China is trying to stimulate bank lending – but it also has longer term problems.
The pace of recovery from the COVID shock differs across major advanced economies. In contrast to Europe and Japan, U.S. GDP exceeded its pre-COVID level in...
Futures Jump In Volatile Session Dragged By Latest Twists In Omicron Saga Much of the overnight session was a snooze fest with stocks drifting first higher...
The Bank of Thailand doesn’t want local banks or businesses using crypto, while the tourism ministry is still trying to attract crypto whales. The Bank of...
Uranium is an important fuel source for the nuclear energy industry. But prices have bottomed out in the past decade, with many investors wondering when the...
In China, the wildlife trade is thriving, driven by the increased demands for luxury goods and traditional medicine. But there is real concern about the threat...
The latest Grayscale survey shows that more than 25% of the surveyed US investors already own Bitcoin with more than 50% of the new investors joining...
Stocks Soar On Optimism Omicron Is A Dud As Traders Focus On Growing China Stimulus U.S. index futures rallied, led by gains for Nasdaq 100 contracts,...
China's RRR Cut Risks A Bond-Leverage Crackdown By Ye Xie, Bloomberg Markets reported and analyst RRR Cut Risks a Bond-Leverage Crackdown Beijing is moving toward putting...
The Euro$ curve inversion of 2018 wasn’t an isolated case by any means. Along with all the other “bond market” stuff, these together had been a...
In the past year, a number of central banks have stepped up work on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs – see map). For central banks, are...
The euro has started the week quietly and is trading just below the 1.13 level. German Factory Orders slide It wasn’t a great way to begin...
Futures Rebound From Friday Rout As Omicron Fears Ease S&P futures and European stocks rebounded from Friday’s selloff while Asian shares fell, as investors took comfort...
As of early December 2021, a single bitcoin is trading at a little over… The post Is Bitcoin now too big too fail? What would happen...
China To Cut RRR "Within A Week" As Evergrande Braces For Imminent Default Last Friday, just as markets were set to crater, during a meeting with...
Bank of Indonesia wants to fight Bitcoin with its own central bank digital currencies as it considers CBDCs a superior financial tool to private cryptocurrencies as...
Watch: Paris Police Check Proof Of Vaccination While Diners Eat Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, A video out of Paris shows uniformed police...
Over the last 10 years, Bitcoin has been through 20 different bear markets. Is it finally starting to prove itself? Bitcoin (BTC) was created in the...
At the risk of over-simplifying, there seem to be three sources of dynamism in the investment climate: Covid, the Federal Reserve, and market positioning. The last...
NFTs are the biggest disrupter in art this year, with artists minting, exhibiting and auctioning, and investors buying, selling and trading. In her monthly Expert Take...
Why Web3 Will Change Everything (In Plain English) Authored by Deep Pulusani via 'Moment of Deep' substack, This post was inspired by the following tweet and...
Bitcoin price is dropping back toward monthly lows, but analysts agree that the current range is a “buy zone.” Bitcoin's (BTC) downtrend extended a few rungs...
There is plenty of debate as to whether Ethereum (ETH) is a better value store than Bitcoin (BTC). Recent academic research on this subject matter reveals...
New lows spike as trends deteriorateA new signal from a voting member in Dean's TCTM Risk Warning Model registered an alert on Tuesday. As a percentage of...
With inflationary pressures intensifying and Omicron generating new uncertainties, monetary policymakers are facing new and challenging tradeoffs.
Futures Flat Ahead Of Taper Accelerating Payrolls U.S. equity futures are flat, rebounding from an overnight slide following news that 5 "mild" Omicron cases were found...
Solid US job numbers expected With the Omicron Covid variant and the Jerome Powell grabbing this week’s headlines, US nonfarm payrolls has become an afterthought for...
The USD/CAD held steady on Friday morning as the market waited for the latest US and Canada jobs data. The pair also rose after the latest...
Futures Rebound Fizzles On Slowing iPhone Demand, Omicron Fears U.S. index futures regained some ground alongside Asian markets while European stocks slumped to session lows in...
The Canadian dollar is showing limited movement in the North American session. USD/CAD is currently trading at 1.2822, up 0.08% on the day. Markets eye US,...