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The Current State of the Swiss Franc
November 30th, 2015
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) kept policy unchanged at the June policy review, leaving their benchmark interest of deposits at -0.75%. The target range for the three month Libor remained unchanged at -1.25% to -0.25%. The SNB repeated ...
Why rich Chinese are buying vineyards, islands in cash
November 23rd, 2015
A hundred years ago, Amadeo Modigliani painted a portrait of his wild British mistress splayed across a red velvet throw, nude, her hips arched, her kohl-rimmed eyes shut. The artist was hardly trying to play it safe – Paris ...
Shell’s Takeover of BG Group Clears Australian Hurdle
November 20th, 2015
Tie-Up’s success hangs on approval from China and Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board Australia’s antitrust regulator won’t stand in the way of Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s takeover of BG Group PLC, brushing aside its earlier concerns that the tie-up could reduce the supply of natural ...
Egypt’s new central bank chief faces bitter pill of currency devaluation or IMF aid
November 19th, 2015
Spare a kind thought for the travails that Tarek Amer, the newly appointed governor of Egypt’s central bank, will be facing when he formally takes up his post on November 27. He could have had no illusions how disastrous ...
Nikkei, Shanghai outperform lackluster Asia
November 9th, 2015
Asian stocks diverged on Monday, with markets in China and Japan leaping to their highest levels since August 21 while other regional bourses wobbled after below-view trade figures released at the weekend from China. October exports fell 6.9 percent from a ...
EU Commission: Autumn 2015 Economic Forecast
November 5th, 2015
Autumn 2015 Economic Forecast: Moderate recovery despite challenges The economic recovery in the euro area and the European Union as a whole is now in its third year. It should continue at a modest pace next year despite more ...
Asian stocks mixed on possible December rate hike
November 5th, 2015
Asian stocks put up a mixed performance on Thursday, after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said that December’s monetary policy meeting would be a “live possibility” for a rate hike if upcoming economic data were supportive. Yellen was testifying before the ...
Mario Draghi Interview: We must propose a way forward to Europeans
November 2nd, 2015
Interview with Il Sole 24 Ore Interview with Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, conducted by Alessandro Merli and Roberto Napoletano, published on 31 October 2015 President Draghi, in Malta last week, you stressed the downside risks for both ...
Asian stocks fall after tepid China PMI survey
November 2nd, 2015
A general view of market boards at the ASX Exchange Centre in Sydney, Australia. Asian stocks mostly slipped into the red on Monday, as investors digested a private survey which showed China‘s mammoth manufacturing sector remaining in a tough ...
20 Reasons Why All The People That Quit Prepping After September Are Dead Wrong
October 21st, 2015
Millions of Americans were gearing up for some huge event to happen in September, but the world didn’t end and now many of them have given up entirely on prepping. Of course the truth is that some absolutely earth-shattering ...
