US Treasury Secretary Lew: Our global financial influence is being challenged

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18 Mar 2015 In UNITED STATES, Banking Comments Off on US Treasury Secretary Lew: Our global financial influence is being challenged

Thomson Reuters U.S. Treasury Secretary Lew testifies on Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 U.S. Government Budget proposal before a committee hearing in Washington The Obama administration warned on Tuesday that rising powers were challenging U.S. leadership in global financial institutions, and urged Congress to approve a deal it says would help preserve U.S. influence. “New players are challenging


Zim meets IMF targets

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17 Mar 2015 In IRAQ, GLOBAL ECONOMIES, Banking Comments Off on Zim meets IMF targets

March 11, 2015 in Business Zimbabwe has met all the quantitative targets under the supervised economic reform programme, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said, but warned that growth would weaken further this year. BY OUR STAFF Last year the IMF agreed to a successor Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP) — an informal agreement between country authorities


From a translated document on CBI’s site

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16 Mar 2015 In IRAQ, Banking Comments Off on From a translated document on CBI’s site

From a translated document on CBI’s site, dated 3/15/15 To / banks authorized to exercise all banking -financial companies approved the conversion of all ( sale and purchase of foreign currency Regulation (26/3/9) for the year 2015 ) The adoption of the model 03/15/2015 http://www.cbi.iq/documents/Announcemen15-3-2015.pdf


Execute International Cross to Commercial Bank of Iraqi on Monday Mar 16, 2015

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16 Mar 2015 In IRAQ, Banking Comments Off on Execute International Cross to Commercial Bank of Iraqi on Monday Mar 16, 2015

Market News Execute International Cross to Commercial Bank of Iraqi on Monday Mar 16, 2015 16/03/2015 10:01 Ahli United Brokerage Firms (buy) & (sell) executed International Cross to Commercial Bank of Iraqi  on Monday Mar 16, 2015, in  traded shares  (12434782600) billion share  in additional session time after 12 o’clock


HKEx suspends gold futures contract as London gold ‘fix’ gets makeover

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16 Mar 2015 In IRAQ, GLOBAL ECONOMIES, Banking Comments Off on HKEx suspends gold futures contract as London gold ‘fix’ gets makeover

The 100 year old London Fix on Gold & Silver are moving their offices to China.  China has proven to be #1 in economic activity in the world, so UN, BIS, IMF, World Bank are to be established in China by January-February, 2016. this is big picture thinking here. Lifting the gold fix means the


What the Strongest U.S. Dollar in a Decade Means for Your Wallet

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13 Mar 2015 In Financial Literacy/Wealth Tips, UNITED STATES, Banking Comments Off on What the Strongest U.S. Dollar in a Decade Means for Your Wallet

DOLLAR INDEX SPOT Exchange Rate BREAKS 100! ADD TO WATCHLIST DXY 100.2300 Price of DXY As of 14:19:40 ET on 03/13/2015   by Shobhana Chandra 12:00 AM EDT March 11, 2015 How a Strong Dollar Goes Further for Consumers Roubini: Massive Contagion If Greece Leaves the Euro (Bloomberg) — The strongest dollar in more than 11


United Kingdom to join China in the anti-dollar alliance

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13 Mar 2015 In Investments & Opportunity, GLOBAL ECONOMIES, Banking Comments Off on United Kingdom to join China in the anti-dollar alliance

In another awkward blow to the rapidly waning US-dollar hegemony, America and Britain just had their “It’s not you, it’s me” moment. Late yesterday, the government of the United Kingdom announced that they would be applying to join the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank… as a founding member. This is huge. Right now, the United


China-IMF talks underway to endorse yuan as global reserve currency

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13 Mar 2015 In Investments & Opportunity, GLOBAL ECONOMIES, Banking Comments Off on China-IMF talks underway to endorse yuan as global reserve currency

March 12, 2015, 12:12 pm Including the yuan in the SDR basket would aid China’s attempts to diminish the dollar’s dominance in global trade and finance [Xinhua] China is pushing for the International Monetary Fund to endorse the Chinese yuan as a global reserve currency alongside the dollar and euro. A senior Chinese central bank


U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

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12 Mar 2015 In Investments & Opportunity, Financial Literacy/Wealth Tips, Banking Comments Off on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Churning Churning occurs when a broker engages in excessive buying and selling of securities in a customer’s account chiefly to generate commissions that benefit the broker.  For churning to occur, the broker must exercise control over the investment decisions in the customer’s account, such as through a formal written discretionary agreement.  Frequent in-and-out purchases and


While the rich are indeed getting richer, what’s most notable is that more people are becoming wealthy

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11 Mar 2015 In Financial Literacy/Wealth Tips, UNITED STATES, GLOBAL ECONOMIES, Banking Comments Off on While the rich are indeed getting richer, what’s most notable is that more people are becoming wealthy

Since the millionaire population plunged in 2008, the U.S. has gained or added back more than 3.5 million millionaires. Board of Governors of World Bank and IMF announce transition to asset-backed currencies | Presswire http://presswire.com/content/1324064/board-governors-world-bank-and-imf-announce-transition-asset-backed-currencies Treasury rate prices are on the rise. Oil prices are down. Currencies war is in full effect.