The Swiss franc is pointing downwards for a fourth straight day. Currently, USD/CHF is trading at 0.8832, down 0.13% on the day. SNB maintains monetary policy...
The US dollar extended its bearish pattern against many of its major currency counterparts on Thursday. The US government reported a larger-than-expected increase in the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits. The buck was also...
Euphoria Goes To 11: Futures, Global Markets, Bitcoin Soar As Dollar Collapse Continues Tyler Durden Thu, 12/17/2020 - 08:12 Global stocks scaled new record highs, bitcoin...
One Bitcoin Skeptic Speaks Out On "Persuading People To Buy Fresh Air In A Can" Tyler Durden Thu, 12/17/2020 - 08:40 Authored by Bill Blain via...
Overview: The prospects of a UK-EU deal and US stimulus continue to underwrite risk appetites and weigh on the dollar. Equity markets are moving higher. Led...
Giant "Bitcoin Whale" Emerges With Transformational $1 Billion Stake, Backing From Legendary Traders Tyler Durden Wed, 12/16/2020 - 11:15 It's oddly fitting that on the day...
By Alina Iancu, Neil Meads, Martin Mühleisen, Yiqun Wu Español The currencies that are being held by central banks as foreign exchange reserves have remained largely...
Make The Dong Strong Again: US Treasury Finds Vietnam, Switzerland Are Currency Manipulators As China Spared Tyler Durden Wed, 12/16/2020 - 08:49 We live in a...
Global Stocks Hit All Time High On Stimulus Optimism Ahead Of Fed Meeting Tyler Durden Wed, 12/16/2020 - 07:40 Another overnight session, and - predictably -...
Equity markets rise on stimulus hopes Equity markets shrugged off a previous run of losses, and the US dollar weakened overnight, despite weaker US data. Rising...
Two Americas, One Rigged Game, & Zero Capitalism Tyler Durden Tue, 12/15/2020 - 20:45 Authored by Matthew Piepenberg via GoldSwitzerland.com, Dying Capitalism & The New Feudalism...
The Empire Strikes Back (Against Crypto) Tyler Durden Tue, 12/15/2020 - 19:25 Authored by Omid Malekan, Some years ago, when I first began telling people about...
Investors betting on ‘trends’ have been disappointed over the last four years. After rallying by 30% between mid-July 2014 and December 2016, the US dollar has...
If one word could describe the U.S. stock market of 2020, it would be “improbable.” The S&P 500, for example, has risen about 14.14 percent this...
Global economic policy excludes low-income countries from the spending options that developed nations use to buffer their economies in times of crisis, and the pandemic has...
H&M Group announced today that fourth quarter sales fell 10% in local currency (Swedish Krona) terms for the period September 1 to November 30, compared to...
Overview: The S&P fell for the fourth consecutive session yesterday, the longest losing streak of the quarter, and this seemed to encourage profit-taking in the Asia...
A bear-market bias continues to weigh on the US Dollar Index, which has tumbled sharply this year. That’s a bullish tailwind for US investors holding assets...
Currency markets calm as US dollar takes a breather The US dollar index continues to bounce around between 90.50 and 91.00, implying that currency markets are...
One Little Problem With The "All-Electric" Auto Fleet: What Do We Do With All The "Waste" Gasoline? Tyler Durden Mon, 12/14/2020 - 17:40 Authored by Charles...
Abstract: This article examines the non-issue of bank clearinghouse certificates during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Instead of a market failure, this non-issue is found...
Everyone Is So Bullish That Bears Are Hard To Find Tyler Durden Mon, 12/14/2020 - 10:45 By Ye Xie, Bloomberg macro commentator Three things we learned...
The Japanese yen started off the trading week with gains. Currently, USD/JPY is trading at 103.72, down 0.32% on the day. Tankan indices improve Japan’s services...
CLS’s Head of Information Services, Masami Johnstone, commented: Daily traded volumes in November were USD1.79 trillion, up 4.7% compared to... The post CLS reports 4% MoM...
The Renminbi Will Gain Wider Use Globally, Gavekal's CEO Says Tyler Durden Sun, 12/13/2020 - 20:35 Authored by Resham Kapadia via Barrons.com, Louis-Vincent Gave, CEO of...
The 'Hannibal Trap' Will Crush Global Wealth Tyler Durden Sun, 12/13/2020 - 18:05 Authored by Egon von Greyerz via GoldSwitzerland.com, Is the global investment world about...
Prospects For The UK & The Pound Tyler Durden Sun, 12/13/2020 - 07:00 Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com, This article assesses the likelihood of the...
Two down, two to go The month of compromise has delivered two so far. OPEC+ agreed on output targets for next year while the EU27 gave...
Futures Tumble On Stalled Stimulus Talks, Brexit Chaos Tyler Durden Fri, 12/11/2020 - 07:41 Global markets dropped on Friday as Brexit negotiations appeared on the verge...
It is near impossible to regulate currencies and financial services that were built to avoid regulation – but it is increasingly necessary