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Now that the S&P 500 has touched yet another record high, the stock market indicator may have nowhere else to go for the next 12 months, says Goldman Sachs...
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News, 19 May 2015, 15:57 #Goldman Sachs, S&P 500, Fed
On Tuesday the dollar strengthened broadly against its peers, as soft data from the euro zone and the U.K. undermined market sentiment and as market players awaited the Federal Reserve's upcoming policy statement...
Currency
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News, 19 May 2015, 14:24 #ECB, GBP/USD, forex news
On Tuesday Chinese stocks recorded their biggest surge in nearly four months, after the government delivered its blueprint on reforming its economic system in 2015, which includes further opening up capital markets...
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News, 19 May 2015, 12:44 #Hang Seng, Nikkei
Analysts at Triland Metals sound quite upbeat about gold, saying that it has enough momentum to push higher in the near-term, though it might not be able to hold long-term gains. Meanwhile, commodity strategists at Morgan Stanley consider the latest rally to be short-lived...
Metals
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News, 19 May 2015, 11:25 #comex, metals, gold
Japan's benchmark rose above 20,000 for the first time in three years, as markets awaited Japan's GDP data due on Wednesday "wish some optimism" and as U.S. stocks saw a rise overnight...
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News, 19 May 2015, 09:13 #Hang Seng, Nikkei, GDP
As crude oil fell from the $100 level last summer, analysts have been trying to pick a bottom but had little success. While they have been trying to foresee a recovery, Goldman predicted oil will stay at lower levels for the rest of the decade...
Crude Oil
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News, 18 May 2015, 16:45 #OPEC, Goldman Sachs, WTI
On Monday gold futures were little changed after terminating last week at a three-month peak, as investors eyed movements of the dollar and the Federal Reserve's minutes due on Wednesday...
Metals
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News, 18 May 2015, 15:45 #Platinum, comex, copper
On Monday European stocks saw a rise, regaining ground in part as the euro slightly declined. London's benchmark index was lower impacted by a decline in shares of Lloyds Banking Group PLC after a ratings downgrade...
Market News
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News, 18 May 2015, 13:57 #Stoxx Europe 600, FTSE 100
Europe’s shares have risen on Friday after European Central Bank’s Chief, Mario Draghi, has stated that its quantitative easing policy would continue as long as it is needed, as Germany’s Dax 30 index up by 0.6 percent and France’s CAC 40 index ahead of 0.4 percent...
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Francis Dogbe, 18 May 2015, 12:21 #QE
Money managers who have been purchasing gold during the recent weeks, are now being rewarded with the biggest rally since January. On Monday, gold fell 0.2 percent to $1,223.10 by 8.03am in Singapore. Last week, gold futures jumped 3.1 percent to $1,225...
Metals
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News, 18 May 2015, 11:23 #metals, Fed, gold
On Monday the greenback was moderately higher against the yen in Asia, supported by a bout of buying early in the session that ultimately failed to gather wider momentum...
Currency
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News, 18 May 2015, 09:37 #Bank of Japan, FOMC, usd/jpy
On Monday oil-price gains were limited as Friday's weak U.S. economic data weighed on sentiment and worries U.S. shale production could recover quickly if prices kept on rising also persisted...
Crude Oil
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News, 18 May 2015, 09:02 #OPEC, crude oil
By Brent Radcliffe AAA | Since the early 1990s, there have been many cases of currency investors who have been caught off guard, which lead to runs on currencies and capital flight. What makes currency investors and international financiers respond and act like this...
Currency
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Francis Dogbe, 16 May 2015, 13:38
On Friday European stocks extended gains from the previous session in the wake of comments by the European Central Bank’s president, Mario Draghi, in which he said that the bank is committed to stimulus efforts...
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News, 15 May 2015, 11:27 #Stoxx Europe 600, dax
On Friday shares in Australia, Hong Kong and Japan saw modest gains, as they were backed by a record close of the S&P 500 index in the U.S. and signs of stabilizing bond markets overseas...
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News, 15 May 2015, 07:43 #Shanghai Composite, Nikkei
World's gold demand was stable in the first quarter of 2015, just 1% less than the same period last year, a report published Thursday by the World Gold Council showed, which also indicated the investment component jumped 4% compared with the same quarter of last year...
Metals
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News, 14 May 2015, 18:09 #investing, metals, gold
"The euro rally has continued today despite more stable German bond markets, suggesting the move is being driven by a weaker dollar," Barclays wrote in a note on Thursday...
Currency
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News, 14 May 2015, 14:42 #GDP, forex news, EUR/USD
Generally speaking, if the U.S. equity market like S&P 500 and Dow Jones is rising, then foreign investment dollars will flock the U.S. equity market by leaps and bounds pumping the U.S. dollar higher...
Currency
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Sergey Golubev, 14 May 2015, 12:11 #S&P 500
On Thursday the dollar continued its decline, pressing a benchmark index to the lowest level since the beginning of the year, as recent soft U.S. data spur speculation the Fed will delay the rate hike...
Currency
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News, 14 May 2015, 11:03 #dollar index, usd/jpy
On Thursday the Aussie dollar rose to three-and-a-half month highs against its U.S. peer, as Wednesday's U.S. retail sales report continued to dampen the sentiment for the dollar...
Currency
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News, 14 May 2015, 09:33 #AUD/NZD, forex news, Fed