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US dollar dropped against a host of global currencies in Asia trading on Friday
November 17th, 2017
The US dollar dropped suddenly against a host of global currencies in Asia trading on Friday after reports that US President Donald Trump’s campaign team was last month served with a subpoena requesting documents related to Russia. The Wall ...
Market Review: Gold Rises For Third Day; Pound And Euro Rose
June 23rd, 2017
Crude set for fifth week of losses; gold rises for third day China shares in Hong Kong gain while Japan equities fluctuate Asian equities are ending the week on a tepid note, with oil remaining below $43 a barrel, ...
Time To Add Housing To The Bubble List?
June 1st, 2017
Housing is hot again, but lately it’s been overshadowed by flashier bubbles in government debt, tech stocks and possibly cryptocurrencies. Still, the warning signs are spreading. Today’s Wall Street Journal, for instance, reports that homeowners are back to ...
Uber’s Finance Head Leaves Amid $708 Million Loss
June 1st, 2017
Uber Technologies Inc’s head of finance is leaving as the ride-hailing company reported continued big losses for the first quarter, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The ride-hailing company’s first-quarter revenue was $3.4 billion, up 18 percent from ...
Trump is said to seek cutting corporate tax rate to 15 percent
April 25th, 2017
President Trump has instructed his advisers to make cutting the corporate tax rate to 15 percent a centerpiece of his tax-cut blueprint to be unveiled this week, according to people with knowledge of his plans, even if that means ...
Here’s what Venezuela’s deepening crisis means for oil prices
April 21st, 2017
Venezuela and its worsening economic and political crisis may be an underappreciated wild card when it comes to the outlook for oil prices. The nation, which has the world’s largest oil reserves, is suffering an economic collapse that has ...
Asian Stocks Fall as Dollar Slumps on Trump Talk: Markets Wrap
April 13th, 2017
Japanese shares lead decline as yen strengthens for fourth day Hong Kong equities pare losses amid Chinese export data Most Asian stocks fell after the dollar slumped and Treasury bond yields dropped to the lowest level this year in ...
Oil moves cautiously higher, remains under $50-a-barrel
March 10th, 2017
Oil prices looked set to stabilize on Friday, but remained below a key support level as investors remained wary over rising U.S. crude oil inventories. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in AprilCLJ7, ...
Why All Exchange Rates Are Bad
March 2nd, 2017
The economics of exchange rates can be tough sledding. Every now and then, I post on the bulletin board beside my office a quotation from Kenneth Kasa back in 1995: “If you asked a random sample of economists to ...
Demand Soars for Colored Diamonds
January 28th, 2017
Last spring, Mahyar Makhzani, a Geneva-based fund manager, placed a 4.08-carat pear-shaped gem against special ultrawhite paper and peered at it through his eyeglass. He liked what he saw. Several days later, after 10 minutes of negotiation on the ...
