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The Russian foreign ministry alleged the Nord Stream pipeline ruptures that caused gas leaks over the Baltic Sea have occurred in an area that is “fully under control” of the U.S. intelligence agencies. What Happened: Four gas leaks on the damaged Nord Stream pipelines were discovered...

A video released on Tuesday by Denmark's armed forces showed gas bubbles rushing to the Baltic Sea surface above the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines.  What Happened: The video by the Danish army showed that the largest gas leak had caused surface disturbance of well over one kilometer in...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has long been criticized for its energy consumption. The seemingly never-ending debate was at the forefront of cryptocurrency discussions for a large part of 2021. Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd (Pink: BRPHF) CEO Mike Novogratz aimed to put an end to that debate Thursday...

The Group B Euro 2020 matchup between Denmark and Finland saw one of the worst and most talked about injuries in professional sports. Viewers of the game on ESPN, a unit of Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), saw Christian Eriksen collapse and receive medical attention on the field. The game was...

Lars Rohde — the governor of Denmark’s central bank Danmarks Nationalbank — last week said that Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and other cryptocurrencies are little more than a speculative fad that central bankers can probably ignore. What Happened: While Rhode seemed largely unconcerned...

For some investors, negative interest rates have a certain stigma of doom and gloom attached to them — but it shouldn't be, at least according to Denmark. Interest rates have been negative in Denmark for a longer period than any other country on the planet, and the country's head of the...

British voters voted in favor of leaving the European Union Thursday, sending global equity futures and the British pound into a downward spiral. In the essence of keeping things real, do not bet on the iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (iShares Trust (NYSE: EWU)) or the Guggenheim CurrencyShares...

Gold futures continued trading higher early Monday morning and reached its highest levels in almost three weeks. Bloomberg attributed the commodity's gains to a weak U.S. dollar and cautious commentary from the Federal Reserve regarding an interest rate hike. Meanwhile, European governments bonds...

There is no dearth of exchange-traded funds that have “benchmark” status, and plenty of those are believed to be sound gauges of risk appetite. One of the more overlooked ETFs in terms of gauging market sentiment and risk appetite might just be the Ishares MSCI Europe Fincls Sctr Indx...

Last week, the Bank of Japan added to its monetary easing arsenal by becoming the latest country to enact negative interest rates. Investors and savers in Nordic countries have already become familiar with negative interest. Just ask the Danes and the Swedes. The problem with negative interest...

Stocks involved in the shipping industry can be one way to play the transportation sector and global economic expansion theme. However, the continued collapse in worldwide commodity prices and economic uncertainty in Europe has sent prices of these companies lower in recent months.  Both...