Tag Archives: Featured

Council of States approves free trade agreement with India Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

Partners Group acquires real estate platform Empira Group Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

Financial markets often move in cycles where enthusiasm drives prices higher, sometimes far beyond what fundamentals justify. As discussed in last week's #BullBearReport, leverage and speculation are at the heart of many such cycles. These two powerful forces support the amplification of gains during upswings but can accelerate losses in downturns. Today’s market environment shows growing signs of these behaviors, particularly in options trading and leveraged...

Based on early Black Friday sales estimates, sales were strong, but shoppers were much more inclined to take advantage of online sales than go to the malls and stores in person. Mastercard SpendingPulse estimates that in store sales only grew by 0.7% from last year, while online sales rose by nearly 15%. Facteus, another data source, claims that in-store sales fell by 5.4% compared to an increase of 8.5% for online sales. Per ABC News and Adobe Analytics: Black...

Switzerland faces competition to attract mobile wealth Keystone / Christian Beutler Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

The US Dollar Index soars above 106.50 on Monday. DXY surges higher driven by Trump's warnings on tariffs against BRICS nations Strong November ISM manufacturing PMI helps the USD. The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the USD against a basket of currencies, has surged above the 106.50 level on Monday, the first trading session in December. This move higher has been driven by several factors, including news that US...

Ryan McMaken makes a convincing case on Mises Wire for abolishing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). But DHS is not the only executive branch cabinet department that has been occasionally mentioned as a candidate for elimination. Aside from the US cabinet departments of State, Treasury, and Defense that date back to the earliest years of the nation, the names of other departments—Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland...

The US Dollar has kicked off this week on the front foot after Donald Trump slapped BRICS with tariff. Focus shifts to Paris where this Monday, during European trading hours, French parliament is set to convene ahead of a vote for no-cofidence.  The US Dollar Index spikes back above 106.00, though it faces a key level ahead at 106.52. The US Dollar (USD) is rallying higher on Monday driven by two main drivers. First element is Donald Trump’s...

On Sunday night, President Biden issues a broad and sweeping pardon for his son Hunter Biden, covering “those offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.” Hunter Biden was due to be sentenced this month for federal tax and gun crimes. This pardon removes the possibility of any further legal action in those cases. This pardon comes after many months of...

Not long ago, Black Friday epitomized consumer frenzy. Crowds trampled one another at store entrances, shelves emptied in minutes, and shoppers battled over discounted goods with an intensity critics often likened to greed, desperation, and degradation. These chaotic scenes became a prime target for critics of capitalism, who accused the system of reducing human dignity to unchecked materialism.Naomi Klein famously described such behavior as the “logical endpoint of...