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“Soon” And “Really, Really Crazy.”: Starting Up The Helicopters
July 14th, 2016
As the abject failures of the past few years’ monetary experiments became apparent, it was clear that something else would have to be tried. The only questions were when this would happen and how crazy the next iteration would ...
Pound rallies as UK political storm subsides
July 13th, 2016
Sterling climbed for a fourth consecutive trading session on Wednesday as Theresa May gets ready to become Britain’s new prime minister, removing the political uncertainty over the Conservative Party’s leadership. The British currency rose to $1.3326 on Wednesday, its ...
British pound plunged to fresh 31-year lows
July 6th, 2016
The British pound plunged to fresh 31-year lows on Wednesday, swamped by continued fears over the U.K. leadership vacuum and the country’s potential exit from the European Union (EU). The pound tumbled as low as $1.2796 during Asia trade on Wednesday, ...
Asian Shares Retreat With Commodities as Haven Demand Boosts Yen
July 5th, 2016
Aussie falls as RBA leaves key rate unchanged; yen advances Nickel slides from eight-month high as Brent crude below $50 Asian stocks dropped for the first time in a week and European equity index futures fell with commodities as ...
Pound logs biggest quarterly drop since the financial crisis
July 1st, 2016
The British pound records its biggest quarterly drop since the financial crisis on Thursday after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney says the central bank would likely need to further ease monetary policy this summer. The British pound fell ...
Pound Tumbles for a Second Day as Brexit Spurs Political Chaos
June 27th, 2016
Brexit vote reverberates across nation’s political spectrum Sterling drop only half what we’ll see in 2016: Standard Bank The big question for pound traders may have been answered, but the outlook for the currency is murkier than ever. Sterling dropped ...
U.K. Stocks Show Calm Before Brexit Storm as Pound Traders Fret
June 3rd, 2016
FTSE 100 volatility index at lowest vs currency counterpart U.K. shares’ dividend yield greater than global equity index Less than three weeks before Britain votes on its membership in the European Union, the country’s equity investors are much less ...
G-20 Wants Governments Doing More, and Central Banks Less
February 29th, 2016
Fiscal pledges lack specifics, risking market disappointment Concern voiced over currency wars after BOJ rate surprise Finance chiefs from the world’s top economies committed their governments to doing more to boost global growth amid mounting concerns over the potency ...
Pound dives as Bank of England rules out rate rise amid weak UK growth
January 20th, 2016
Currency traders react to Mark Carney’s downbeat assessment by selling pound to $1.42, its weakest since March 2009 The Bank of England governor has sent the pound into a nosedive after he ruled out an early rise in interest rates, saying ...
What Investors May Expect in 2016
December 17th, 2015
2016 is expected to be a trying year for the financial markets and global economy as a whole. Several analysts are predicting a stock market crash, while others are forecasting a deeper recession in Europe. While there’s no way ...