Search Results for: financial crisis
Grexit is back? Greece faces critical few weeks
February 6th, 2017
In the week of Groundhog Day it seemed entirely appropriate: Greek farmers, many on tractors, have once again been blockading roads and border posts amid mounting signs that the country long at the centre of Europe’s debt woes is ...
Asian Stocks Advance as Banks Rally; Dollar Mixed: Markets Wrap
February 6th, 2017
U.S. jobs data show hiring increase with weaker earnings gains S&P 500 closed within 1 point of all-time high on Friday Asian stocks advanced after the Trump administration’s plan to roll back financial regulations sparked a rally in global bank ...
Price controls and propaganda
February 5th, 2017
Most economists agree on one thing; price controls do not work. Many go on to say they create shortages of goods, which inevitably drives black market prices even higher than they would otherwise be. Price controls were last tried ...
The honeymoon is over: Wall Street is finally taking Trump literally
February 2nd, 2017
By itself, the 230-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.16% this week wasn’t earth shattering: 1% gains and losses happen all the time. But the clattering sound accompanying it wasn’t hard to diagnose: It was the ...
CFTC General Counsel Jonathan L. Marcus to Depart Agency
January 27th, 2017
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo today announced that General Counsel Jonathan L. Marcus will depart the agency. Mr. Marcus joined the agency in 2011 as Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, and ...
AMF France introduced a new market surveillance
January 26th, 2017
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), ever determined to remain at the forefront of detecting market abuse and other violations, is launching an effort to modernise its monitoring system, enhancing its ability to detect, analyse and investigate suspicious activity. ...
Pound Sterling Predicted to Recover Against Euro, Dollar
January 23rd, 2017
The British Pound is expected to stay above its recent lows against the Euro and Dollar going forward as the currency has absorbed its fair share of Brexit-inspired negativity. The Pound trades well below where it should if the ...
Deutsche Bank Agrees to Pay $7.2 Billion
January 18th, 2017
Deutsche Bank Agrees to Pay $7.2 Billion for Misleading Investors in its Sale of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Deutsche Bank’s Conduct Contributed to the 2008 Financial Crisis The Justice Department, along with federal partners, announced today a $7.2 billion settlement ...
The Path to $10,000 Bitcoin
January 16th, 2017
So let’s imagine a scenario in which tens of trillions of at-risk wealth suddenly seek an alternative–any alternative to staying in an asset class that’s circling the drain. As my colleague Davefairtex observed recently, the paint isn’t quite dry ...
Malice in Wonderland
January 15th, 2017
Malice in Wonderland Recently, I was quietly reading in my armchair, eyes closing and trying to stay awake, and the next moment I was falling down a rabbit hole. After falling into the void, I found myself outside a ...
