How not to manage a currency
October 15th, 2016
Make no mistake, sterling’s collapse is a very serious development, and has serious consequences for sterling interest rates. While it is becoming apparent that interest rates are going to have to rise possibly for all currencies on a one-year ...
Facebook faces $5bn tax charge over Ireland asset transfer
October 13th, 2016
Social media giant Facebook could have to pay up to $5bn in additional taxes as a result of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigation challenging the way in which it accounted for the transfer of assets to its Irish ...
Oil prices rise, but doubts grow over Russia’s deal commitment
October 12th, 2016
Crude oil prices returned to the positive zone in early Asian trade Wednesday, but the growth momentum has slowed on heightened uncertainty over Russia’s willingness to cut production even as global oil supplies increased last month. On the New ...
CFTC approves Rule on cross-border transactions
October 12th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today voted unanimously to propose rules and interpretations addressing the application of certain swap provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and Commission regulations to cross-border transactions (Proposed Rule). The proposal defines ...
CUSTOMER SUPPORT OFFICERS
October 11th, 2016
Industry: Financial Services Introduction: XTrade, an Investment firm regulated by Cysec, is an innovative company which has developed a robust and unique web trading platform for foreign currency trading. Description: XTrade is an award-winning provider of desktop and mobile trading services, featuring ...
Dollar Climbs as Samsung Drives Asian Stock Retreat; Bonds Drop
October 11th, 2016
Bond yields surge as traders bet on December Fed rate hike Offshore yuan falls an eighth day for longest slump since 2014 The dollar climbed versus all its major peers as bonds dropped after investors boosted expectations for a ...
Asia Stocks Fall as Pound’s Flash Crash Supports Yen, Treasuries
October 7th, 2016
Sterling briefly sinks as much as 6.1%, most since Brexit Dollar gains as Fed rate-hike bets build before payrolls Asian stocks fell with U.S. equity index futures and the yen strengthened after a sudden plunge in the pound spooked ...
NRGbinary is a case of how scammers can hide in gaps between regulators and defraud thousands of investors
October 6th, 2016
In early 2013, a young Israeli businessman registered a web domain in London for a company called NRGbinary.com. The online options trading website offered clients the opportunity to make large amounts of money from simple bets on the movement ...
Pound Plumbs New 31-Year Lows Against Dollar
October 5th, 2016
The British pound continued to slump in trading Wednesday, touching fresh 31-year lows against the dollar, and a new five-year low against the euro. Sterling fell to as low as €1.1309 as markets opened in Europe, surpassing its 2013 lows and ...
Dollar Climbs on Fed Bets as Australian Bonds Sink; Oil Retreats
October 4th, 2016
Japanese stocks advance as yen weakens for a sixth day Regional sovereign debt slides amid U.S. rate-hike speculation The dollar strengthened for a sixth day versus the yen and sovereign bonds fell as American manufacturing data and hawkish comments ...
