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Six Reasons Why Economists Should Say Less About “Competition”

03/03/2015(0)
A short essay of mine titled “The Blurry Line Between Competition and Cooperation,” was published a month ago at the Library of Economics and Liberty website. I argued that ... Read More
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Investors Are Mistakenly Assured By Two Shaky Generalities

02/03/2015(0)
Investors are complacent, even confident, regarding the prospects for 2015. That is in spite of the market being at valuation levels higher than all but one previous market peak ... Read More
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International and regional bodies that combat money laundering (part B)

02/03/2015(0)
Introduction Money laundering is a global phenomenon that thrives parasitically on the world’s financial markets. It ignores national boundaries in much the same way that the financial market place ... Read More
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EURUSD Looks To Break Range, GBPUSD Near Resistance

25/02/2015(0)
USD fell sharply yesterday during chair Janet Yellen’s testimony. Yellen was not that hawkish as most of speculators expected, so market made some intraday shifts in trend. We have ... Read More
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International and regional bodies that combat money laundering (Part A)

24/02/2015(0)
Introduction Money laundering is a global phenomenon that thrives parasitically on the world’s financial markets. It ignores national boundaries in much the same way that the financial market place ... Read More
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Are Conditions Setting The Market Up For A Summer Washout?

24/02/2015(0)
Here is what we can quite confidently depend on. The stock market makes most of its gains each year in a favorable period of November to May, and if ... Read More
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It’s Germany vs. Greece, And The Very Survival Of The Eurozone Is At Stake

20/02/2015(0)
Is this the beginning of the end for the eurozone? On Thursday, Germany rejected a Greek request for a six-month loan extension. The Germans insisted that the Greek proposal ... Read More
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Internal and External Risks to the Cyprus Economy

20/02/2015(0)
Despite the tragic events of March 2013, Cyprus economy has showed resilience and the country was able to return back to stability and regain some of the lost confidence ... Read More
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Is Gold’s Pullback Another Buying Opportunity?

17/02/2015(0)
There are reasons in the technical charts, in the fundamentals, and in investor sentiment, to believe gold is ready for at least a tradable bear market rally. In a ... Read More
money

Self protection against money laundering

16/02/2015(0)
There is much that both financial and non-financial businesses can do to take the initiative and implement their own money laundering prevention measures. The framework for such prevention measure ... Read More
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