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Economics of a crash
August 31st, 2015
This month has seen something that happens not very often: it appears to be the early stages of a global stock market crash. For the moment investors are in shock, seeking reassurance and keenly intent on preserving their diminishing ...
Asian Markets Ride Tide of Strong U.S. Growth
August 28th, 2015
Shares in China, Japan continue streak of gains Asian markets rose Friday as renewed optimism about the U.S. economy and China’s recent stock gains offset worries about global growth. The Shanghai Composite Index opened up 1.4%, adding to its ...
Global Selloff Deepens as Stocks Sink With Oil
August 24th, 2015
Equity investors took flight across Asia, sending the region’s benchmark stock gauge toward a bear market and Chinese stocks plunging by the most since 2007 as U.S. futures tumbled. Ten-year Treasury yields dropped below 2 percent. China’s Shanghai Composite ...
China chooses her weapons
August 22nd, 2015
China’s recent mini-devaluations had less to do with her mounting economic challenges, and more to do with a statement from the IMF on 4 August, that it was proposing to defer the decision to include the yuan in the ...
The Fed Talks And The Market Tanks. That’s Different
August 21st, 2015
Normally there’s a distinct pattern to the impact of Federal Reserve statements on the financial markets. The tone of equities trading in particular starts to improve as the moment of the announcement approaches; the words turn out to be ...
China Shares Hit New Low Since Depth of Selloff
August 21st, 2015
Early gauge of China’s factory activity falls to multiyear low China’s stock market set a new low since the depths of the summer selloff that wiped out roughly a third of its value, despite massive intervention from Beijing. The ...
Rollout of 1,000 Bitcoin ATMs planned for Greece as interest in cryptocurrency surges
August 20th, 2015
Greece is to receive 1,000 Bitcoin ATMs following a partnership between digital currency exchange BTCGreece and cryptocurrency service provider Cubits, according to reports. The installation of the ATMs, which allow users to exchange cash for bitcoins, reflects the growing ...
European Banks to Sell a Record $154 Billion of Loans, PwC Says
August 20th, 2015
European banks are set to divest a record 139 billion euros ($154 billion) of loans this year, led by the U.K., as the industry accelerates asset sales to meet new rules, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Banks have offloaded 54.5 ...
Dollar Gains as Yuan Fallout Continues for Emerging Assets
August 17th, 2015
The dollar strengthened as China’s shift to a more market-oriented exchange rate continued to reverberate through emerging economies, driving stocks and the ringgit lower. Oil fell, leading a gauge of commodities to a 13-year low. The dollar was stronger ...
Hausfeld Announces 9 Settlements Totaling More Than $2 Billion in FX Antitrust Litigation
August 14th, 2015
Hausfeld, a global claimants’ law firm dedicated to handling complex litigation, announced today that the plaintiffs in In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation, 13-cv-7789 (S.D.N.Y.), have reached settlements totaling more than $2 billion with Bank of America, Barclays, ...