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Consumers Feeling the Pinch of a Fed Rate Hike
Fed increasing interest rates. The Federal Open Market Committee raised rates for the second time this year, raising the band to 1.75/2.00%. The FED has also upped its optimism for the growing economy forcing many to believe we will see 2 more 25bp hikes this year. We thought it was ironic that the WSJ had […] дальше »
2018-6-21 08:02 | |
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Kosovo Offers Inexpensive Cryptocurrency Mining
Cryptocurrency mining can get rather costly, given its massive energy consumption. But the Southeastern European country of Kosovo could provide a solution to that dilemma. While Kosovo might be recognized as one of Europe’s poorer countries, it does have one of the cheapest electricity rates in the region. дальше »
2018-6-20 23:02 | |
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Bada Bing, Bada Boom: JPMorgan Fined Another $65 Million
Wall Street yawned yesterday as JPMorgan Chase & Co, the largest American bank, agreed to pay a fine of $65 million dollars for market manipulation. The fine was issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as penalty after discovering that traders had intentionally manipulated exchange rates in the $300-trillion-dollar swap market. дальше »
2018-6-19 04:57 | |
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Are We Headed Toward Another 1998-Style Currency Crisis?
If you read the financial headlines, there is a battle brewing between the Emerging Markets (EM) and a strengthening US dollar. The standard narrative is that the US Federal Reserve is hiking interest rates and causing the dollar to strengthen. дальше »
2018-6-15 03:56 | |
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Get Them While You Can Gamers, Graphics Cards Prices Have Crashed
As the exchange rates for all cryptocurrencies declined this year, so did the attraction of GPU mining using graphics cards. As a result, the prices of cards that can be used for both gaming and mining have been cut drastically and leveled off, bringing them back into more affordable territory. дальше »
2018-6-15 00:20 | |
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Don’t Cry! Argentina Gets The Largest IMF Bailout In History
Don’t cry! Argentina gets the largest IMF bailout in history. Market creep? Mortgage rates move from 3% to almost 5%. European Central Bank exercises painful political persuasion with Italy. Can Bank of Japan’s unlimited liquidity float the whole world? Thanks for listening to this week’s McAlvany Weekly Commentary. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc, […] дальше »
2018-6-14 18:09 | |
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The previous occupant of fdic chair states “bank dominated payments system” could lead to severely negative consequences regarding cbdc
So they pull their uninsured money out of the banking system, disrupting the free flow of payments. […] However, suppose consumers could convert their bank deposits into a digital currency that would be issued and backed by the Fed? When it wants to raise rates — as it is doing now — it reduces its дальше »
2018-6-13 07:25 | |
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Forget Rates, Ethereum Is Proposing a Changed Value in Afghanistan
And according to Fereshteh Forough, the founder of CTI, the women have already begun earning the second largest cryptocurrency by total value. While Forough didn’t expand on how much ether altogether has been collected by the women, this isn’t her first foray into facilitating crypto payments to remote workers in Afghanistan. In 2014, Forough collaborated дальше »
2018-6-12 17:54 | |
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