Sentences with phrase «than currency markets»

Not exact matches

Some markets are likely to fare better than others, but observers say countries with currencies linked to the dollar, like Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, have a lot riding on the outcome.

Rather than try to time the market or buy into the newest blockchain trend, MetaStable looks closely at the real - world use cases of various digital currencies, and aims to make at least decade - long bets on the most «credible candidates,» Seims tells Fortune.

While dozens of hedge funds have sprung up this year to invest in the white - hot digital currency market, this one, known as Arrington XRP Capital, is the first to be denominated in a crypto - currency rather than dollars or euros.

South Korea's new management - minded approach is a dramatic turnaround from its energetic regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges this past year, alarmed at a heated market that saw local prices of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies in South Korea trade for higher than international levels.

The dollar, measured against a basket of currencies, has now given up more than half of the gains it notched up this month when investors rushed into the greenback as equity markets suffered a violent sell - off.

The digital currency now has a market value of more than $ 272 billion.

While not all bets have paid off — his global macro strategy suffered amid currency volatility in 2014 — Shiff says he ends up losing less in down markets than pure equity managers do.

The Indian prime minister made a surprise announcement on Nov. 8 that the aforementioned notes, which account for more than 80 % of currency in circulation in India, would be rendered useless, in order to curb India's black market.

Bitcoin has more than doubled in value this year, while the market value of all digital currencies has more than quadrupled this year, hovering around $ 80 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.

That takes the digital currency's surge this year to more than 1,500 percent and its market capitalization to $ 274 billion.

On the Syrian black market, the dollar buys more than 500 Syrian pounds, according to Steve Hanke, director of the Troubled Currencies Project at the Cato Institute.

The digital currency now has a market value of about $ 213 billion, more than twice that of Goldman Sachs.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

China's plan involves very different strings than the postwar American checks did: no interest in promoting the rule of law, free markets, and (US - led) global standards, but a rather simple «buy from Chinese state owned corporations, accept Chinese currency, employ Chinese standards.»

A well - functioning local - currency bond market allows a government much more economic policy flexibility than can be experienced when tied to foreign currency borrowing.

It was also lower than Wednesday's close and comes after China adopted a more market - oriented method of calculating the currency rate in a move widely seen as a devaluation.

Once the largest global market for trading, China now accounts for 1.5 percent of bitcoin transactions, while Japan — where regulators have been more open to digital currencies — accounts for more than 60 percent, according to CryptoCompare.com.

Foreign investments involve greater risks than U.S. investments, including political and economic risks and the risk of currency fluctuations, all of which may be magnified in emerging markets.

Thus, many emerging markets» growth rates in the next decade may be lower than in the last — as may the outsize returns that investors realised from these economies» financial assets (currencies, equities, bonds, and commodities).

European stock markets surged almost 2 % while Wall Street jumped more than 1 % after a breakthrough came early on Monday when Donald Tusk, president of the European council, announced that the 19 eurozone leaders had unanimously reached agreement to keep Greece in the single currency, adding that Athens had signed up to «serious reforms».

Rather than choosing completely new names for these currencies, there are different Bitcoin - themed clones on the market.

Investing in foreign emerging markets entails greater risks than those normally associated with domestic markets, such as political, currency, economic and market risks.

The digital currency more than doubled over the span of 18 days, and in doing so far outpaced the broader market.

Entities in smaller markets typically issue foreign currency debt in offshore bond markets because they can issue larger, lower - rated and / or longer - maturity bonds than they can (at least at comparable prices) in their domestic market.

It explains why today's currency markets are more volatile than at any time since the 1930s.

Compared with previous episodes of booming commodity prices, a floating currency, a sound but flexible medium - term framework for monetary policy and a flexible labour market mean we are doing much better this time than in the mid 1970s or early 1950s.

Turkey's main stock market fell the most in more than a year Monday as investors dumped the country's currency amid an escalating political standoff following the arrest of a Turkish national at the U.S. consulate in Instanbul.

International markets entail different risks than those typically associated with domestic markets, including foreign currency fluctuation, political and economic instability, accounting changes and foreign taxation.

Emerging markets have started to recover, with stocks up roughly 6 % in local currencies and more than 7 % after adjusting for the rebound in EM currencies against the U.S. dollar, according to Bloomberg data.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

by Silvio Cascione, Sumanta Dey and Vuyani Ndaba (Reuters)- The U.S. dollar is likely to set new records against emerging market currencies this year, although its climb may be slower than in 2015 and possibly hampered by more frequent bouts of volatility, a Reuters poll suggested.

To do so would either create massive hyperinflation (devaluation) of our current fiat currency, massive swings (politically rather than market driven) in the price of the metal, or create such a high conversion rate as to be nearly meaningless.

More than 1,300 types of digital currencies are currently traded worldwide, but the leader in price and market cap is Bitcoin, the first digital currency, which was first issued in January 2009.

Bonds denominated in renminbi in the Hong Kong market, known as CNH bonds, outperformed dollar - denominated and other local currency bonds in Asia last year, with a more than 6 % total return in dollar terms, as investors sought stability in the resilience of the Chinese currency, according to a report by HSBC.

Weakness in the U.S. currency rather than factors on the Canadian side are likely to be the primary catalyst for a slide in USD / CAD, according to BMO's global head of foreign - exchange strategy Greg Anderson, who cited a market that's gotten ahead of itself with regard to Federal Reserve tightening and a tax proposal that's likely to be dollar negative.

We're quite aware of the quote of John Maynard Keynes that «the market can stay illogical longer than the investor can remain solvent» — which as an historical aside, was in reference to his experience trading foreign currencies on margin.

(iii) The trade resulted from an erroneous quote in the primary market for the underlying currency pair that has a width of at least $ 10.00 or that width is at least three times greater than the average quote width for such underlying security during the time period encompassing five minutes before and after the dissemination of such quote.

Ripple's XRP currency has gained 20 % over the past 24 hours, higher than the 15 % gain reported across the crypto market.

In addition, analysts believe that the market cap in crypto - currencies, which was about 2 to 3 percent of liquid gold in 2016, rose to more than 20 percent last year, capturing a sizable chunk of the precious - metals market share.

Finally, while I had modest expectations for emerging market (EM) assets, I certainly missed the latest meltdown in EM currencies, many of which have been depreciating faster than during the financial crisis.

So in summary — most likely maintaining a public ledger would have meaningfully higher transactions cost than centralized clearing — however, there are use cases for bitcoin / cryptos where fiat currency is not an option so difference is transactions costs is not a consideration — to the extent the market ascribes value to bitcoin / cryptos this value can not be diluted or as easily confiscated

Upcoming economic data are likely to matter more for interest rates and currencies than they have over the past few months, when market participants waited for the launch of QE2, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

For all asset classes (but focusing on currencies), they define bad market conditions as months when the excess return on the broad value - weighted U.S. stock market is less than 1.0 standard deviation below its sample period average.

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets have shown different behaviour than regular equity and currency markets.

The cryptocurrency market started of the week on a relatively calm note, with most major currencies moving less than 3 percent on Monday.

The cryptocurrency market hot streak took a breather on Wednesday, with most major currencies down more than 4 percent.

«The lower yuan fixing probably signifies greater risks to the Chinese economy than we know of,» said Jeremy Stretch, head of currency strategy at CIBC World Markets.

With over $ 1.5 trillion notional cleared and more than one trillion dollars of open interest, the hallmarks of the service include proven high - volume processing capability as well as an uncompromising commitment to service delivery, including 24 - hour clearing across 12 emerging market and 5 G10 currencies.

The largest digital currency by market cap has declined more than 21 % since Monday.