Here is What Draghi And The ECB Have Just Unleashed Upon The World
Greetings, Here is What Draghi And The ECB Have Just Unleashed Upon The World On the heels of yesterday’s announcement by Draghi and the ECB, today one of the greats discussed what the ECB has just unleashed upon the world….
Negative Interest Rates – The War On Liquidity
Negative Interest Rates – The War On Liquidity by Ashish Shah, Douglas J. Peebles – Alliance Bernstein As policymakers try to support the real economy and protect the banking system, they’re unwittingly conducting a war on market liquidity. We think…
Prostitution Surges in Russia Due to Financial Crisis
Prostitution in Russia is surging in the wake of the country’s financial crisis, Russian radio RSN reports. The number of women and men having sex for money—which is illegal in Russia—has risen by 20 percent as a result of the…
2015 Was Worse Than 2008 For Hedge Funds
2015 Was Worse Than 2008 For Hedge Funds 2015 was worse than 2008 for hedge funds in crowded stocks, according to the March 15 issue of the Bloomberg Brief Hedge Fund edition. It’s been widely reported that many of the…
World Happiness Report 2016 – Denmark Reclaims Top Spot
Lola Gayle, STEAM Register There’s been an upset this year in the lead rankings for the world’s happiest country. The World Happiness Report 2016 Update (PDF), which ranks 156 countries by their happiness levels, has been released in advance of…
Shaky Data Leaves Experts Fearful Of Global Recession
American CEOs downgraded their growth expectations for the economy this year and said they are pulling back on hiring as experts remain fearful of a global economic slump. A plurality of corporate leaders expect to cut jobs over the next…
Top Trends Forecaster Predicts The Economic Collapse Of 2016
Top Trends Forecaster Predicts The Economic Collapse Of 2016 by Nathan McDonald, Sprott Money Global uncertainty abounds. Conflicts, depressions, crashing stock markets. This is all part of our everyday financial life, but yet the world keeps on ticking. The banking…
Decisions made in London are hampering bank growth in Africa
Last week, when Old Mutual announced a corporate restructuring, their chairman was very straightforward, saying the usefulness of their group structure had come to an end. He said it was too expensive to keep as one, and with their share…
Shaky Data Leaves Experts Fearful Of Global Recession
American CEOs downgraded their growth expectations for the economy this year and said they are pulling back on hiring as experts remain fearful of a global economic slump. A plurality of corporate leaders expect to cut jobs over the next…
‘Democracy Spring’: Thousands to participate in ‘largest civil disobedience action of the century’
Thousands of protesters are planning a massive, nonviolent civil disobedience campaign, risking arrest to overhaul Congress and “save our democracy.” The campaign is set to begin early next month, and will involve a massive march across the East Coast intended…