (includes Bank Levy), was paid by the financial services sector in the UK last year, up 24% from the £11.8bn paid in the previous year (2015-16), says Moore Stephens, the Top ...
KPMG Report on Fintech: Global investment in Fintech is going gangbusters
August 9th, 2018
KPMG has published their Pulse of Fintech report highlighting global Fintech activity for the first half of 2018. According to KPMG, global investment in Fintech is going gangbusters as “Fintech market activity worldwide gained momentum during the first half ...
The top 3 trends in forex trading of 2018
July 30th, 2018
We are almost halfway done with the third quarter of 2018, but there have already been a lot of local and global events that have impacted the foreign exchange market during the first half of the year. The ongoing ...
Valuing Gold In A World Awash With Dollars
July 27th, 2018
Summary In this article I point to the pressures on the Fed to moderate monetary policy, but that will only affect the timing of the next cyclical credit crisis. That is going to happen anyway, triggered by the Fed ...
State or Individual?
July 20th, 2018
The most important question faced by the human race is almost never addressed in modern times: which should be the master, the state over the individual or the individual over the state? It is particularly relevant today, bearing ...
