Gregor Horvat
January 13th, 2015
Grega is based in Slovenia and has been involved in markets since 2003. He is the owner of www.ew-forecast.com, but before that he was working for Capital Forex Group and TheLFB.com. His feature articles have been published on: FXstreet.com, ...
The 30 Most Influential Bitcoiners on Social Media
January 9th, 2015
Bitcoin adoption continued to grow in 2014. Near 1000 new merchants joined the ecosystem each week. The number of transactions conducted daily reached an all time high. And venture capital investment reached over $300 million. Yet the majority of ...
Fund board severs ties with Thibeault after arrest
December 31st, 2014
Alt fund manager accused of creating fictitious loans no longer has access to the GL Beyond Income Fund The small financial services empire of Daniel Thibeault, a well-known asset manager who was arrested earlier this month on charges of ...
New crowdfunding site helps individuals raise money for legal fees
December 16th, 2014
While reading the book Things a Little Bird Told Me last spring, Chicago attorney Michael Helfand was struck by one of author Christopher Isaac “Biz” Stone’s points. Stone, who co-founded Twitter, wrote that an entrepreneur solves problems—and Helfand considers ...
New Facebook Rules Will Sting Entrepreneurs
November 28th, 2014
Chrisy Bossie built a $100,000-a-year gemstone e-commerce business by sharing information about her products on her company’s Facebook page several times a week. “Steals in the Shop! I have a TON of new 36-inch-long necklaces, most priced at $15, available in ...
Chinese, Russian Lenders to Back Israel’s eToro
November 24th, 2014
Chinese financial powerhouse Ping An and Russia’s largest lender Sberbank are in advanced discussions to back Israeli online trading company eToro, according to people familiar with the matter, as Chinese interest in Israel’s technology sector heats up. The company ...
The Rise Of Social Trading
November 10th, 2014
Social media platforms have billions of active users. People use them to share thoughts, put up pictures, and play games, among other activities. With all sorts of discussions going on at these platforms, the use of social media for ...
Ireland Vies to Remain Silicon Valley’s Low-Tax Home Away From Home
November 10th, 2014
In a sprawling conference center on the outskirts of the Irish capital, more than 20,000 people from the global tech industry gathered last week to sign deals and swap contacts. Despite the throngs of start-ups, American heavy hitters like ...
Precious Metals. The second leg of the bubble unwind is upon us
November 10th, 2014
I need to say something about precious metals. I’ve been a vocal bear on them since 2011. Those who’ve subjected themselves to my blog—or worse, my Twitter account—know that. The bottom line is that a pre-crisis boom in commodities ...
Gulf economies edge toward reform as oil price slides
November 3rd, 2014
When Kuwait’s government said last month that it planned to raise domestic prices of diesel fuel and kerosene, some angry Kuwaitis took to Twitter to denounce the move as unfair. The austerity measures are small compared to the tens ...
