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If anyone had any doubt how severely the global economy has been distorted by the actions of central bankers, the "surprise" announcement last week by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to no longer peg the Swiss franc to the euro should provide a moment of crystal clarity...
On Wednesday gold price exceeded $1,300 an ounce for the first time in five months on speculation slowing global growth will prompt central banks to boost stimulus, driving demand for a shelter...
The Russell 1000 Index measures the performance of the large-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. It is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index and includes approximately 1000 of the largest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership...
US DOLLAR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Prices may be carving out a top after prices put in a bearish Evening Star candle pattern. Near-term support is at 11599, the 14.6% Fibonacci retracement, with a break below that on a daily closing basis exposing the 23.6% level at 11527...
Jim Wyckoff, from Kitco Metals Inc., introduces the skills needed for reading and interpreting gold charts...
Quantitative Easing is bad for currencies, right? By definition, QE is a policy that seeks to stimulate the economy by increasing the monetary base, or supply of money, in an economy, and as we all know from Economics 101, a greater supply of a currency lowers it value...
BHP Billiton has reduced oil and gas spending in order to protect its balance sheet and shareholder dividends in the face of plunging commodity prices. The move had been expected after fellow US shale companies BP and Schlumberger laid off thousands of workers...
China's statistics agency said Tuesday that the International Monetary Fund is wrong in saying China has topped the U.S. as the largest economy in the world. According to the latest IMF figures based on purchasing power parity, China produced $17...
For today R4 - 1.1728 / R3 - 1.1669 / R2 - 1.1649 / R1 - 1.1615 SPOT 1.1571 S1 - 1.1530 / S2 - 1.1460 / S3 - 1.1445 / S4 - 1.1376 SHORT AT 1.1570 FOR 1.1376, REVISED STOP AT 1.1669...
EURUSD The indicator of OsMA,marking the tendencies of decline of activity of bovine side, gives founding to the preference of planning of positions oflateral correction for trade operations to date...
Comac Capital, the $1.2 billion hedge fund firm run by Colm O’Shea, is returning money to clients after losses incurred last week when the Swiss National Bank abandoned the franc’s cap against the euro, according to a person with knowledge of the situation...
After three days off, the S&P 500 opened up 11 points this morning and promptly went...straight down. I mean straight down, down 18 points in less than 20 minutes. That's a lot for 20 minutes; the S&P will normally swing in a 12 to 15 point range over the course of a whole trading session...
Another day, another decade high in the dollar. It's business as usual for the world's reserve currency today, led by dollar strength against the Japanese yen and commodity dollars...
Over the last week or so the Australian dollar made numerous attempts at the resistance level at 0.82 only to be sent back often before finally finishing last week moving through this key level. In doing so it was able to reach a one month high near 0...
The indicator of OsMA, marking the tendency ofstrengthening of activity of bovine side, gives founding to thepreference of planning of long positions for trade operationssimilarly and to date...
THE EURO closed lower on Tuesday. Today's midrange close sets the stage for a steady to steady opening when Wednesday's night session begins trading. Stochastics and the RSI remain bearish signalling that sideways to lower prices are possible nearterm...
These six Dow components are set to report quarterly results this week. Investor reaction to these reports could decide whether or not the weekly chart for the Dow 30 shifts to negative or not...
Key Points 1. Cash Flow is a measure of how much cash the company is gaining or losing. Some see it as a more honest, or pure, measure of profitability than earnings. 2. There are two types of cash flow measures that are commonly used: operating cash flow and free cash flow...
Here's a good documentary on PBS Frontline - The Crash. The Thai Baht vs USD. George Soros, Bill Clinton, Alan Greenspan, Robert Rubin, et al. Why pegging to another currency is not good fiscal & monetary policy?! It happens over and over again...
NZD/CAD: Long The current pull back in the pair offers a good opportunity to step in. For that reason positions have been opened for this pair based on the analysis described in my article Weekly Review Strategy Wk03...
