The bank which only a decade ago dominated equity and fixed income and sales trading and investment banking across the globe, and was Europe's banking behemoth, is no more.Continue...Read More
"Washington lacks a clear strategy in Syria "; those were the recent words of Robert Ford, the last American ambassador to Syria who served prior to and during Continue...Read More
Ladies and Gentlemen, it has finally happened! Thecurrent expansion already goes on for 121 months, becoming the longest economicboom in the US history. Should we celebrate now? Or should we worry, as all good things come to an end, and whatever lasts long,ends up even faster? We invite you to read our today’s article, which assessesthe vitality of the current expansion, and find out whether...Read More
RAPAPORT... Global rough-diamond output grew 2% to $14.47 billion lastyear, reflecting higher production in Botswana, according to data the KimberleyProcess (KP) released last week.The average price increased 4% to $97 per carat, outweighinga 2% decline in production volume to 148.4 million carats, the figures showed. Russia remained the world's principal source of rough, despiteits recoveries fal...Read More
RAPAPORT... India's Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC)has expressed disappointment with the nation's latest Union Budget, warningthat the failure to reduce high duties on gold and diamonds will result in furtherjob losses. The council had been lobbying for a reduction in import dutyon polished diamonds in a bid to boost the value of subsequent shipments out ofthe country. It had...Read More
RAPAPORT... Trans Hex is considering a buyback program for minority shareholders ahead of its potential delisting from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).The South African miner stated an intention to repurchase its issued share capital for ZAR 1 ($0.07) per share in an announcement Friday. The offer is open to about 20% of shareholders, but excludes a consortium made up of Cream Magenta 1...Read More
RAPAPORT... Luxury fashion house Gucci has made a move into high jewelrywith the inauguration of its first boutique and a collection by creativedirector Alessandro Michele. The store, which is dedicated exclusively to jewelry,opened on July 2 in Paris's historic Place Vend??me, and will display the new HortusDeliciarum collection. The line features more than 200 pieces, mainly one of akind. Each...Read More
Reuters reported that U.S. neighborhood and community shopping center retail vacancy rate fell 0.1 to 10.1 percent n the second quarter, marking the first decline since the beginning of 2016. Reuters quoted data provided by the US real estate research firm Reis Inc. Reis reported that despite store closures from bigger retailers, store openings had led to strong occupancy growth this quarter. &n...Read More
In a guest blog by Gabriela Flores on the website of the International Institute for Environment and Development, she lists what is needed to change the conversation about artisanal mining and conflict diamonds "Millions of people in some of the world's poorest countries depend on diamond mining for a living. Yet a focus on dealing with so-called 'blood diamonds' stops a wider conv...Read More
A survey was conducted online within the United States by The Harris Poll on behalf of TD Ameritrade showed these findings: Marriage is a pivotal milestone for more than half of Young Americans todayThough 1 in 4 are opting out of marriage altogetherFour in 10 Millennials plan to foot the bill for their own weddingsWhile only 7 percent of parents expect that they won't contribute...Read More
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Oh, it's here alright.Wolf Richter is the founder of Wolf Street Corp and the publisher of WolfStreet.com. Wolf has over twenty years of C-level operations experience, including turnarounds and a VC-funded startup. He has a BA, MA, and MBA (UT at Austin). In his prior life, he worked in Texas and Oklahoma, including a decade as General Manager and COO of a large Ford dealership and its subsidiarie...Read More
Greg Mannarino, founder of TradersChoice.net, says the only thing you can count on in this economy is more debt being created. Mannarino says, "World central banks' power exists in one thing, and that is their ability to issue debt. The more debt they issue, the stronger they become. So, they are loving this."Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm...Read More
Jason talks about Deutsche Bank desperately trying to save itself with new restructuring plans and asset sales. Jason Burack is an investor, entrepreneur, financial historian, Austrian School economist, and contrarian. Jason co-founded the startup financial education company Wall St for Main St, LLC, to try to help the people of Main Street by teaching them the knowledge, skills, research methods,...Read More
According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released Sunday, President Trump's approval rating is the highest of his presidency.Continue...Read More
Jason talks about former hedge fund manager, global macro investor and newsletter writer and Co-Founder of Real Vision TV, Raoul Pal's chart of the gold price versus the GMI currency basket. The GMI currency basket is made up of over 27 equally weighted currencies and the gold price is doing very well and is in clear bull market in those currencies, except for the US Dollar. Look up the gold price...Read More
RAPAPORT... Global rough-diamond output grew 2% to $14.47 billion lastyear, reflecting higher production in Botswana, according to data the KimberleyProcess (KP) released last week.The average price increased 4% to $97 per carat, outweighinga 2% decline in production volume to 148.4 million carats, the figures showed. Russia remained the world's principal source of rough, despiteits recoveries fal...Read More
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RAPAPORT... Luxury fashion house Gucci has made a move into high jewelrywith the inauguration of its first boutique and a collection by creativedirector Alessandro Michele. The store, which is dedicated exclusively to jewelry,opened on July 2 in Paris's historic Place Vend??me, and will display the new HortusDeliciarum collection. The line features more than 200 pieces, mainly one of akind. Each...Read More
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