Tag: trading

June 25, 2018

Prices for U.S. government bonds rose, pushing yields lower, Monday after the Treasury Department said it was planning to restrict firms with at least 25% Chinese ownership from buying a piece of leading U.S. technology firms. What are Treasurys doing? […]

June 22, 2018

Bitcoin prices fell roughly 9 percent Friday after Japan’s financial regulator ordered several cryptocurrency exchanges to improve their practices against money laundering. The digital currency was trading at $6,150, according to CoinDesk, breaking below $6,400 for the first time in […]

June 19, 2018

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) wants your cash. And you might actually want to give it to them. The Wall Street investment bank is trying to transform itself into a broader financial-services company like bigger rivals Bank of America Corp. […]

June 15, 2018

The leading dollar index hit a seven-month high Friday, boosted by lingering U.S. economic optimism, even as global markets braced for the next round of trade jabs between economic powerhouses China and the U.S. The still largely disparate interest-rate policy […]

June 5, 2018

The Trump administration’s tariffs and growing trade conflicts so far are not enough to hurt the U.S. economy, but the efforts could result instead in job losses and higher prices on some goods for consumers, economists and trade experts say. […]

June 1, 2018

Earlier this week, I was in Paris speaking to Traders, Heads of Desks and other people on the floor from various part of the financial ecosystem in France and Europe overall: institutional investors, asset managers, brokers, and investments banks to […]

May 16, 2018

All bank stocks are not created equal. Citigroup (C) , Wells Fargo (WFC) , and Bank of America (BAC) all closed in the green on Tuesday, but none in significantly grand fashion. I am not touching Wells Fargo at this […]

May 15, 2018

Not every stock that pays a dividend is a “great dividend stock.” The best dividend stocks are from many different industries, but share some common traits. Not only do they need to pay a relatively high dividend yield, but the […]

May 11, 2018

Huawei has released a bitcoin wallet on its app store for the first time, allowing Chinese consumers to hold virtual currencies even as Beijing steps up regulation on the nascent industry. The Shenzhen-based Chinese smartphone maker has teamed up with […]

May 1, 2018

A global leader in online multi-asset trading services, Oanda recently launched an institutional trading platform tailored to meet the advanced requirements of professional FX traders, from hedge funds and brokers to CTAs and proprietary trading firms. Called OANDA Pro, the […]