Month: August 2016

In the world of hedge funds, few have achieved as much consistent success and profitable returns as Jim Simon’s Renaissance Technologies, the multi-billion fund which unleashed and popularized quant investing,…

Submitted by Neil Clark, originally posted op-ed via RT, You’d have to have been locked in a wardrobe if you live in the West not to have heard ominous phrases…

Written by Nathan McDonald (CLICK FOR ORIGINAL) Volatility is the name of the game. Stocks are acting up, but standing strong. Oil is propelling higher and the US dollar is…

Submitted by Alexander Grover in Oslo, Norway Recently, Dagens Næringsliv published an article where an economist from DnB (Norway’s largest bank) stated that Norway is not in a housing bubble…

Hedge funders have a bit of an “image” issue on main street where their behavior is often viewed as “excessive”. Not to put words in anyone’s mouth but we think…

Submitted by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com, Back in the late ‘90s, I began saying, “I’ll give the EU twenty years.” At that point, the EU seemed to be going great…

Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader The Nigerian military announced on Monday that it had carried out “the most unprecedented and spectacular air raid” and killed some Boko Haram commanders as…

Aminu Tambuwal, transforming Sokoto Nigeria, and particularly our state, Sokoto, will this week host the Secretary of State of the USA, John Kerry, on a two day working visit. Our…

A few weeks ago The Central Bank of Nigeria issued a circular instructing commercial banks in Nigeria to start selling forex to BDCs believing that it will reduce the dollar…

Africa and Nigeria’s largest retail supermarket chain, Shoprite Holdings has released its 2016 Full Year profits. The company reported a 17% increase in profit after tax as it reported an…