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Price controls and propaganda
February 5th, 2017
Most economists agree on one thing; price controls do not work. Many go on to say they create shortages of goods, which inevitably drives black market prices even higher than they would otherwise be. Price controls were last tried ...
Gold price boosted set for its best month since June
January 31st, 2017
Gold price traded above $1,200 and set to head for its best month since June. Gold on January 30 opened at 1194.60 and closed at 1196.00 with a daily 41% change but recorded a yearly change of -13.80%. Gold price ...
Gold – a primer for 2017
January 22nd, 2017
You know when to buy gold: it’s when nearly every trader and commentator tells you that gold is going lower and you should sell it. This is Harry Dent on 10th January: “I still see gold landing somewhere between ...
Gold price boosted by hard Brexit fears
January 16th, 2017
Prospect of leaving single market – plus doubts over Donald Trump effect in US – sees traders rush to ‘safe haven’ Gold is being boosted this morning as concerns over a hard Brexit dominate the market commentary. Reports indicate ...
GAIN Capital Announces Monthly Metrics for December 2016
January 11th, 2017
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) (“GAIN” or “the Company”) today reported certain operating metrics for the month of December 2016. Retail Segment Metrics OTC average daily volume1 of $8.6 billion, a decrease of 26.4% from November 2016 and ...
Investing in Gold? What year 2017 shows
January 9th, 2017
Should you invest in gold in 2017? Gold investment demand tends to go up when the world economy is uncertain and volatile. 2016 was an archetypal game of two halves for gold investors. From January up until early June, ...
Grant Thornton reports record global revenues
January 9th, 2017
Grant Thornton today announced total combined record global revenues of US$4.8bn for the financial year ended 30 September 2016. Revenues at Grant Thornton member firms grew 7.8% measured on a local currencies basis, and at 3.3% when measured in ...
Bitcoin is crashing
January 5th, 2017
Bitcoin is getting smashed. The cryptocurrency was down 18% to about $892 per coin as of 8:17 a.m. ET on Thursday. It is the biggest drop in two years. Earlier this week, on its first trading day of the ...
Investor optimism, global economic reality may clash in 2017
January 3rd, 2017
The economic outlook for this year looks similar to 2016 – uneven and unspectacular, according to economists worldwide polled by Reuters in December. The result is despite investor optimism about a breakout for the world economy. Many of the ...
World-first listing on CISE for global bitcoin fund
December 21st, 2016
Global Advisors Investment Fund plc (GABI) has today been admitted to the Official List of the Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE) to become the first regulated bitcoin fund to be listed on any exchange globally. The CISE has approved ...
