The Cornerstone Blog

Over the last few weeks, there has been speculation that the countries of Argentina and Brazil are together planning on creating a currency union in Latin America.  We’ll take a look at this potential new currency in more detail below. A history of currency volatility… South America is used to new countries. Replacements and re-denominations […]

The Dinar is the name of a number of currencies, mainly in the Arab world. It is derived from the Latin word ‘Denarius’ which was the name of an ancient Roman coin.  Many ancient Islamic nations used a form of Dinar, with the most famous being the Gold Dinar used by the Umayyad Empire in […]

Dinar The Dinar is the name of a number of currencies, mainly in the Arab world. It is derived from the Latin word ‘Denarius’ which was the name of an ancient Roman coin.  Many ancient Islamic nations used a form of Dinar, with the most famous being the Gold Dinar used by the Umayyad Empire […]

With private aeroplanes currently lining the jetways of St.Moritz Airport and a large chunk of the world’s economic, political and business elite donning snow shoes, we thought it would be a good opportunity to take a deep dive into what exactly ‘Davos’ or more precisely ‘The World Economic Forum’ actually is. Some background… The World […]

In this week’s article, we’re looking at how currency is used in the world’s smallest countries. Take a read below: (We’ve based our list on the ten smallest countries by population size and also only looking at countries that are fully recognised independent sovereign states.)   🇻🇦 Vatican City | Population: 800 (Euro) The Vatican City […]

Each week we publish our Economic Diary which lists the key events each working week in the financial and economic world. In the below article we’ve explained why the listed events are so important. Interest rate decisions… The decision to raise or lower interest rates is one of the most significant economic choices that can […]