FOCUS: Gold, Crude Oil, Stocks Move In Same Direction -- But For How Long?
By Debbie Carlson Of Kitco News (Kitco News) - Gold, crude oil and equity markets are all moving in the same general direction, which is an unusual situation. Normally these markets are not linked...
View ArticleThe Story Behind Today's MF Global Congressional Testimony
If the only stories you read about MF Global come from the major daily media reports and congressional testimony, you’ll miss most of the truth and quickly become confused about who knew what and when....
View ArticleKITCO NEWS METALS OUTLOOK: In Quiet Data Week, $1,300 Will Be Watched
(Kitco News) - A weaker U.S. jobs report pushed gold prices back above the $1,300-an-ounce level Friday, but some participants wonder if it can hang on to that area going into the first full week of...
View ArticleICAP Hit With Big Fines Over LIBOR-Fixing Scandal
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Regulators from the U.S. and U.K. fined ICAP, a European financial firm, for its role in manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate...
View ArticleDon't Buy a Bank Share Until You Know The Cost of Litigation and Prosecutions
Today's stunning headline in the Financial Times; "Swiss probe UBS and other banks over alleged rigging of forex market" set me to once again wonder how it was possible for global banking to sound as...
View ArticleAnalyst Predicts Bitcoin Will Go Over $1000 This Week: 'This Is A Classic...
As Bitcoin's value continues its ridiculous climb, into the $600s and $700s on popular exchanges, a price forecasting analyst states the obvious, "This is a classic speculative bubble." Based on its...
View ArticleHow To Get Screwed When Buying Real Estate
Not many small businesses today could afford to buy a building for their business, considering that banks typically require the buyer to put down 35%-50% of the purchase price. But the federal...
View ArticleGold, Stocks See Change Of Fortune In 2014 -- Will It Last?
(Kitco News) - 2014 brought a role reversal of sorts for gold and equities, with the metal higher and stocks lower, in contrast to last year’s performance. With January drawing to a close, can gold...
View ArticleThe ABCs Of Earnings Season: Apple, Boeing, Caterpillar
Earnings season's biggest week so far includes key results from Apple, Boeing, Caterpillar and many more.
View ArticleBanks Prepare For Grexit But The Real Danger To The Euro Is That It Would Work
The Greek election is cooking along nicely and there's a serious possibility that Syriza will win it. Given the Greek system of adding 50 seats to the results of the largest party (in order to create...
View ArticleDuco Reconciles All Types Of Data But Stops Short of Failed Relationships
Financial firms have lots of reconciliation projects going -- Duco Cube can work across data types, from interest swaps to email lists.
View ArticleHow The Competition To Crown Wall Street's Best Athlete Emerged From A...
The Decathlon is a one-day, 10-event competition that's crowned Wall Street's best all-around athlete since 2009 while raising more than $6 million for cancer research.
View ArticleDonald Trump's Glorious Threat To Default On The National Debt Is Just The...
Donald Trump has pointed out that if the US got into trouble with the national debt then it would be possible to negotiate that debt down. Perhaps buy it back at a discount, negotiate somehow with the...
View ArticleWall Street's Best Athlete Is Crowned At The Decathlon, Winning By Two Points...
In a showdown between two competitors with NFL backgrounds, Mark Rubin slipped past Decathlon newcomer Michael Greco in the final event to claim his fifth consecutive title.
View ArticleUBS And Other Banks Are Not Creating A New Digital Currency - It's Blockchain...
UBS and other banks have announced that they're hoping to develop and roll out a new blockchain related development to aid in the settlement of financial trades. Some are very much getting the wrong...
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