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Review: European stocks were slightly lower Monday; Europe’s autos stocks led the losses
February 5th, 2019
European stocks were slightly lower Monday, as market participants monitored another flurry of corporate earnings results. The pan-European Stoxx 600 edged 0.2 percent lower during afternoon trade, with most sectors and major bourses in negative territory. Europe’s autos stocks, ...
Trade wars – a catalyst for economic crisis
February 1st, 2019
In my last article I used a proven accounting identity to show that the end result of President Trump’s trade tariffs would be to increase the trade deficit, assuming there is no change in the savings rate. The savings ...
UPDATE: European shares edge up
February 1st, 2019
European shares edged up on Friday as a fresh batch of earnings for the fourth quarter and signs the China/U.S. trade talks were successful helped keep investors risk-on despite a dismal survey on Chinese factory activity. At 0824 GMT, ...
Contingent liabilities and non-performing loans in the EU Member States
January 31st, 2019
Data on contingent liabilities and non-performing loans of EU governments for the year 2017 have been published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. This publication includes data on government guarantees, liabilities related to public-private partnerships recorded off-balance ...
Sterling resilient as Britain pursues Brexit deal change
January 31st, 2019
Sterling recovered on Wednesday after declines triggered by the UK parliament’s rejection of amendments to delay Brexit, as investors bet the government would still avoid exiting the European Union without an agreed divorce deal in place. Growing expectations that ...
Ponzi Scheme ordered to pay $1 billion in penalties
January 30th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a federal court in Florida ordered Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC and its former owner to pay $1 billion in penalties and disgorgement for operating a Ponzi scheme that targeted retail investors. ...
UK Regulator consults on cryptoassets guidance
January 30th, 2019
The FCA, the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK has issued an announcements to inform that is consulting on guidance, which, once finalised, will set out the cryptoasset activities it regulates. The guidance ...
The pound’s world-beating rally is unsustainable; Money managers
January 29th, 2019
The pound’s world-beating rally is unsustainable as traders are over-optimistic about the way forward on Brexit, according to money managers. Sterling has gained more than 3 percent versus the dollar this year, the most among its Group-of-10 peers, on ...
Nasdaq CEO believes cryptocurrencies will have a role in the future
January 24th, 2019
Adena Friedman, President and CEO of Nasdaq on January 20 made a publication titled “New chapters in innovation and disruption will be written in 2019”. The CEO’s opinion based on the details of the document is that cryptocurrencies will ...
ESMA updates the MiFID II/MiFIR transitional transparency calculations
January 23rd, 2019
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a press release to inform that an updated version of the MiFID II/MiFIR transitional transparency calculations (TTC) is available. The update relates to the transitional transparency calculations for commodity derivatives ...
