When there are delays, there will always be speculation as to the consequences after a final decision is made. Such is the case with Brexit negotiations, which have gone on longer than anyone initially contemplated. There have been all manners of guesses as to what might happen to the Pound, to the labor market, and…
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The following post was written by Thomas Hall. In October, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the third time in 2019, with the intention of maintaining the US' longest period of economic growth ahead of the 2020 presidential election. For the incumbent President, those cuts still aren’t enough. Trump has regularly pressured the Fed into…
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Global provider of market data and technology tools for the financial industry Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has announced that it has joined TS Marketplace. Its institutional-grade platform is now accessible within Tradesocio’s ecosystem. This integration benefits financial services providers forming the fintech company’s ecosystem in multiple ways, allowing them…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for November 28, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. In UK stocks, British American Tobacco’s trading update was one of the highlights on Wednesday. Despite cigarette sales volume falling in…
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The following market analysis of Gross Domestic Product Annualized (Q3) was prepared by Ramy Abouzaid, Head of Market Research at ATFX. Germany's Q3 GDP came in better than expected after showing limited growth in the euro zone's largest economy by 0.1% QoQ and 0.5% YoY, showing a consolidation in the economy after GDP growth slowed…
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Fidelity Digital Asset Services (FDAS) has announced that New York officials have given it the green light to offer crypto trading services to its clients in the state. FDAS, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, has received a “BitLicense”, a coveted legal requirement to do business in the Empire State, from the New York State Department…
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It has been nearly two weeks since Google threw its hat into the competitive ring of large tech companies trying to leverage their respective customer bases by associating in some way with the payments industry. Financial institutions control the payment arena from the consumer through the merchant sector, but banks tend to be slow in…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for November 28, 2019. This is not a trading advice. See details below: GOLD EU indices have opened in the red, after the bill approved by the Trump administration supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. It is no surprise that a risk…
Read moreHSBC is revolutionising the way the bank tracks and records assets. Currently, Reuters reported that HSBC plans to shift around $20 billion worth of assets from paper records to a new digital blockchain platform. The shifting is expected to take place by March and it will be one of the biggest deployments of blockchain ever…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for November 27, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. European markets have opened strongly this morning, pushing back towards record levels with Germany’s DAX less than 2% away from the…
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