Oxstones Investment Club™(IBT) Spanish bond yields have risen above 7 percent, the level considered by analysts as unsustainable in the long-term. The […]
China bank shares pull down Hong Kong HSI, property lifts Shanghai
(IBT) Chinese banking shares tumbled in Hong Kong on Friday after China’s second interest rate cut in weeks raised concerns […]
Japan May Gold Exports Fall To 15-month Low
(IBT) Japan’s exports of gold plunged to a 15-month low in May to 2.79 tonnes, down 67 percent from a […]
Natural Gas Prices Trends in June
U.K. and Continental European natural gas price trends diverged in June, with a year-on-year comparison showing U.K. gas down 5% […]
Asian Shares Boosted by China PMI, Japan Tankan
(IBT) Stock markets soared in Asia, carrying forward the optimism of the EU summit last week. Added to the bullishness […]
Crowdsourced in the U.S.A.
In February, Jenny Drinkard, an industrial designer and recent Georgia Institute of Technology graduate, proposed an idea to a website […]
For China, Too Much Steel Isn’t Enough
For now, it’s nothing more than an expanse of muddy land lying just off the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. […]
U.S. Fed balance sheet rises in latest week
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve’s balance sheet rose in the latest week, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The […]
Big four of Euro agree growth boost, split on bonds
(Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel resisted pressure on Friday for common euro zone bonds or a more flexible use […]
The three-year loans offered by the ECB to banks have helped stabilise the euro zone
by Economist THE European Central Bank (ECB) tends to take the long way around. When in 2009 the Federal Reserve […]