BitLocation, a new service designed to bring cryptocurrency trading to the high streets and main streets of the world, announced completion of the development stage of its platform and has begun working with currency exchanges to integrate it into their systems. Projected as a way for currency exchange bureaux to… Read More »
As the tenth anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis passed this month, our thoughts turned to the ongoing muted volatility in financial markets. The ‘Goldilocks’ conditions of improving growth without price pressures are something of a surprise, yet appear to be increasingly discounted in analysts’ and investors’ expectations. This situation… Read More »
The stock market’s impressive gains in recent years have masked a less encouraging trend—the number of public companies has been cut by more than half over the past two decades. This incredibly shrinking stock market poses challenges for investors, particularly those investing in small-cap stocks.The number of public companies in… Read More »
The pick-up in global trade, which is partly the result of good growth dynamics in China, is having a positive impact on emerging markets (EMs). NN Investment Partners’ (NN IP) own proprietary indicators show that EMs continue to strengthen. The NN IP EM Financial Conditions Indicator has been in positive… Read More »
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Markets were a little more nervous in August and equities and long bond yields both edged lower. Volatility was concentrated on currency markets amid mounting tension over North Korea and worsening impressions of the Trump administration’s performance. The US dollar’s fall in August was remarkable considering that it was unwarranted… Read More »
The debate on revenue neutrality versus deficit neutrality might appear fiddling, but it is nothing less than one of the key of this reform. With the reform of the healthcare bill back in a box and the rollback of Dodd-Frank relatively muted since May, the reform agenda of President Trump… Read More »
The Group now prepares to reset the company to deliver on its long-term ambition to reach more children all over the world with LEGO® experiences. 2017 First Half Financial Highlights (compared to first half 2016) Revenue down 5 percent to DKK 14.9 billion compared with DKK 15.7 billion Operating profit… Read More »
Despite political risk factors in the US and elsewhere on the worldwide stage, market confidence in the global economic outlook is maintaining the upper hand for now. Investor confidence in the global growth outlook and in continued accommodative monetary policy is keeping markets resilient in the face of persistent political… Read More »
Economic confidence indicators continue to point to a solid cyclical growth momentum across sectors and regions. Besides, global trade is showing early signs of improvement. Following numerous false starts in recent years, the current recovery looks stronger, more broad-based and more sustainable. That said, the significant difference between (soft) confidence… Read More »
Europe is becoming a more attractive place to do business. That’s why investors must have European stocks in their portfolios. But tracking down the right stocks isn’t easy in such an extensive and far-flung region. Mike Clements has a consistent track-record of doing so. Get to know more about Mike… Read More »
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