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Bond Trader fined for market abuse
November 28th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed on Paul Walter, a former Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited (BAML) bond trader, a financial penalty of £60,090 for engaging in market abuse. Following an investigation, the FCA found that ...
Bitcoin surged to yet another new record high; Cracks $9,600
November 27th, 2017
Bitcoin surged to yet another new record high on Monday, breaking a record set during the Thanksgiving weekend stateside. The cryptocurrency jumped to an all-time high of $9,682.10 hours after cracking the $9,400 level on Sunday, according to industry ...
Financial Market Supervisory Authorities Around The World Issued Warnings
November 27th, 2017
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Holland (Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets – AFM), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Malaysia (Securities ...
U.S. Oil Prices Dipped On Increased Drilling
November 27th, 2017
U.S. oil prices dipped on Monday, easing from two-year highs on the prospect of increased U.S. output, although global markets were slightly better supported by expectations an OPEC-led supply cut would be extended. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude ...
Asia Stocks Fall, Aussie Dollar Fell, Yen Rose, Euro Was Flat; Key Events Coming Up This Week
November 27th, 2017
A rally that carried Asian stocks to record highs petered out and the dollar was little changed as investors turned their attention to U.S. tax reform ahead of a busy week with data on the health of the world’s ...
Elliott wave analysis: AUDUSD and S&P500
November 24th, 2017
Elliott wave analysis: AUDUSD and S&P500 AUDUSD is trading in a five-wave rally labeled as wave A. Specifically we see price trading at the end of minor wave iv), that points higher into wave v) with projection target ...
Gold Versus Bitcoin: The Pro-Gold Argument Takes Shape
November 24th, 2017
Sound money advocates who love the concept of cryptocurrencies but don’t want to abandon precious metals have been trying to clarify their thoughts of late. Risk Hedge just helped, with a comprehensive statement of the pro-gold position. The following ...
Closer Than Canada, Bigger Than Norway: The Optimism of UK Brexit Minister
November 24th, 2017
Brexit minister David Davis told a conference of business leaders that the UK is prepared for “no deal” with the European Union. David Davis, the UK’s Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, on Tuesday, November 21, said ...
How will Final Monetary Policy Meetings of 2017 Impact the GBP EUR Exchange Rates?
November 24th, 2017
The Bank of England (BoE) and European Central Bank (ECB) both have one monetary policy meetings left on the calendar before 2017 ends – and both are scheduled for the 14th of December. It’s been a turbulent year for ...
JPMorgan considers getting into bitcoin while bank’s CEO Jamie Dimon calls it ‘a fraud’
November 23rd, 2017
The Wall Street banking giant JPMorgan is weighing up whether it could help its clients tap into a potential bitcoin futures market being prepared by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), media reported citing sources. The bank is gauging client ...
