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Monex Group published monthly business metrics for February 2017
March 6th, 2017
Monex Group, Inc. (TSE 8698, Oki Matsumoto, Representative Executive Officer and CEO) today reported the following monthly business metrics of its subsidiaries in February 2017. Notes 1. DARTs stand for Daily Average Revenue Trades meaning the number of trades ...
Yen Gains on Korea Tensions While Asia Stocks Rise
March 6th, 2017
Investors also assess China economic growth, Yellen comments Central banks in Australia, Europe on the calendar this week Escalating geopolitical tensions sparked a rise in the yen. while most Asian equities advanced as investors assessed statements from China’s National People’s ...
Central banks and gold
March 5th, 2017
The very near future is likely to see a sea-change in central bankers’ attitude to the gold allocation in their reserves. The failure of G20 monetary policy since the financial crisis is causing a general rethink, which may eventually ...
London Stock Exchange reports total income up 17% to £1,657.1 million for 2016
March 4th, 2017
Unless stated otherwise, all figures in the highlights below refer to continuing operations1 for 12 months to 31 December 2016 and comparisons with the prior 12 month period on the same basis. Continued execution against strategic objectives and investment ...
Bitcoin’s Top Rival Is Up 90% and Ready to Ditch Mining
March 4th, 2017
Ethereum’s developers set course for mining-free model Blockchain seen as potential backbone for business, finance Marco Streng’s computer servers are what make Ethereum tick. Thousands strong, they whir day and night, solving the complex math riddles that are essential ...
Why All Exchange Rates Are Bad
March 2nd, 2017
The economics of exchange rates can be tough sledding. Every now and then, I post on the bulletin board beside my office a quotation from Kenneth Kasa back in 1995: “If you asked a random sample of economists to ...
US global investment brokers in pricing battle
March 2nd, 2017
TD Ameritrade jumps into pricing battle with Fidelity and Schwab TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation is cutting its online equity and ETF trade commissions to $6.95 from $9.99, and lowering its options pricing to $6.95 plus $0.75 per contract. The ...
Crypto exchange Kraken acquires trading platform Cryptowatch
March 2nd, 2017
Kraken has issued a press release to announce the acquisition of the popular charting and trading platform Cryptowatch (https://cryptowat.ch) – used by thousands of traders to chart over 150 markets in real-time and trade up to 22 digital assets through ...
Israel Tax Authority probing 30,000 more Israelis’ US accounts
February 28th, 2017
Information from the IRS will be cross-checked with reports by Israelis about their overseas assets. The Israel Tax Authority today announced that in recent days, it had obtained additional information about 30,000 accounts at US financial concerns belonging to ...
Accountants confident Donald Trump to accelerate U.S. economic growth
February 28th, 2017
More than two-thirds of CPAs and accountants expect President Donald Trump to accelerate U.S. economic growth, according to a recent survey. Thirty percent of public accountants in a recent Accounting Today poll are “very confident” and 39 percent are ...