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On Thursday U.S. stocks traded lower, as investors weighed the Federal Reserve statement that indicated a rate hike would come gradually...
On Thursday the dollar rose sharply against its peers, as markets digested yesterday's Fed statement...
London’s FTSE has touched a fresh record high as George Osborne presented his last budget before the general election and as the US Federal Reserve dampened expectations of an early rise in interest rates...
The greenback climbs against the yen and the euro on Thursday, recovering after yesterday's drop caused by the news the Federal Reserve may keep its key interest rate low for a longer among of time...
On Thursday the Swiss franc consolidated, as the country's central bank decided not to move its benchmark interest rate further below zero and kept it at minue 0.25 percent...
On Thursday the Australian dollar dropped over 1% versus dollar, as the latter regained ground after the news U.S. interest rates will likely remain on hold for a longer period of time...
On Thursday gold price surged to a two-week high, as markets interpreted the Federal Reserve's statement as dovish...
Gold and silver have a little trickier of a situation to navigate and invest for maximum returns over the next 2+ years. The most important thing to realize is that when a full blown bear market starts virtually all stocks and commodities drop including gold, silver and oil...
Asian stock markets rise on Thursday, led by Wall Street where stocks surged at the close boosted by the Federal Reserve's announcement - which traders viewed as dovish regarding the outlook for interest rates...
1. Don’t Fight the Tape That’s an old Wall Street saw you might have seen before. What does it mean? It simply means you need to go with the trend when investing and trading. If you “fight the tape,” it means you make boneheaded moves like investing in stocks that are in a downtrend...
The Hidden Pivot methodology shows the current 3 leg pattern (A-B, B-C, C-D) in play. The first leg started in September 2012 which marked point A, and reached point B in June 2013. The second leg, a bounce, was a very shortlived move from June 2013 (point B) till August 2013 (point C...
On Wednesday the euro was almost unchanged vs its US counterpart before FOMC statement which is expected to provide insight into the timing of an interest rate increase. The dollar surged against its Swedish counterpart after Sweden's central bank slashed rates further into the negative territory...
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U.S. stocks were set to decline at the open on Wednesday ahead of a statement by the Federal Reserve due at 2 pm EDT, with the bank expected to be clearer on how soon it plans to tighten monetary policy...
On Wednesday the pound dipped to nearly five-year lows against its U.S. peer, after a report showed that the U.K. unemployment rate remained unchanged in January and that average U.K. earnings rose less-than-expected...
On Wednesday gold traded at more than four-months low before Fed's upcoming statement, as investors expect the central bank will signal a June rate hike by dropping a pledge to be "patient" from its statement later in the day...
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd predicted that gold demand in Asia is likely to double by 2013 and drive prices to a record, as investment and jewelry purchases climb...
On Wednesday West Texas Intermediate oil futures neared the lowest level in six years, amid expectations supply data will show U.S. crude inventories rose to the highest level on record last week...
Step Coupon Bonds: These are bonds whose coupon rates increase over the duration of the bond. Often these bonds start by yielding below what similar bonds do, but end up with a higher than average yield...
