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Gold Versus Bitcoin: The Pro-Gold Argument Takes Shape
November 24th, 2017
Sound money advocates who love the concept of cryptocurrencies but don’t want to abandon precious metals have been trying to clarify their thoughts of late. Risk Hedge just helped, with a comprehensive statement of the pro-gold position. The following ...
Cryptos may destabilise fiat
November 17th, 2017
The assumption in some quarters is that crypto-currencies will replace gold as money, or at least challenge it. This is an error borne out of a misunderstanding of catallactics, or the theory of exchange. It also ignores the fact ...
BNP Paribas Launches WeChat Pay In Europe
November 10th, 2017
BNP Paribas, Europe’s leading bank for Cash Management, is introducing WeChat Pay a popular mobile payment solution in China, to retailers in France and subsequently across Europe, thus underlining its determination to support retail sector clients wishing to attract ...
Global Growth Buoys Earnings As Third Quarter Fuels Europe, U.S. Equity Boom
November 10th, 2017
European and U.S. firms are reaping the benefits of a global economic expansion that is finally blooming into meaningful earnings growth and looks set to extend an equity boom through the current quarter. While the third quarter of each ...
Industrial producer prices up by 0.6% in both euro area and EU28
November 7th, 2017
In September 2017, compared with August 2017, industrial producer prices rose by 0.6% in both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August 2017, prices increased ...
KPMG is facing a battle to remain as auditor to the Bank of England
November 6th, 2017
KPMG is facing a battle to remain as auditor to the Bank of England as rivals plot to end its decade-long tenure in the prestigious role. Sky News has learnt that officials from Britain’s central bank contacted other accountancy ...
The productivity myth
October 20th, 2017
Every now and then, there’s a rash of commentary on national productivity. And for the British, productivity is all part of the Brexit angst, with the OECD, the Treasury, the Bank of England and Remainers all saying the ...
Europe’s main stock markets move higher at open
September 5th, 2017
Europe’s main stock markets shifted marginally higher in opening trade on Tuesday, after sliding the previous day on mounting concern over North Korea. In initial deals, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index of major blue-chip firms gained just 0.1 per ...
Comparing Forex Brokers in 2017: Not As Easy As Before
September 4th, 2017
There’s an abundance of newcomer forex broker coming into the market with each passing year. 2017 is proving itself especially difficult to compare forex brokers in. Not only there are a lot more fx brokers than in previous years, ...
Fear of Future or Plans to Give Up Euro? Reasons Behind German Gold Repatriation
August 30th, 2017
Germany has completed the process of a partial return of its gold reserves from abroad. For the first time in the postwar era, more than half of its reserves have been brought back home. Like a Thunderbolt From a ...