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Gold Holds Decline From Two-Week High as Dollar Gains, Oil Drops
November 18th, 2014
Gold held a retreat from the highest level in two weeks after the dollar strengthened and energy prices dropped, curbing demand for the metal as an investment. Silver and palladium declined. Bullion for immediate delivery traded at $1,186.35 an ...
Islamic finance body IIFM launches collateralised murabaha standard
November 17th, 2014
The Bahrain-based International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) has launched a standard contract template for collateralised murabaha transactions, aiming to boost use of a sorely needed liquidity management tool for Islamic finance institutions. The standard will serve as an alternative to repurchase ...
Bubble Bobble – blowing and bursting bubbles
November 14th, 2014
Those of you that grew up in the mid 80’s might remember the pre-internet/smartphone era when playing electronic games involved leaving your home and physically going to an amusement park or arcade. This usually meant having to put metal ...
Fed’s Rosengren says fight for higher inflation should be vigorous
November 11th, 2014
The Fed should fight low inflation as vigorously as it would a too rapid run-up in prices or risk the same sort of prolonged slow growth plaguing Japan and Europe, Boston Federal Reserve bank president Eric Rosengren said on Monday. Rosengren, ...
Gold Slumps With Silver to Lowest Since ’10 as Platinum Retreats
November 7th, 2014
Gold and silver tumbled to the lowest level in more than four years as a gauge of the dollar headed for the biggest weekly advance in more than 12 months, curbing demand. Platinum dropped to the lowest since 2009. ...
In Japan, Moves to Stimulate Economy Reach a Critical Stage
November 6th, 2014
In Japan – Hiroyuki Hara has increased prices at his flower shop in recent months, part of a broad reversal of the deflation that has long plagued Japan’s economy. Japan’s audacious campaign to reinvigorate its economy is entering a ...
Is Better Communication Longer and More Complex?
November 4th, 2014
Twenty years ago, when the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee wanted to change interest rates, it didn’t make any announcement. It just took action, and market participants observe those actions. Mark Wynne of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas ...
It’s Currency War! – And Japan Has Fired The First Shot
November 4th, 2014
This is the big problem with fiat currency – eventually the temptation to print more of it when you are in a jam becomes too powerful to resist. In a surprise move on Friday, the Bank of Japan dramatically ...
Yen hits 7-year low vs dollar; Aussie falls after weak China PMI
November 3rd, 2014
The yen fell to a fresh seven-year low against the dollar on Monday, extending a massive sell-off sparked by the Bank of Japan’s surprise decision to boost its already huge bond-buying stimulus. Sellers also took aim at the Australian ...
How Will The Stock Market React To The End Of Quantitative Easing?
October 31st, 2014
It is widely expected that the Federal Reserve is going to announce the end of quantitative easing this week. Will this represent a major turning point for the stock market? As you will see below, since 2008 stocks have ...
