What are the odds of a Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) gaining Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval to trade on one of the US's major exchanges in 2018? Last October we asked a similar...
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) commences its bi-monthly meeting on Tuesday, 22 May to deliberate a suitable monetary policy stance that will see inflation...
Around this past new year, oil prices were climbing higher and many analysts predicted that a rush of new production from U.S. shale oil fields would, over time, put a damper on prices Nearly six...
Global remittances represent one of the major international financial resources and a major source of revenue for the world’s poorest countries. Official remittances - remittances to developing...
Since its January record, we've been paying particular attention to the nature of the S&P 500 consolidation. We've noted the ongoing debate among technicians regarding whether it should be viewed...
Phew, what a week! There is certainly a reason that the USD/ZAR has got the nametag of the world's most volatile currency - with swings high and low making it a nightmare for most who deal in foreign...
In a shining example of how the financial markets are full of surprises even for those (ourselves included) who claim to understand them, the US dollar is now extremely bullish after having endured a...
When CBOE Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) announced the launch of CBOE Bitcoin (XBT) futures trading in December 2017, many believed it would be a game-changer for cryptocurrency uptake, validating...
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is back in the game. After being decimated by government probes, data privacy breaches and analyst downgrades during the past several weeks, its shares are now rapidly approaching...
