21 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bitcoin Prices Dip Below $4,000 to Hit 7-Day Low
Bitcoin Prices Dip Below $4,000 to Hit 7-Day Low
The bitcoin price is back below $4,000, falling below a notable milestone that some may now be beginning to view as the peak of its rally.
21 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australian confidence data from earlier: "Consumers wary, but still spending"
Australian confidence data from earlier: "Consumers wary, but still spending"
A response to the very poor Australian weekly consumer confidence survey out earlier
Data and my response is here:
Australia – ANZ Roy Morgan Weekly Consumer Confidence 109.2 (prior 111.7)
21 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Trump Unveils New, Dramatic Afghanistan Strategy: "We Aren’t Nation-Building Again, We Are Killing Terrorists"
Trump Unveils New, Dramatic Afghanistan Strategy: "We Aren’t Nation-Building Again, We Are Killing Terrorists"
In a widely anticipated national address, President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he will not pull out U.S. troops from Afghanistan, saying he’s committed to a new strategy aimed at winning the nation’s longest war, now in its 17th year. Admitting that his “original instinct was to pull out” of Afghanistan – Trump’s core campaign pledge was to reduce US intervention in offshore conflicts – Trump effectively admitted he had been wrong, and said he’s arrived at three “fundamental conclusions” about America’s core interests in Afghanistan:
21 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on TripAdvisor’s Turnaround Takes One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
TripAdvisor’s Turnaround Takes One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Since reporting earnings on August 8, shares of TripAdvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP) have been all over the place — the stock fell big after hours, surged more than 5% a few days later, then dropped again to essentially end up where it was before earnings.
21 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Is this more profitable than HFT?
Is this more profitable than HFT?
HSBC Currency Conspiracy May Have Involved 11 Others, U.S. Says
21 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on US Def. Sec. Mattis – Joint Chiefs head to prepare to carry out Trump’s strategy
US Def. Sec. Mattis – Joint Chiefs head to prepare to carry out Trump’s strategy
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis statement
– “I have directed the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to make preparations to carry out the president’s strategy” Mattis said in a statement
via Reuters —
21 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on An Unexpected Problem Emerges: Chinese Banks Exhaust 80% Of Loan Quotas In First Half Of 2017
An Unexpected Problem Emerges: Chinese Banks Exhaust 80% Of Loan Quotas In First Half Of 2017
When we discussed the latest monthly Chinese credit data reported by the PBOC, we pointed out something which to most pundits was broadly seen as success by the Politburo in its deleveraging efforts: for the first time in 9 months, debt within China’s shadow banking system – defined as the sum of Trust Loans, Entrusted Loans and Undiscounted Bank Loans – contracted.