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Argentina: A Perfect Storm Creates A Buying Opportunity
Photographer: Sarah Pabst/Bloomberg Introduction 2018 has been a tumultuous year for Argentina. From one of the most severe droughts the country has experienced in decades, to the collapse of the peso and equity markets, to a $50…
Something’s ‘Fishy’ On The Blockchain, But Can This Tech Reduce Seafood Fraud?
A fisherman releases Red King crabs caught into a snurrevod, a bottom net, on a Dobroflot Fishing Company ship during coastal fishing for Alaska Pollock in Peter the Great Bay, Primorye Territory, Russia, May 29, 2018. (Photo: Yuri…
Wyre: The Blockchain Platform Taking The Lead In Cross-Border Transactions
Wyre Co-Founder and CEO Michael DunworthPhoto courtesy of Wyre It’s no secret that the Bitcoin boom has transformed the way we imagine global currency in a digital world. With cryptocurrency becoming a normalized alternative to cash,…
IMF Produces Another Bogus Venezuela Inflation Forecast
Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has done it again. In an attempt to garner some press, the head of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department Alejandro Werner forecasted that Venezuela’s…
Could Bitcoin Benefit From A Trade War?
Analysts weighed in on how trade war concerns are impacting Bitcoin prices. Shutterstock As the trade war continues and the Trump Administration continues to impose tariffs on goods from nations around the world, some market…
The Bitcoin Price Is Tanking — Here’s Why
A smartphone displays the Bitcoin USD market value on the stock exchange via the Yahoo Finance app. (Photo by Guillaume Payen/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) The bitcoin price bull run over the last month, which saw it…
Europe Won’t Buy U.S. LNG, But Europeans Might
President Donald J. Trump speaks with Jean-Claude Juncker President of the European Commission during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington…
Idea Of A Saudi-Russian Led Mega Oil Cartel Appears Fanciful
Ever since members of the oil cartel OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, and 10 non-OPEC producers, led by Russia, came together in a historic 2016 agreement to take 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) of production out of the global supply pool,…
Are Trade Wars Spiraling Into A Currency War?
President Donald Trump delivers remarks on trade at Granite City Works Steel Coil Warehouse, Thursday, July 26, 2018, Granite City, Ill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Trump recently tweeted that currency manipulation was rampant…
Trade War Casualties: Factories Shifting Out Of China
Supply chains starting to shift at a faster pace as companies look to avoid tariffs. (Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg) China-based manufacturers were already in the process of moving to lower-cost Southeast Asia. Now that trade…