Online sales juggernaut Amazon has a toe in the Internet finance business, processing payments and offering loans to the site’s merchants. What about its Chinese counterpart, Alibaba? It does those things, too. It also facilitates peer-to-peer lending, sells mutual funds and insurance policies, and has formed a private bank to lend to consumers. Who’s leading the Internet revolution now? From a modest start in processing online payments, Alibaba, online media and entertainment firm...
Read More »ZIRP, NIRP, QE, Bank Collapse and Helicopters Coming Too Late – The Lehman Effect Hits Europe – Hard!
It’s official, I’m calling a banking crisis in Europe. Things didn’t go well the last time I did this. Of course, many will say, “But the rating agencies have learned their collective lessons. They would most assuredely warn us if the European banks are close to going bust, right?!!!”. Yeah, right! Reference our past research note on so-called trusted parties in private blockchains for banks. Those interested in purchasing the 22 page report on what is likely the first major bank to fall...
Read More »ZIRP, NIRP, QE, Bank Collapse and Helicopters Coming Too Late – The Lehman Effect Hits Europe – Hard!
It's official, I'm calling a banking crisis in Europe. Things didn't go well the last time I did this. Of course, many will say, "But the rating agencies have learned their collective lessons. They would most assuredely warn us if the European banks are close to going bust, right?!!!". Yeah, right! Reference our past research note on so-called trusted parties in private blockchains for banks. Those interested in purchasing the 22 page report on what is likely the first...
Read More »Rebuilding Greece and Europe
Greece’s crisis is fiscal, monetary, and structural, exacerbated by political and social volatility, stresses on European unity, and now, a large influx of refugees. Despite this “nightmare” and major near-term concerns, former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras believes that “we can and will make it’. The Greeks have faced a unique and debilitating confluence of challenges – excessive deficits and debt, diminishing competitiveness, increasing non-performing loans, political...
Read More »Panama Tax Haven Scandal: The Bigger Picture
A Huge Leak The “Panama Papers” tax haven leak is big … After all, the Prime Minister of Iceland resigned over the leak, and investigations are taking place worldwide over the leak. But Why Is It Mainly Focusing On Enemies of the West? But the Panama Papers reporting mainly focuses on friends of Russia’s Putin, Assad’s Syria and others disfavored by the West. Former British Ambassador Craig Murray notes: Whoever leaked the Mossack Fonseca papers appears...
Read More »Is the World Going Back into Crisis?
Jonathan Wilmot, Credit Suisse’s Head of Macro Investments, Asset Management, looks at three past crises of capitalism – in the 1890s, the 1930s and the most recent one in 2007 – and shows that previous pre-crisis financial and economic conditions are not apparent today. His conclusion: Policy matters. Is the world going back into crisis? “It comes down to policy and whether policy rises to the challenges we face right now,” Wilmot told participants in the opening session on April 6 at...
Read More »Le journalisme suisse en danger. Liliane Held-Khawam
Lukas Hässig, journaliste financier d’investigation accusé de concurrence déloyale et d’atteinte à la personnalité par Crédit Suisse. Plainte reçue par le tribunal de Commerce (ZH) Les 72 millions de primes offertes à Daniel Vasella en échange d’une clause de non concurrence , c’était déjà lui. Lui, c’est Lukas Hässig. Un talentueux journaliste qui cumule de nombreuses années dans le monde des médias. Lukas Hässig a un défaut: il dénonce les iniquités du monde de la Paradeplatz, la place...
Read More »Finanzbranche: Neuer Fintech Verband gegründet
Fondstrends.ch richtet sich an Anleger mit Sitz in der Schweiz. Die Website enthält Informationen zu kollektiven Kapitalanlagen, die in der Schweiz zum Vertrieb angeboten werden. Ja Ich bin ein qualifizierter Investor gemäss KAG Art. 3 und stimme den rechtlichen Bedingungen zu Ja Ich bin ein privater Investor mit Sitz in der Schweiz und stimme den rechtlichen Bedingungen zu Nein Ich stimme den rechtlichen Bedingungen nicht zu Haftungsausschluss fondstrends.ch wird unabhängig von...
Read More »US Economy: From Model Student to Problem Child?
For several years, the United States has been the bright spot in the world economy, with the strongest growth recovery among developed nations, sustained labor market improvement, and climbing stock markets. But that’s the past. What about the future? From the perspective of senior European executives, the outlook for the U.S. market has become increasingly worrisome of late. In the most recent installment of a twice-yearly survey, a panel of those executives told Credit Suisse that their...
Read More »CS verliert Leiter des Asset Managements
Fondstrends.ch richtet sich an Anleger mit Sitz in der Schweiz. Die Website enthält Informationen zu kollektiven Kapitalanlagen, die in der Schweiz zum Vertrieb angeboten werden. Ja Ich bin ein qualifizierter Investor gemäss KAG Art. 3 und stimme den rechtlichen Bedingungen zu Ja Ich bin ein privater Investor mit Sitz in der Schweiz und stimme den rechtlichen Bedingungen zu Nein Ich stimme den rechtlichen Bedingungen nicht zu Haftungsausschluss fondstrends.ch wird unabhängig von...
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