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Major Asian markets close higher after Nikkei, Kospi erase early losses
December 29th, 2015
Asian equities closed higher on the second day of 2015’s final week, after the Japanese and South Korean markets erased morning losses and the Australian market totted up a more than 1 percent gain. That’s a turnaround from earlier ...
Commerzbank sues BNY Mellon, Wells Fargo, HSBC over mortgage losses
December 28th, 2015
Commerzbank AG has sued four banks in the United States, claiming that they failed to properly monitor billions of dollars in toxic mortgage-backed securities acquired by the German lender before the 2008 financial crisis. Bank of New York Mellon ...
Visa: Why 2015 was the year for payments
December 28th, 2015
2015 was definitely the year for payments. The sector saw transaction volumes grow an average of nine percent. New players like Apple joined the game. Others like Samsung and Google limbered up on the touchline. The fintech trend really swept the ...
UAE, China agree to set up RMB clearing hub
December 28th, 2015
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed an agreement with China to set up a clearing hub for the Chinese currency Yuan or Renminbi (People’s money), local UAE media reported on Sunday. The UAE clearing hub for the Chinese ...
This Is What Gold Does In A Currency Crisis, Canadian Edition
December 28th, 2015
Along with the currencies of most other commodity-exporting countries, the Canadian dollar has been in near-freefall lately. Gold, meanwhile, has been sucked down with the rest of the commodities complex, falling hard since 2013. But only in US dollars. ...
Deloitte: 2016 outlook on the oil and gas industry
December 28th, 2015
Prices continued to drop in the oil and gas industry in 2015. In less than a year, upstream oil and gas companies faced a 50% drop in revenues. Looking ahead to 2016, Deloitte sees positive developments that could help ...
Analysis – Record highs predicted for bitcoin in 2016 as new supply halves
December 23rd, 2015
2016 could prove to be the year that the price of bitcoin surges again. Not because of any dark-web drug-dealing or Russian ponzi scheme, but for an altogether less sensational reason – slower growth in the money supply. Bitcoin ...
Zimbabwe to make Chinese yuan legal currency after Beijing cancels debts
December 23rd, 2015
Yuan becomes the latest currency to be approved for public transactions in Zimbabwe, as the southern African nation seeks to increase trade with Beijing. Zimbabwe has announced that it will make the Chinese yuan legal tender after Beijing confirmed ...
Outlook for the USD index for 2016
December 23rd, 2015
Goldman Sachs recently released a fairly optimistic outlook for the US dollar for 2016. The group anticipates that the dollar will be strong against both the yen and euro, while expecting US inflation to increase. With an impending ...
The Recession And Bear Market Of 2016, In Two Charts
December 23rd, 2015
Good friend Michael Pollaro just sent a couple of charts that show the US economy heading for a brick wall. The first illustrates what happens when business sales (the green line) turn negative. In the previous two boom/bust cycles, ...