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Euro rose against the Dollar, Chinese Yuan continued to weaken; Big week for currency markets
July 31st, 2018
Major currencies largely stuck to familiar ranges on Monday as investors shied away from taking big positions ahead of a flurry of crucial economic data and central bank monetary policy meetings this week. The Bank of Japan ends a ...
Emerging currency traders are being kept on their toes
July 30th, 2018
Emerging-market foreign-exchange traders are being kept on their toes even as their counterparts dealing in developed currencies might be struggling to stay awake amid the lull of the northern summer. Implied volatility on emerging-market currencies has surged and ...
Valuing Gold In A World Awash With Dollars
July 27th, 2018
Summary In this article I point to the pressures on the Fed to moderate monetary policy, but that will only affect the timing of the next cyclical credit crisis. That is going to happen anyway, triggered by the Fed ...
Trade truce boosts the euro and hurts the US dollar
July 27th, 2018
The DXY dollar basket dropped to 94.08, down from a high of 95.65 last week. The dollar is under pressure from a range of negative drivers. Friday’s GDP print could be the blow off top for US growth and ...
CFTC announced $1.9 Million penalty for Bitcoin and Binary options fraud scheme
July 25th, 2018
On July 9, 2018, a New York federal court ordered Dillon Michael Dean (Dean) of Longmont, Colorado, and The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited (TEH), Dean’s UK-registered company, to pay over $1.9 million in civil monetary penalties and restitution in connection ...
Operator of shuttered bitcoin exchange pleaded guilty in defrauding investors charges
July 24th, 2018
The operator of a shuttered bitcoin-denominated exchange pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges that he defrauded investors and lied to US securities regulators investigating the theft by hackers of virtual currency now worth about US$46 million. Jon Montroll, ...
SEC charges investment adviser and CEO with misleading retail investors
July 20th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a Connecticut-based investment advisory firm and its chief executive officer with putting $19 million of investor money, including elderly investors’ retirement savings and pension plans, in risky investments and secretly pocketing hefty ...
China’s yuan plunges again. Is a currency war coming?
July 20th, 2018
The yuan weakened almost 1% against the US dollar on Thursday to hit its lowest level in a year. It has now fallen by nearly 8% over the past three months amid a global trade spat and concerns over ...
US seeks record $75m. from marketer for steering victims to Israeli binary scams
July 19th, 2018
While Israeli law enforcement continues to ignore the country’s robust online fraud sector, the United States government has asked a Florida court to impose some $75 million in fines and penalties against a single alleged US-based binary options fraudster. ...
Asian stocks advanced, oil price declined, gold traded around the lowest in a year
July 18th, 2018
Asian stocks advanced after an upbeat assessment on the U.S. economy from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell comforted investors wary of a blowout in protectionism. Equities climbed from Tokyo to Sydney and U.S. futures edged up after the Nasdaq ...