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The China Syndrome: The Coming Global Financial Meltdown
January 12th, 2016
All the phantom wealth piled up in China’s boost phase is now melting down, and the China Syndrome will trigger a meltdown in global phantom assets. The 1979 film The China Syndrome took its name from the darkly humorous ...
Chinese regulator asks banks to cut wealth management yields
January 12th, 2016
China‘s banking regulator and main bond clearinghouse have asked commercial banks to reduce rates they offer on high-yielding wealth management products (WMPs), five sources told Reuters, an apparent back-pedalling on commitments to let markets price credit. The move to ...
GAIN Capital Announces Monthly Metrics for December 2015
January 12th, 2016
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP, “GAIN” or “the Company”) today reported certain operating metrics for the month of December 2015. Retail Metrics OTC average daily volume1 of $12.6 billion, an increase of 15.2% from November 2015 and 17.3% fromDecember 2014.2 OTC trading volume1 of $276.9 billion, ...
Banks Still Closing Accounts Over Bitcoin Activity
January 11th, 2016
Finding a bank that makes it easy to buy and sell bitcoin continues to be a challenge. The problem doesn’t come as a surprise to CCN readers, given that some major banks have questioned the need for bitcoin. (Some ...
Meet 2016’s Worst Economic Performers Flirting With Disaster
January 11th, 2016
For the world’s worst-performing economies, no good will come from New Year’s resolutions to do better. For many, 2016 will only bring more disappointment, say economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Oil-rich Venezuela will contract by 3.3 percent this year, the ...
China forex regulator says will ramp up risk control efforts
January 11th, 2016
China’s foreign exchange regulator said on Saturday it will ramp up risk control efforts, push ahead with regulatory reforms and look to accelerate the development of the country’s foreign exchange market in 2016. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange ...
Gold in 2016
January 8th, 2016
Advance signs of a global slump in economic activity emerged in 2015. Furthermore, the dollar’s strength, coupled with widening credit spreads confirms a global tendency for dollar-denominated debt to contract. These developments typically precede an economic and financial crisis ...
Oil prices move up from 12 year lows as China shares rise
January 8th, 2016
Oil prices rose modestly on Friday, still within reach of 11 and a half-year lows, boosted by a recovery in Chinese shares, but persistent global oversupply and a bleak demand outlook capped gains. Beijing deactivated a circuit breaker mechanism ...
Samsung Electronics Announces Earnings Guidance for Q4 2015
January 8th, 2016
Samsung Electronics announced its earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of 2015. Consolidated Sales: Approximately 53.0 trillion Korean won Consolidated Operating Profit: Approximately 6.1 trillion Korean won The above figures are estimates of consolidated earnings based on K-IFRS. Korean disclosure regulations ...
China’s Forex Reserves Fall by Record $107.9 Billion on Yuan Fears
January 8th, 2016
Foreign-exchange reserves drop to a nearly three-year low, contributing to the largest yearly decline ever China’s hoard of foreign-exchange reserves continued to shrink in December, recording the biggest monthly drop ever and falling overall to its lowest level in ...
