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Gold is setting up for a nice first-half rally

28/11/2018(0)
Precious metals investors don’t have much to console them these days. Just about the only bright spot is the nice, though ephemeral, pop in the gold/silver price that seems to ... Read More
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Polished Diamond Index goes down slightly this past week

27/11/2018(0)
According to the most recent polished diamond index, published by polishedprices, the overall polishedprices index went down slightly this week, following a “week of volatile trading”. On Monday, November ... Read More
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Why interest rates are rising long-term

23/11/2018(0)
  There are growing expectations that the current cycle of rising interest rates will result in a deflationary recession. While a credit crisis is increasingly likely to evolve in ... Read More
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An overview of small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe

21/11/2018(0)
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) — in other words, enterprises with less than 250 persons employed — are often referred to as the backbone of the European economy, providing ... Read More
Pump jack and pipes are seen on an oil field near Bakersfield on a foggy day, California

Oil bounced by around $1 a barrel; Investors remained on edge

21/11/2018(0)
Oil bounced by around $1 a barrel on Wednesday to claw back some of the previous day’s 6 percent plunge, lifted by a report of an unexpected decline in ... Read More
psychology

The psychology of systemic consensus

16/11/2018(0)
  We are all too familiar with established views rejecting change. It has nothing to do with the facts. Officialdom’s mind is often firmly closed to all reason on ... Read More
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Brexit draft deal: The key points explained

15/11/2018(0)
Theresa May’s draft Brexit agreement has been agreed by her cabinet after more than 18 months of negotiations with the EU. It took five hours of discussions inside Downing ... Read More
Oil Prices, A worker checks the valve of an oil pipe at Lukoil company owned Imilorskoye oil field outside the Siberian city of Kogalym

As Oil Plunges, Energy Junk Bonds Turn Dangerous — Again

14/11/2018(0)
      Back in 2104 oil was falling and hundreds of billions of dollars of energy junk bonds and leveraged loans looked to be at risk. Wolf Street ... Read More
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Prices When Gold Is Money

09/11/2018(0)
  We are getting ahead of ourselves here. Gold does not circulate as money – yet. It might never do so. Perhaps the end of government currency, fiat money ... Read More
A woman pulls a shopping cart inside a shop where all products are sold at the price of one euro in Athens

Volume of retail trade unchanged in euro area; In Ireland, Latvia and Estonia the highest increases

09/11/2018(0)
In September 2018 compared with August 2018, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade remained unchanged in the euro area (EA19) and decreased by 0.1% in the EU28, according ... Read More
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