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Shares of retailers are under pressure on Friday, including the group Walmart. The background is weak consumer spending in the US. According to Markus Koch, the question now is how credit companies are affected by this crisis.
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Under-40 traders account for 78 per cent of individual F&O participants, but 30-something traders bear the bulk of losses
The Pound Sterling loses some ground against the US Dollar, though it remains poised to end the week with gains of over 0.60%, even as UK Retail Sales disappointed investors and US business activity improved in August. The GBP/USD trades at 1.3626, down some 0.02%.
A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Pan American Silver Corp (Symbol: PAAS) is the #41 broker analyst pick, on average, out of the 50 stocks making up the Metals…
Key PointsIraq wants to boost its production to between 8 million and 10 million bpd within six years.
Bitcoin rallied as Treasury bond buybacks fueled the “not-QE” trade, while Metaplanet expanded to the US and Cypherpunk made a $33 million Zcash mining bet.
Prediction-market executives clashed Thursday (Aug. 20) over how regulators should police manipulation and insider trading, exposing a widening divide between established derivatives exchanges and newer event-contract platforms.
