It was a crisp September day in 2015 when Timothy Young arrived at Houten, an unremarkable Dutch commuter town, determined to collect an almost 400-year-old debt. He carried a case containing a fragile piece of goatskin covered in dense writing and numbers. It was a bond, issued in 1648 by a group of Dutch landowners,
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MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor believes his firm will remain an enticing way for investors to gain exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) regardless of any future exchange-traded fund approvals. He has also confirmed his firm’s intention to continue adding more Bitcoin to its balance sheet, including with the potential proceeds of a planned $750 million share sale.
The Bank of England could slow the pace of interest rate rises when it announces its latest decision on Thursday, but investors expect the central bank to continue tightening monetary policy for longer than either the European Central Bank or the US Federal Reserve. After UK inflation fell more than expected in June, traders think
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Trading 212 teams up with trading expert David Jones for a series dedicated to the finer points of trading. First up is trading psychology and how hope and fear govern what traders think and do. We discuss the importance of self-discipline regardless of whether you are trading gold, oil, forex or stocks. It is the
It is not often that Goldman Sachs refers to the capricious, cleanliness-obsessed Japanese kawayakami toilet gods in its equity research. It is rarer still that it cites the propitiation of these deities while making the investment case for a Chinese bathroom fittings company. But when it comes to pitching Shenzhen-listed stocks to nervous, anywhere-but-China global
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City appointed a longtime banker and bank regulator its new president to replace Esther George, who retired in January, continuing a history of naming former financial supervisors to lead the bank. Jeffrey R. Schmid, president and chief executive officer of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking Foundation at Southern
KPMG has released a report on Bitcoin and ESG (environment, social and governance) issues. The professional services firm, one of the world’s Big Four, found that Bitcoin “appears to provide a number of benefits across an ESG framework.” Looking at each component of ESG separately, the report noted that emissions is a more significant indicator
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Occidental Petroleum has become the latest oil producer to report a hefty decline in earnings as commodity prices, which soared in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, receded to normal levels. The company, which in 2022 was the best performer on the S&P 500, posted net income of $605mn for the second quarter, down
Kanis Saengchote, a researcher at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, recently developed a framework for identifying and measuring systemic risk in decentralized finance (DeFi) institutions. The new protocol is called the Global Systematically Important Protocol (G-SIP), and it’s based on a similar endeavor instituted in the traditional banking industry. After the global banking crisis of 2008,
The Curve Finance lending protocol has terminated governance token rewards for select liquidity pools affected by the July 30 Curve exploit and July 6 Multichain exploit, according to an Aug. 2 social media post from a member of the protocol’s governing body. The ending of rewards was carried out by the Curve emergency decentralized autonomous
AAVE, the governance token of the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave, experienced a 17% decline between July 30 and August 1, reaching the $62 level. While the $62 support has demonstrated its resilience, the current price of $64.40 is still 12% below the daily close on July 30. Investors are now questioning whether this movement
UK ministers are set to announce a further delay to post-Brexit border controls on animal and plant products coming from the EU, amid fears that extra bureaucracy on imported goods will fuel inflation. The decision to delay the new import regime at Britain’s ports, which had been due to start in October, is also intended
Municipals were weaker Wednesday as investors digested another larger new-issue slate, August redemption dollars, better-than expected economic data and the Fitch downgrade to the United States’ rating. U.S. Treasury yields rose slightly out long and equities sold off. The weakness in munis and UST resulted partly from the ADP Employment Report that showed 324,000 jobs were
Donald Trump did not act alone: that was one takeaway from special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment charging the former US president with attempting to frustrate the peaceful transition of power following his election loss in 2020. Six alleged accomplices were identified as “co-conspirators” by the US Department of Justice, including four of Trump’s attorneys. None
Fitch Ratings’ downgrade of the United States’ long-term foreign currency issuer default rating to AA-plus from AAA should have little impact on the muni market, but may be of wider concern for the economy overall, market participants say. While it’s still relatively early to tell how much munis will be impacted, Kara South, a municipal
The Biden Administration is expected to submit an emergency spending request for additional funding to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund before funds are expected to run dry at the end of the month. That’s according to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who said she’s put pressure on the Biden Administration to act, as
Grant Shapps, the UK energy secretary, has reassured industry leaders that the government remains “absolutely committed” to hitting its net zero carbon targets by 2050, in spite of recent controversy over its intentions. Shapps told bosses of energy companies at a summit in Downing Street on Wednesday that he wanted them to invest in renewables
Ratings agency Fitch downgraded the United States’ long-term credit rating from AAA to AA+ on Aug. 1 and this move dented the risk on sentiment. The U.S. equities markets witnessed profit-booking on Aug. 2 and the cryptocurrency market’s recovery stalled in its tracks. However, after the knee-jerk reaction, the markets may settle down. The cryptocurrency
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