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Vanguard's New Algorithms will Connect Buyers and Sellers

Vanguard’s New Algorithms will Connect Buyers and Sellers

Investors and traders sell and buy billions worth of futures every day. And as a rule, they depend on banks during these exchanges. That’s why Vanguard’s recent announcement is revolutionary. The U.S.-based head of forex trading stated that its plans to launch new computer-run algorithms. With them, it can trade FX with other funds directly, …

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MasterCard's CEO and crypto

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Project and Mastercard

Facebook is a very popular social media network, with two billion users around the world. In 2019, the company unveiled the cryptocurrency project Libra. The backlash from various lawmakers and organizations showed that it would be quite hard to launch this cryptocurrency due to various reasons. The California-based company was struggling to deal with the …

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GM and main findings

General Motors lost $194 million in the Fourth Quarter

General Motors is a world-famous automaker thanks to its vehicles. Recently, GM released the fourth-quarter results. Based on the information, the automaker lost $194 million in the fourth quarter of 2019 due to 40-day autoworkers strike. This strike had a huge impact on General Motors as the automaker was losing money due to the situation. …

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Cryptocurrencies and financial institutions

Mastercard’s CEO and His Position Regarding the Libra

Less than one year ago, in June 2019, Facebook presented its cryptocurrency project Libra. The list of partners that agree to participate in the development of the blockchain network included many famous companies. Libra association was created to develop and distribute Libra. One explanation of why they decided to create this association was to comply …

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Vanguard Plans to Sidestep the Banks with New Algorithms

Vanguard Plans to Sidestep the Banks with New Algorithms

Vanguard, the U.S.-based head of forex trading, plans to launch a revolutionary project. It trades about $225 billion each month in currencies. The fund giant will start using new, computer-run algorithms this year. With this algos, it can trade FX with other funds directly, without go-betweens. As these mediators are banks, it means that they …

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Central bank and stocks

The Reserve Bank of Australia and Stock Markets in Asia

The spread of coronavirus continues to dominate the headlines as it created many questions regarding the future of the global economy. Another factor that affected the stock markets was the decision of the Reserve Bank of Australia. On February 4, the central bank decided to leave the cash rate at 0.75%. The Governor of the …

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stock markets and Asia

Stocks in China, Japan, and South Korea Recovered on Tuesday

On Monday, mainland Chinese stocks experienced serious problems due to the coronavirus outbreak. It was the first day of trading after an extended Lunar New Year Holiday. Chinese indexes fell by more than 7%. It was the worst day for stock indexes in years. Hopefully, on Tuesday, Chinese stocks started to recover after sustaining huge …

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