Weekly digest July 20-24: Main coverage, from buying opportunities of plunging gold to FT sale

Weekly digest compiles the latest news from the world of stocks and finance, currency and commodity news, as well as interesting informative articles for traders.

News of the week: With gold extending losses, does it make sense to buy more?

• MQL5 Blogs: Four factors which created a 'perfect storm' for gold
• MQL5 Blogs: GOLD Price Action Analysis - bearish breakdown with YR S1 Pivot to be broken
• Bloomberg: Investors See No Reason to Buy Gold
• Economic Times: Is it time to buy gold? A little wait may be worth it
  
• Kitco News: How Much Lower Can Gold Go? – Capital Economics
• MQL5 Blogs: Goldman Sachs: Gold to fall below $1,000
• Bloomberg: Morgan Stanley: Gold Could Plunge to $800, and It's Not Because of China's Reserves
• CNBC: 2017 could prove to be gold's 'magic' year
• Kitco News: 'I'm Bullish' On Gold, Fed In A Hurry To Raise Rates - Jim Grant
• MQL5 Blogs: HSBC: Platinum group metals may bounce on short covering boosing gold
• MQL5 Blogs: Was the gold drop a result of high frequency trading? - Video

China - a danger to the world economy in the long-term?

• New York Times: China’s Global Ambitions, With Loans and Strings Attached
• CNBC: El-Erian: China no longer global growth locomotive
• CNBC: Despite China market rout, AIA stays bullish
• MarketWatch: True cost of China’s market intervention
• New York Times: Stock Downturn Hits Chinese Investors in the Heart, Not Just the Wallet
• MarketWatch: China just gave the Federal Reserve another headache

What's new in the world: policy, economic indicators, events

• Reuters: Second half of 2015 begins on shaky note
• MQL5 Blogs: Analyst: Brace for QE4 and higher gold - Video
• New York Times: Finland Shows Why Many Europeans Think Americans Are Wrong About the Euro
• Bloomberg: This Dollar Chart Is Bad News for Emerging Markets
  
• Pound Sterling Live: IoD Warn Bank of England Against Delaying First Interest Rate Rise
• Bloomberg: Europe’s Economy Holds Up as Greek Crisis Dents Confidence
• Reuters: Euro zone business growth wanes at start of second half: PMI
• MQL5 Blogs: Deadlines return: Greece is to make another payment by August 20
• Guardian: Eurozone debt crisis: why the Greece deal will work
• Bloomberg: Lagarde Push for Greece Debt Relief Challenges Merkel
• New York Times: Personalities Clashing Over How to Handle New Greek Bailout
• MQL5 Blogs: Is Australia a new Greece? Commodities plunge hints it might become one
• MQL5 Blogs: BRICS bank launched in Shanghai
• CNBC: Abenomics needs to be ‘reloaded’, warns IMF
• CNBC: Is this darling economy in Asia losing its lustre?
• BBC News: Fifa admits scandal deters new sponsors

Currency market news

• MQL5 Blogs: Pound could surge to $1.62 if Bank of England starts raising rates later this year
• Pound Sterling Live: Lloyds: Pound to Euro Exchange Rate Will Fall in 2016
• MQL5 Blogs: Credit Suisse - 'we look for an eventual breakdown to test trendline support, now at 1.0741'
• MQL5 Blogs: USDJPY Next Week Outlook - ranging with 125.85 key target
• MQL5 Blogs: GBPUSD Next Week Outlook - ranging of the price movement with any direction
• MarketWatch: This is the most bizarre move in currencies this week
• Pound Sterling Live: Lloyds Exchange Rate Forecasts July: Euro’s Near-Term Profile Downgraded
• MQL5 Blogs: Bitcoin does not qualify as a payment method for eBay
• CNBC: Bitcoin's 'war' could threaten its survival

Commodities market news

• CNBC: Anglo American warns on further pain for commodities
• CNBC: As crude gets crushed, traders play for $40 oil
• MarketWatch: Oil now in a bear market
• Bloomberg: Oil Warning: The Crash Could Be the Worst in More Than 45 Years
• MQL5 Blogs: Will oil ever rebound? Barclays, JPMorgan say it will
• MQL5 Blogs: OPEC says current drop in oil prices temporary, expects higher demand
• Bloomberg: Oil Producers’ Ugly Duckling Refineries Just Turned Into Swans
• Bloomberg: Goldman: It's Totally Unrealistic to Expect China to Consume More Than Half the World's Copper
• Bloomberg: Mind the Gap: Citigroup Differs From Goldman on Copper Amid Rout

Stock market news

• MarketWatch: As gold falters, big-bank stocks mount a rally
• MarketWatch: Gold is tanking, but miners are really getting rocked
• MarketWatch: Stocks, any way you slice them, may be no bargain
• CNBC: Don't be scared: Australia stocks still a buy
• New York Times: Fiat Chrysler Files for I.P.O. of Ferrari
• Bloomberg: Ferrari's Testarossa May Be a Better Investment Than Its IPO
• Bloomberg: Shanghai Shares Detach From Economic Reality as State Funds Buy 
• CNBC: Is the Dow’s underperformance a big opportunity?

Company news

• Guardian: The FT sale: Pearson could have been a better owner
• Bloomberg: Nikkei Vows to Respect FT Independence After $1.3 Billion Buyout
• MarketWatch: 5 things to know about Financial Times buyer Nikkei
• BBC News: How the Financial Times has rolled with the times
• Reuters: Energy sector may prove expensive even if results beat estimates
• CNBC: Credit Suisse: New CEO hints at capital-raising
• Bloomberg: Google Has Way to Unclog Drone-Filled Skies Like It Did the Web
• Bloomberg: Wall Street Cranks Up Its Outlook for Amazon After It Delivers Monster Earnings Report
• Bloomberg: Tim Cook’s $181 Billion Headache: Apple’s Cash Held Overseas
• CNBC: Motorola just made a really embarrassing mistake
• CNBC: Get your new Xiaomi phone delivered by Uber
• MarketWatch: GoPro live-streaming launches through Meerkat
• Forbes: Visa Easily Tops Earnings Estimates, Says In Talks With Visa Europe
• New York Times: Qualcomm Reports Lower Earnings and Says It Will Cut Jobs
• BBC News: Singapore shipping firm blacklisted by US over North Korea links

Self-development for traders

• MQL5 Blogs: Something to Read - The Problem of HFT
• MQL5 Blogs: Forex Price Action - Video Manual: Basic Setups and Stop Placement
• CNBC: Is Asia start-ups' funding popularity a bubble?
• Forbes: Should You Raise Money or Sell Your Startup
• CNBC: From chewing to coffee: Ways to power the planet
• Forbes: Five Stupid Rules That Drive Great Employees Away
• Forbes: Where To Invest? Ranking 120 Countries On Their Private Equity Attractiveness