Tag: finance
What is insider trading, the crime Rep. Chris Collins was charged...
Jena Martin, West Virginia University and Karen Kunz, West Virginia University
The arrest of Congressman Chris Collins shines light on one of the sexier crimes...
Why stock markets crash – lessons from recent history
Enrico Onali, Aston University
Stock markets around the world suffered sudden, heavy losses on February 5 and 6. Following a 4.6% drop in the Dow...
The Bitcoin bubble – how we know it will burst
Larisa Yarovaya, Anglia Ruskin University and Brian Lucey, Trinity College Dublin
In the last year, the price of Bitcoin has increased from less than US$800...
‘The day the world changed’ – a former trader on how...
Alexis Stenfors, University of Portsmouth
When I received a phone call from a trader colleague at Merrill Lynch on August 9 2007, I was in...
How plummeting prices are spurring reform in oil producing countries
Nafis Alam, University of Nottingham
It has been a turbulent year for oil. Prices were strong in summer 2014, before plummeting in the second half...