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Asian markets further gains for the dollar after the break yesterday . Around the 7.40 Italian euro slipped 0.3 % against the dollar to 1.2620 after yesterday's recovery . At the same time , the dollar rises by 0.3 % against the yen to 109.11 . The euro / yen to 137.13 / 15...
Weekly Trends
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Francesco Sgarbossa, 7 October 2014, 08:47
One of the worst days in the history of cryptocurrency trading: leading digital currency Bitcoin fell to the session’s lowest figures, altcoins like Litecoin, Dogecoin and Darkcoin also crashed by huge margins...
Currency
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Sergey Golubev, 7 October 2014, 06:11 #Cryptocurrency
"This is a very strange business and a very strange endeavor of life," Steve Jobs once said in a candid interview about his legacy in 1994. "All the work that I have done in my life will be obsolete by the time that I am 50." At the time, Jobs was on the cusp of turning 40...
Events
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[Deleted], 7 October 2014, 03:11
In a few weeks, we reach the beginning of that six-month stretch when stocks over the decades have tended to perform at their best. But looking ahead, David Kotok, chairman of Cumberland Advisors and a respected value investor, is decidedly cautious...
Currency
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 7 October 2014, 00:58
Getting your resume to the hiring manager’s desk is a modern day, professional equivalent of the quest for the holy grail to some. However, there are a few ways of improving your chances of getting your credentials past HR and into the hands of those who actually make the decisions...
Events
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 7 October 2014, 00:39
This is a quick USDJPY trade. Usually this pair has been quite bullish, but right now it appears there is a short term intra-day bear. It appears this pair is currently in a ranging zone. The bottom range is around 108.38 and lower...
Trading Strategies
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Zheng He, 6 October 2014, 21:21 #price action
There are 101 reasons why oil has fallen as hard as it has, hitting a two-year low. The main reason in the back of it all is U.S. oil production...
Crude Oil
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Sergey Golubev, 6 October 2014, 21:11 #OPEC
There’s No Bear Market in Sight, Say Dow Theory Experts (Marketwatch) see also Five Reasons Why a 10 Percent Correction Could Be Bullish (USA Today) The Thing About Big One-Day Gains (TRB) Barron’s has an exclusive interview with bond king Bill Gross on his next act (Barron’s) Seven Economic Shif...
Trading Systems
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Sergey Golubev, 6 October 2014, 19:28
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. stock market turned negative on Monday as key benchmarks relinquished early morning gains. Small-cap and tech stocks led the losses...
Market News
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 6 October 2014, 18:36
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — The number of companies with a hand in trying to find an effective combatant against the deadly Ebola virus is growing almost as quickly as the disease spreads, with one player receiving critical regulatory approval on Monday. The U.S...
Events
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 6 October 2014, 18:28
A high-frequency trader was indicted for “spoofing” which is placing and immediate canceling orders as a way to manipulate the markets - the U.S. Justice Department says is the first criminal case of its kind...
Law/Regulations
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EmmeMe, 6 October 2014, 18:11
Speaking at the Institute of Directors’ annual convention in the Royal Albert Hall, Jon Matonis, executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation claimed that “When it clicks, we’re going to reach an inflection point and Bitcoin will become the new gold...
Currency
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Patti, 6 October 2014, 15:11 #bitcoin
Today's annoncement confirmed a report of the split, first published in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, that Hewlett-Packard Co unveiled its plans to split into two listed companies, separating its computer and printer sectors from its faster-growing corporate hardware and services operations...
Events
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News, 6 October 2014, 14:27
Since the BTCUSD market's been holding lower highs the trading strategy has been to short bitcoin major support breaks with good risk reward down to next major price levels. Now let's see ... the bitcoin buy signals outlook...
Trading Strategies
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Ciprian Ioan Popa, 6 October 2014, 12:26 #bitcoin
EUR/USD In keeping with the 3 year cycle tops (2008, 2011, and 2014), EURUSD has collapsed. Of course, every level that I had suspected would provide support for at least a bounce of several days has failed spectacularly. While the long term wave count points below 1...
Weekly Trends
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Sergey Golubev, 6 October 2014, 12:11 #xauusd
(Reuters) - Silicon Valley stalwart Hewlett-Packard Co, which has struggled to adapt to the new era of mobile and online computing, plans to split into two companies as it looks to put more focus on the faster-growing corporate services market, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Sunday...
Market News
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 6 October 2014, 09:57
This weekend Financial Secretary John Tsang admitted that the government was not psychologically prepared for such scale of the protests...
Currency
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Anton Voropaev, 6 October 2014, 09:46 #Fed
(Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday there are both positive and negative factors to a weak yen, stressing that he will closely monitor the effects on the economy. "I won't comment on specific exchange-rate levels...
Currency
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 6 October 2014, 09:38
October 6th 2014 Last week’s NFP number spoiled my fun and ruined the nice weekly hammer candlestick in NZDUSD. Many pairs were extended and the dollar looked to be about to weaken. Alas we have to wait further. EURUSD – Last week’s high comes via 1...
Weekly Trends
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Gary Comey, 6 October 2014, 09:28 #nzdusd
won’t comment on specific yen levels; in general weak yen pushes up import costs and hurts small companies while exporters; Japanese PM giving us a quick lesson in basic economics; export declines have stopped due to weak yen since Abenomics introduced; hopes firms are beginning to shift investme...
Currency
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Francesco Sgarbossa, 6 October 2014, 09:19