In April, a string of online sales campaigns themed "Buy BRICS" was held in the southeast Chinese coastal city of Xiamen. In a two-week shopping spree, Chinese consumers bought 270 million yuan (40 million dollars) worth of products from the other four BRICS countries, according to statistics...
if you did anything wrong, I pray to God, we come and get you too. The EPA whistle-blower, he's a cog. But in their words, it's a cabal, at the very top, that knew that this was just preelection cash. That's all it was. If you're a Democrat. All the money that you se...
From my analysis, the market is presenting a great deal for the 195/200 call; that is, buy the $195 call and sell the $200 call. The total debit paid, or amount of money at risk, is $285 for the chance to gain $215 (or a 75% payout). Keep in mind that the average debit...
That was just one side effect of the coronavirus pandemic and the Fed's actions to increase the money supply in response to it. The Pre-COVID-19 Situation The dollar surged in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic primarily because the U.S. was the first major nation to unwind its ...
Among the BRICS+ countries, Argentina is a case in point. Its foreign dollar debt has grown largely by IMF sponsorship. The IMF’s main political function in US foreign policy has been to enable pro-American client oligarchies to move their money out of countries whenever there is a chance...
Bid-ask spread: This is the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for an ETF share (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept (ask). It’s a transaction cost that affects the price at which you can buy or sell the ETF. A narrowerbid-ask spr...
Subsequently, the causal forest method was applied to analyze the causal relationships between these risks and their impact on risk spillovers across various Chinese stock markets. The research findings indicate that both transition risk and physical risk significantly influence stock market risk spillover...
An investigation has found that websites are offering glowing reviews for £38, according to The Times. Others allowed owners to bulk buy reviews for less money, with one offering 10 positive reviews for £69. One restaurant owner admitted to the paper he had already posted “a large numb...
Russia used its foreign exchange reserves to buy rubles. But as the country gradually depleted its foreign exchange reserves, it became clear that Russia would soon run out of reserves. At that point, the Russian government would no longer be able to maintain the ruble’s peg to the US doll...
Is there a plan to pay it back? No, there is not. Where’s all thenewmoney going to come from? Who in their right minds would throw good money after bad? How much longer can the federal government rely on the rest of the world’s goodwill to finance$1 trillion a yeardeficits?