by JD Lasinger | Apr 27, 2016 | Featured Posts
Bitcoin’s market cap has surpassed $7 billion for the first time since September 2014. Many factors have contributed to bitcoin’s resurgence, but the hype over the $7 billion USD valuation fails to capture the whole picture. Bitcoin was worth about twice as much at...
by JD Lasinger | Apr 25, 2016 | Market News
Major Events of Last Week A number of major geopolitical developments dominated the financial markets last week. For instance, the Yen came under substantial pressure last Friday amid growing conjecture that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) may introduce negative interest...
by JD Lasinger | Apr 20, 2016 | Featured Posts
It seems that the downturn in the price of most raw materials due to weaker Chinese economic output, and the ensuing downturn of raw material related currencies, has come to a halt. In some cases, the tables have turned, and the US Dollar has been losing ground to...
by JD Lasinger | Apr 20, 2016 | Featured Posts
A meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers on Sunday April 17th to freeze oil output, was supposed to be a done deal. Saudi leadership had other plans in mind apparently. Following a rarely seen level of understanding between OPEC and Russia in negotiations...
by JD Lasinger | Apr 18, 2016 | Market News
Major Events of Last Week Global equities consolidated their impressive weekly gains last Friday after China posted major economic data which surpassed market expectations. Investors then started to turn their attention to a number of key imminent events, such as the...
