How Progressive Does McDonald’s Have to Be?
Two stories today highlight McD’s moves to stay on trend: One about McD’s support of recent womens’ social issues, and the other around McD’s further More...…
U.S. regulator urges registration of cryptocurrency exchanges
Are we getting closer to a world where more investors view blockchain/coins as an asset class for which they need risk reporting support? Where are More...…
BlackRock says it’s time to take action on guns, may use voting power to influence
Interesting times we live in, as BlackRock looks to wield its investment power in the hot gun debate. Is this a more activist face for More...…
Volatility Model Risk – The Tail That Wagged the Dog?
The recent surge in the VIX (CBOE Volatility Index) at the start of the month and the proximate market correction raised a number of questions More...…
Trade Finance Awaits A Boost From FinTech
The ever-popular FinTech world is helping open the lending tap this year… …88 percent of lenders plan to lend more in 2018 than they did More...…
British PM May to Meet Finance Bosses on Brexit
Brexit, no-Brexit… whatever ends up happening, it will have caused the longest national headache in Birtain’s history once it’s all said and done. LONDON (Reuters) More...…
MoneyGram partners with Ripple to use XRP cryptocurrency in money transfers
Popular finance topics of payments and crypto all in one deal! Shares of MoneyGram, the second-largest money transfer company in the world, spiked as much More...…
Bitcoin Cash Crash: The Grinch who stole Christmas
The speculative frenzy around Bitcoin reached a peak in December as Coinbase became the #1 app on the iPhone and their client base overcame Schwab. More...…
Learning to Love Risk
Most people have a love hate relationship with risk. We love the thrill of the stock market rising but hate losing money. Today, everyone seems More...…
The Dog that Didn’t Bark
If you are puzzled by the low volatility in financial markets, you have good company. Richard Thaler, the Nobel Prize winning economist is also puzzled More...…