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Investors cautiously optimistic ahead of ECB meeting
January 21st, 2015
US stocks recorded marginal gains on Tuesday after pairing big early losses as investors appeared uncertain about the prospects of the monetary stimulus program in Europe. The European Central Bank is expected to announce further measures of monetary expansion ...
Gold atop $1,300 for the first time since August
January 21st, 2015
Investors are rushing back into gold, so much so that they pushed the price above $1,300 an ounce for the first time since August. In early electronic trading on Wednesday, gold for February delivery GCG5, +0.60% gained $9.10, or 0.7%, to $1,303.20 ...
Forget Switzerland: These banks will be hit by SNB shock
January 20th, 2015
Switzerland’s shock scrapping of its currency cap could knock Swiss bank earnings by 10-15 percent, but financial firms in nearby central and eastern European countries could be worse affected, Pimco’s head of financial research told CNBC on Tuesday. “I ...
Markets advance in anticipation of the ECB meeting
January 20th, 2015
US stock markets were closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. When trading resumes today investor attention will likely be focused on earnings reports of big corporations like Morgan Stanley, Johnson & Johnson, IBM and Netflix. ...
New Deloitte Report Looks at Facebook’s Impact on Global Economy, Jobs
January 20th, 2015
In a more open and connected world, it’s not just easier for friends and family to stay in touch. New economic opportunities are being created too. A new report by Deloitte, titled Facebook’s Global Economic Impact, analyzes how Facebook’s marketing, platform, ...
World Economic Outlook (WEO) UPDATE
January 20th, 2015
Cross Currents Global growth will receive a boost from lower oil prices, which reflect to an important extent higher supply. But this boost is projected to be more than offset by negative factors, including investment weakness as adjustment ...
Gold is the New Cash: Weak Currencies Cause Gold Prices to Soar
January 20th, 2015
Gold prices have soared on the recent wave of global volatility with stock market crash in China and the Swiss national currency turmoil, exceeding $1,300-1,320/oz. One of the top-valued metal commodities and a universal monetary equivalent, gold, is heading ...
Saxo Bank fulfils its regulatory capital requirements
January 20th, 2015
With a press release, Saxo Bank would like to inform that: In light of the recent volatile Swiss Franc currency movements, Saxo Bank and its subsidiaries are well positioned financially to conduct our on-going businesses globally. Saxo Bank A/S ...
DUKASCOPY on the SNB decision
January 20th, 2015
DUKASCOPY released on SNB decision and CHF accounts that: No Trade Cancellations, No Negative Balances Management of Dukascopy Group has decided to take an exceptional decision to cover negative balances on client accounts related to CHF move on SNB ...
Richest Russians Repatriate Assets After Putin Turns Tax Screw
January 20th, 2015
President Vladimir Putin is pushing harder on Russia’s richest citizens to repatriate offshore assets amid a slump in the ruble and the imposition of sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union. Under new tax rules signed into law ...
