by JD Lasinger | May 3, 2016 | Featured Posts
The value of the greenback keeps on sliding. Apparently the perceived slow-down in Fed interest rate hikes, has had its effect. Although many analysts are pointing to the fact that the Fed will likely hike rates even twice more before the year ends, the market seems...
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 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 17, 2016 | Featured Posts
The campaign for the future of Britain’s involvement in the EU, kicked off officially on Thursday April 14th. Speculators have already flooded the markets with bets. They are primarily betting against the British Pound, which should bear the brunt of the turmoil. It...
by JD Lasinger | Apr 11, 2016 | Featured Posts
The Japanese stock exchange had a good run until 2016. Since the beginning of the year, foreign investors have been pulling their funds out of the country according to reports in Bloomberg. Anyone could have conflated the downturn since the beginning of the year with...
