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One of the most popular currency trading strategies in recent history, the carry trade has been successfully used by traders for years. With recent market conditions, this very popular strategy is beginning to look like a losing proposition...
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Ray Steve, 28 August 2014, 16:11 #Interest Rate
The dollar was little changed against its main rivals on Thursday, as investors expected the release of U.S. data on second quarter growth and weekly jobless claims later in the day for further indications on the strength of the country's recovery...
Currency
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News, 28 August 2014, 15:05 #usd/cad, usd/jpy, GBP/USD
European stocks fell from a one-month high as investors analysed valuations and as pro-Russian rebels widened their attack on Ukraine’s forces. U.S. index futures and Asian shares also fell...
Market News
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News, 28 August 2014, 14:14 #Stoxx Europe 600, stocks
Quantitative Easing is a monetary policy tool that central banks use when they run out of room to cut interest rates. The word "Quantitative" refers to the money supply and easing money supply means to increase it...
Weekly Trends
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Peter Gervas, 28 August 2014, 14:11 #Interest Rate
On Thursday the pound sterling climbed to one-week highs against the U.S. dollar, since risk sentiment slowly improved ahead of highly anticipated U.S. economic reports on second quarter growth and last week's jobless claims...
Currency
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News, 28 August 2014, 13:25 #Mario Draghi, eur/gbp, ECB
Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), Europe’s biggest investment bank, was fined 4.7 million pounds ($7.8 million) by the British markets regulator for inability to properly report millions of transactions...
Events
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News, 28 August 2014, 12:54
Nicholas Woodman founded GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO) in 2004 and financed it from selling shell necklaces for $60, which he had purchased for $1.90 in Bali and borrowings from his parents of $235k...
Market News
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Damiano Fabiański, 28 August 2014, 12:11
Bitcoin is gaining popularity at U.S. online merchants including Overstock.com and Expedia, as customers use a digital currency which is now showing some stable power, - Reuters reports...
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Anna Cova, 28 August 2014, 11:40 #Cryptocurrency, bitcoin
On Thursday global stock markets are muted ahead of U.S. economic data and possible policy announcements from Japan. Quick outlook: KEEPING SCORE: France's CAC 40 slipped 0.1 percent to 4,389.46 in early European trading, while Britain's FTSE 100 was down 0.1 percent to 6,826.21...
Market News
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News, 28 August 2014, 11:00
Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s suppliers are preparing to manufacture the company’s largest-ever iPad, with production scheduled to commence by the first quarter of next year, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The new iPad will have a screen measuring 12...
Events
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Rachael Taylor, 28 August 2014, 10:11 #Apple
The Guardian: It’s all eyes on Germany and the eurozone this morning, with fresh data giving an insight into conditions in Europe’s largest economy. It will also indicate whether the European Central Bank will unleash new stimulus measures next week...
Events
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News, 28 August 2014, 09:31 #inflation, ECB
Asian stocks fell with European equity-index futures as the U.S. dollar weakened against most major currencies and gold rose. Japanese bonds climbed while German-note yields maintained near record lows...
Market News
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News, 28 August 2014, 08:55 #Hang Seng, Bank of Japan
Less than a month after Argentina defaulted for the second time in 13 years, George Soros has suddenly emerged as a key rival of fellow billionaire Paul Singer in the legal fight over the nation’s debt...
Weekly Trends
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[Deleted], 28 August 2014, 08:11
S&P 500 TECHNICAL ANALYSIS – Prices extended upward after clearing resistance in the 1985.30-91.40 area marked by the 50% Fibonacci expansion and the July 24 high, with the bulls targeting the intersection of a formerly broken channel floor and the 61.8% level at 2006.80...
Market News
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Lonny Strike, 28 August 2014, 06:11 #S&P 500, gold
The Win Percentage If I had a strategy that has a win percentage over 90%, would you be willing to use it? If you quickly responded, “yes,” you should think a bit longer about what a 90% win rate actually means...
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Mike Dennis, 28 August 2014, 03:11
Almost a week ago, just less a day, I focused on two pairs. USDCHF and USDCAD were relatively overbought and the recommendation was to sell. Last week, the entry point for USDCHF was at 0.91129 and for USDCAD was at 1.09441. Starting with USDCHF, the current price is 0.91476...
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Zheng He, 28 August 2014, 01:34 #usdchf
ECB president Mario Draghi began accepting that low inflation is not solely related to temporary factors, but also to changes in expectations. He also hinted of imminent action regarding an ABS program (aka QE or printing euros). The current level of inflation, 0...
Forecasts
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Frank Breinling, 28 August 2014, 00:48
The pairs I will be looking at for my trading. Analysis based on TA charts for all the major currency pairs. Click here for the latest update: Twitter @FxTaTrader Good luck to all. No advice, just info Visit FxTaTrader.com for more info and Disclaimer...
Weekly Trends
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Forex Technical Analyst Trader, 28 August 2014, 00:11
NZDUSD may have reached a turning point with a Hammer formation offering a sign of hope for the bulls. An ensuing up-day and close above the 0.8400 hurdle would be required to signal the potential for a more sustained recovery for the pair...
Trading Ideas
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EmmeMe, 27 August 2014, 22:11 #nzdusd, technical analysis
The NZDUSD sell signal generated earlier based on the upswing pull back and hitting hitting the simple moving average was overestimated. Currently, it is down 46 pips and a second sell order has also been put in place just below what we thought to be a resistance level...
Trading Systems
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Zheng He, 27 August 2014, 20:12 #nzdusd