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Andrea Orcel is shaking up UBS. As Financial News noted last week. UBS has been hiring all sorts of new senior investment bankers this year (eg. Ian Carnegie Brown, Nick Reid, Giles Borten, Glenn Rewick) as Orcel ‘hot rods’ the investment bank for better performance...
Banks
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 23 September 2014, 10:35
Chinese demand for iron ore weakened squeezing the price for Australia's largest mineral export. It's a similar story for most of the nation's other top mineral exports, says UBS analyst Daniel Morgan...
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News, 23 September 2014, 10:09 #metals, gold
Asian shares recovered on Tuesday while commodities won a break from recent selling pressure after the information that China's massive factory sector outwent the market's bleak expectations...
Market News
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News, 23 September 2014, 09:49 #dax, FTSE 100, Nasdaq
AUD/USD hit 0.8923 during late Asian trade; the pair subsequently consolidated at 0.8909, gaining 0.41...
Currency
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News, 23 September 2014, 09:23 #Fed
School teacher from China named Jack Ma visited the United States for the first time in 1995 - he established small translation company in China and visited the U.S. as part of his translation business...
Market News
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Sergey Golubev, 23 September 2014, 09:11 #Alibaba
Today emerging-market stocks dropped to a 15-week low, led by technology companies and raw-material producers. Chinese shares rose after a manufacturing gauge topped estimates, Bloomberg reports...
Market News
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News, 23 September 2014, 08:39 #Shanghai Composite
Chinese social Finance website Xueqiu.com got USD40 million investment from Renren.com and Morningside Ventures. Xueqiu's products include website and application for smart devices...
Company News
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Sergey Golubev, 23 September 2014, 06:11
EURJPY sold off twice, but we are expecting one more. Keep in mind that support and resistance zones aren't perfect, but it looks like the second push down is actually a test of the resistance zone. Right now, it is after the test and price is stalling for a bit...
Trading Systems
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Zheng He, 23 September 2014, 03:17
Aisidi (HK) Limited has signed anagreement with Xiaomi Singapore and Flipkart India Private Limited to sell Chinese Xiaomi smartphones in India...
Market News
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Sergey Golubev, 23 September 2014, 03:11
Alpha Pages: You took great issue with Michael Lewis’ claim that the market is “rigged.” Why? Irene Aldridge: On the Michael Lewis topic, I suppose I am most disappointed in the pay-for-play quality of the book...
Trading Ideas
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Sergey Golubev, 22 September 2014, 21:11
1. Weak background 2. There was a weak bar before and the market is in a downtrend (down trendline above). Go short in an up bar with low volume 3. Exit after a strong signal. These signals like in this case, usually signal a market bottom. +26 pips Analytical Trader...
Trading Strategies
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Leonardo Barata, 22 September 2014, 20:05
This video is about trading the oil price. Probably, gold and oil are the two most commodity spread betting markets. Crude oil can be affected by political tensions and people's views on the economy; it is a very volatile market and can easily move 200 to 400 points a day...
Trading Strategies
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Ivanov Evgeniy, 22 September 2014, 18:25 #investing, Trading, forex
Description #1 : ISM Index (Institute of Supply Management's index, former NAPM — National Association of Purchasing Managers) is the index of business activity. ISM figures above 50 are usually considered as an indicator of expansion, while values below 50 indicate contraction...
Weekly Trends
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Sergey Golubev, 22 September 2014, 18:11 #economic calendar
Apple has said that opening weekend sales for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have topped 10 million, a new record, the company said Monday morning...
Events
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Sergey Golubev, 22 September 2014, 17:17 #Apple
British Forex Trader Magazine has appeared today in MetaTrader Market. Thus, any MetaTrader platform user can now download up to eight different financial publications from the Market. The archive of Forex Trader Magazine contains 6 issues from October 2013...
Events
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MetaQuotes, 22 September 2014, 15:42
PRODUCER PRICE INDEX PPI stands for the Producer Price Index. PPI comes out the second week of each month. Forex traders can use PPI as a leading indicator to forecast consumer inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) In the 1950’s gasoline was $0...
Weekly Trends
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EmmeMe, 22 September 2014, 15:11 #CPI
D1 price is on bearish for breaking 0.8921 support level for the bearish to be continuing. H4 price is on bearish breaking 0.8865 support level. W1 price is on bearish breakdown on close bar: the price is breaking 0.8921 key support level. If D1 price will break 0...
Forecasts
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Sergey Golubev, 22 September 2014, 14:33 #resistance, support
It’s a little ironic that the UK has been so quick to bash its bankers when the financial services sector is such a prominent part of the country’s economy...
Banks
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 22 September 2014, 12:41
Are you a mid-level investment banker frustrated about your inability to get ahead? Are you also frustrated about your inability to live in London on less than £250k? Solve both problems at once: go and work for Nomura...
Banks
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 22 September 2014, 12:25
Durable Goods Orders Durable Goods Orders (DGO) is an indicator of orders placed for relatively long lasting goods. Durable goods are expected to last more than three years, e.g.: cars, furniture, appliances, etc...
Trading Systems
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Patti, 22 September 2014, 12:11 #economic calendar