Debt Renegotiation Failure rate across countries

Debt Renegotiation Failure rate across countries.

MALTA: un oasi in mezzo al Mediterraneo per le opportunità di business, start ups comprese

MALTA: un oasi in mezzo al Mediterraneo per le opportunità di business, start ups comprese Malta’s not just a valued domicile but an oasis of business opportunity – A new Maltese venture capital company will attract European start-ups to Malta’s jurisdiction. Launched by the Maltese Government, Venture Capital Malta (VT-MC) has been developed by the…

Dollars and Sense – rates, bond, stock

Dollars and Sense – rates, bond, stock Tuesday it was discovered that the US Trade gap got shockingly wider in March. This pretty well guarantees that Q1 GDP will be revised down into negative territory. And so far there is no evidence of a strong bounce back in April or May…which is why stocks have…

Salario minimo nel mondo, in Europa e a Malta

Salario minimo nel mondo, in Europa e a Malta MALTAway, per capire dove investire nel mondo….. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an international policy group that monitors and analyzes 34 countries, illustrates the after-tax value of the hourly minimum wage, in US dollars, in the OECD countries that have instituted one. Australia and…

The minimum wage around the world, Europe and in Malta

The minimum wage around the world, Europe and in Malta The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an international policy group that monitors and analyzes 34 countries, illustrates the after-tax value of the hourly minimum wage, in US dollars, in the OECD countries that have instituted one. Australia and Luxembourg lead the group with wages…

When the Fed starts hiking rates, ‘GET OUT’ of this asset class

When the Fed starts hiking rates, ‘GET OUT’ of this asset class High-yield bonds, or “junk” bonds, are bonds issued by companies of relatively low credit quality. Because of the higher risks that come with lending to such companies, they have to offer higher yields than those of their investment-grade peers. In this post-financial-crisis environment…

Rich Hedge Fund Managers Are Still Rich

If you have billions of dollars at the beginning of the year, and you invest your money, and the market goes up, then at the end of the year you’ll have made hundreds of millions of dollars. This is very obvious, but here is your annual reminder of it, dressed up as overpaid hedge fund…

Regulators just demonstrated they are serious about making digital currency companies follow the rules

Regulators just demonstrated they are serious about making digital currency companies follow the rules FinCEN, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, has levied its first fine on a virtual currency exchange. Ripple Labs, which distributes and exchanges its own cryptocurrency, XRP, is being fined $700,000 by FinCEN, a division of the Treasury Department, for “acting as…

There’s a new cryptocurrency coming, and it’s backed by gold. Are you ready for plutocoin?

There’s a new cryptocurrency coming, and it’s backed by gold Are you ready for plutocoin? What makes it unique to existing cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin? It’s backed by gold. Anthem Vault, the metals and technology company, will launch the coin on May 25. The coin will “be valued at 1 gram of gold at the day’s…