Falling real reflects the country's weakening economic outlook.

Administration budget increases funding of SEC and CFTC, after agencies claim they don't have budget to enforce financial regs.

Liquidity problem in Treasuries market may be unintended consequence of financial regulations, and will likely worsen when interest rates rise.

Since Alexis Tsipras was elected prime minister, investors and economists have been speculating on whether Greece will stay on the euro.

As companies headquartered in North America expand their business in Europe, they face a changing payments landscape.

Interest rates will likely begin rising midyear, depending on inflation and changes to the global economy.

Chinese renminbi overtakes Canadian dollar to become the world's fifth most-commonly used currency for payments.

Last year, the virtual currency was a worse investment than oil or the ruble, but some investors are keeping the faith.