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The interest rate on credit Suisse's latest bond issue hit 10% as the bank seeks to pay out billions of dollars in compensation to...

The Swiss National Bank raised interest rates for the first time in seven years and said it could not rule out further increases in...

In June, the Federal Reserve's FOMC raised interest rates by 75 basis points, the largest increase in nearly three decades since 1994, to levels...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the Fed's rate-setting meeting on June 15. Powell said inflation led the Fed to raise...

Retail investors are beginning to question ESG investing. In the first quarter of this year, global inflows into ESG funds fell by 36%, the worst level so far before the outbreak. In May, the US ESG ETF suffered the largest monthly redemption in history, with an outflow of US$200 million.

The market is open 24 hours a day, five days a week across major financial centers across the globe. This means that you can...

Foreign Exchange (forex or FX) is the trading of one currency for another. For example, one can swap the U.S. dollar for the euro....

Much like for other commodities, predicting the future value of gold is difficult, and there’s a simple reason for this. Commodity markets are like auctions....

While gold is considered a low-risk commodity, its per-ounce price can fluctuate due to several key driving influences. Below, we outline the factors that...

Gold has a timeless allure — especially if you worry about stock market volatility, inflation, a decay of ordinary currency or the collapse of...

Much of gold's value comes from its scarcity. Research suggests that if you added up the world’s holdings of gold throughout all of history,...

In June of 2022, the average price of the OPEC basket so far this month is $119.6 per barrel, while the price was $113.94...