Weekly Digest Oct 13-17: Crude, Google's Revenue Decline, Currency Forecasts and Traders' Self-Development

Top news of the week: all eyes on crude. What is the real motivation for Saudi Arabia to keep its production unchanged?

• BBC News: Falling oil prices: Who are the winners and losers?
• The WSJ: Crude Oil Rebounds After Slipping to Fresh Lows
• Toronto Star: Oil prices continue to slide
• Investing.com: Crude oil futures tumble on Saudi price signals
• Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia Oil Stance Seen Targeting OPEC Output Discipline
• Financial Times: Saudi Arabia tests US ties with oil price
• Bloomberg: Chevron's Watson Sees Secure Future in Global Oil Thirst
• Economic Times: Decline in crude oil price artificial: Jim Rogers
• CNBC: New Saudi reality: OPEC isn't a monopoly anymore
• Alberta Oil Magazine: Is Saudi Arabia gearing up for a price war?
• Russia Today: The Saudi oil war against Russia, Iran and the US

Forex news:

• Action Forex: Daily Technical Analysis
• FXEmpire: EUR/JPY Technical Analysis for October 17, 2014 by FXEmpire.com
• DailyFX: EUR/USD Technical Analysis: Rebound Stalls Above 1.28
• Bloomberg: Growth to Ebola Woes Spur Currency Volatility, Sustain Yen Gains
• The WSJ: In Currency Markets, The Safest Haven Is Yen, Not the Dollar
• Bloomberg: Biggest Banks Tighten Grip on Currency Trading
• AUD News: Currency Forecast: AUD/GBP Exchange Rate Consolidates Gain as Bullard is Bearish
• Pound Sterling Live: Exchange Rate Forecasts: GBP and EUR Tipped to Rise Against the Correcting US Dollar
• MQL5 Blogs: Goldman Sachs Cuts Its EUR/USD Forecasts

The most relevant this week: stock market, Google's revenue, China's debt and Apple iPads

• MQL5 Blogs: Opinion: This is the most dangerous stock market since 2008
• MarketWatch: Bad news: The stock market probably hasn’t hit bottom
• MQL5 Blogs: Russia spends $13 billion defending ruble
• Sydney Morning Herald: The return of financial markets fear and what it means for you
• International Business Times: Global Deflation On The Rise? World Economy Threatened by Financial Slowdown
• The Wall Street Journal: Growth Fears Grip a Divided Europe
• BBC News: Rolls-Royce says revenue falling as Russian sanctions hit
• The Economist: Chinese debt: The great hole of China
• Bloomberg: EBay Holiday Forecast Misses Estimates After Data Breach
• Independent Online: Wal-Mart cuts annual sales forecast
• MarketWatch: Google’s results disappoint on slowdown in paid clicks
• The Guardian: Peak tablet: How will Apple sell even more iPads?

Trader's self-development: investing in financial stocks, high frequency trading and financial deadlines

• US News, Money: 4 Reasons to Consider Investing in Financial Stocks
• MQL5 Blogs: Ten interview questions designed to stump bankers and consultants
• MQL5 Blogs: High Frequency Trading Summary
• MQL4 Articles: Beginners' Mistakes when Working with MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal
• Forbes: Eight Key Financial Deadlines To Keep In Mind This Fall
• MQL5 Blogs: The six hottest programming languages to know in banking technology
• Investopedia: A Beginner's Guide To Scalping In The Forex Markets
• RoboForex: MetaTrader 5 platform for beginners