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U.S. stock-index futures climbed, signaling equities will advance for a third day, incentivised by the optimism that the world’s largest economy will be able to cope with higher interest rates from next year...
Market News
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News, 18 September 2014, 14:40 #Dow Jones, S&P 500, Fed
With a fluctuating stock market and tough economy, no wonder people have decided to explore new unconventional investment opportunities, with wine being one of them. During the past decade, wine has become an increasingly popular investment commodity, with its own index...
Events
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Anna Cova, 18 September 2014, 14:11
On Thursday the European Central Bank detailed plans for altering the way the euro zone governors vote from next year, constraining smaller economies' potential influence in favor of big states, like Germany...
Law/Regulations
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News, 18 September 2014, 12:54 #ECB
The story in precious metals this week was a stronger US dollar pushing down prices for hedging metals - gold and palladium. Platinum and silver took a hit from the strong dollar, as well. Palladium After drifting 5.4 percent, US palladium bar dropped to $833...
Metals
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Patti, 18 September 2014, 12:11 #Palladium, Platinum, silver
U.K. stocks advanced, as 4.3 million Scots turned to the polls...
Market News
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News, 18 September 2014, 11:34
Coinjar, Melbourne-based bitcoin exchange, is hoping to prompt the digital currency into the mainstream next month with the offer of the first eftpos card in Australia linked to a bitcoin account...
Currency
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News, 18 September 2014, 11:10 #bitcoin
As we’ve noted before, HSBC’s foreign exchange traders seem to be among some of the best in the industry...
Banks
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 18 September 2014, 10:12
Today Scottish population began voting on in a referendum on whether the country should become independent or stay part of the United Kingdom...
Events
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News, 18 September 2014, 09:49
If you’re looking for a banking job in Singapore or Hong Kong you may well be asking recruitment agencies in those cities to help you in your search...
Banks
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 18 September 2014, 09:37
World stock markets have advanced after the US Federal Reserve confirmed it would maintain near-zero interest rates for a "considerable time...
Market News
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News, 18 September 2014, 09:23 #dax, FTSE 100, Nikkei
There is a growing risk from 'exessive' financial market bets that could quickly disclose if investors get frightened by geopolitical tensions or a shift in U.S. interest rate policy, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday...
Events
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News, 18 September 2014, 09:11 #IMF
Personalization algorithms designed to know our intentions before we do form the backbone of the Internet Economy. And while these algorithmic systems may not fit all the criteria of genuine Artificial Intelligence (AI), their artifice is firmly in place in terms of their bias...
Neural Networks
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Damiano Fabiański, 18 September 2014, 09:11 #Neural networks
On Thursday Tokyo market led Asia higher, as it quickly responded to a weaker yen boosting earnings for exporters after the Fed announced it is on a track to hike rates at some point next year...
Currency
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News, 18 September 2014, 08:39 #Hang Seng, Nikkei
USDJPY bulls have seemingly lost confidence as indicated by a medley of Doji formations and short body candles. Yet in the absence of clear reversal signals there remains the potential for a journey higher to resume...
Trading Ideas
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Sergey Golubev, 18 September 2014, 06:11
Alibaba Group Holdings plans to price one of the largest initial public offerings ever this Thursday (September 18th, 2014) on the New York Stock Exchange. The IPO could raise over $25 billion dollars for Alibaba, its investors and founders...
Market News
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[Deleted], 18 September 2014, 03:11 #Alibaba, GDP, China
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Weekly Trends
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Forex Technical Analyst Trader, 17 September 2014, 23:59
There are a bunch of ways to get good information about markets. Some of them like getting a Bloomberg terminal. The other way is Twitter. It's become a place where even the biggest names on Wall Street go to get a word...
Trading Systems
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Mike Dennis, 17 September 2014, 21:11
Error #1: Placing the stop loss too tight. Should have been placed above, for example, of the weekly pivot Error #2: Going short with strong bars nearby. This means there is both demand and lack of supply so it's dangerous to go short. Error #3: Background was strong on the above timeframe...
Trading Strategies
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Leonardo Barata, 17 September 2014, 20:24
1. Strong background 2. Low volume down bar near an up trendline 3. Place the trailing stop below wide spread up bars. Exited with +45 pips. Analytical Trader...
Trading Strategies
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Leonardo Barata, 17 September 2014, 20:19
Microsoft announced plans to buy Minecraft, a building game that's basically the digital version of Legos, for $2.5 billion. Here's why Microsoft bought Minecraft: It's a good business deal, Microsoft is committed to gaming, and Minecraft is more than a game, it's almost a social network...
Events
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Sergey Golubev, 17 September 2014, 18:11 #Google