Why is the Bitcoin Price Going Down? The answer is simple: we are starting to use Bitcoin to do things, buy goods and services, as opposed to holding Bitcoin for speculation...
Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial aspirant Tom Wolf on Thursday paid a visit to the STEM Academy, which is located in Chester, to discuss with teachers and students about the quality and state of education in financially-constrained school districts...
USDCHF Known increasingly as the "legacy pair" as trading activity moves from USD/CHF to EUR/CHF. Because interest rates in Switzerland are so low, the CHF is also a popular funding currency for carry trades...
GBP/USD The GBP/USD, also called the cable, is by far the most volatile pair of all the majors. The volatile pair trades most actively from London open until lunchtime in the UK (around 4:30 AM EST) and then during early US trading session (7AM to 10 AM EST...
USD/JPY The USD/JPY is most active at the open of the Asian session (6 PM to 9 PM EST) as well as during the early US trading session (7 AM – 10 AM EST...
EURUSD The euro has been called the "anti-dollar" since it is highly sensitive to US data. Because the recovery in the US has been uncertain, the market closely watches developments in the US economy to determine the strength of the recovery...
Reuters: European markets rally on Friday as Scotland's decision to stay in the United Kingdom eased investors past the latest in a recent run of global political obstacles...
Carl Larry In crude oil, I follow the Energy Information Administration. They come out every week and detail all of the data submitted by oil producers...
The British currency rallied on Friday in Asia on expectations that voters in Scotland narrowly decided to stay part of the United Kingdom. The results are not final though...
On Thursday U.S. stocks opened higher, with the S&P 500 at its record high a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve renewed its commitment to keeping interest rates low...
China Citic Bank Corp. led an advance for mainland lenders, rallying 4.6 percent. Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co. surged 3.1 percent as a sub-index of health-care companies climbed the most among industry groups. PetroChina Co. and China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. slid 1...
U.S. stock-index futures climbed, signaling equities will advance for a third day, incentivised by the optimism that the world’s largest economy will be able to cope with higher interest rates from next year...
The story in precious metals this week was a stronger US dollar pushing down prices for hedging metals - gold and palladium. Platinum and silver took a hit from the strong dollar, as well. Palladium After drifting 5.4 percent, US palladium bar dropped to $833...
Coinjar, Melbourne-based bitcoin exchange, is hoping to prompt the digital currency into the mainstream next month with the offer of the first eftpos card in Australia linked to a bitcoin account...
World stock markets have advanced after the US Federal Reserve confirmed it would maintain near-zero interest rates for a "considerable time...
On Thursday Tokyo market led Asia higher, as it quickly responded to a weaker yen boosting earnings for exporters after the Fed announced it is on a track to hike rates at some point next year...
Alibaba Group Holdings plans to price one of the largest initial public offerings ever this Thursday (September 18th, 2014) on the New York Stock Exchange. The IPO could raise over $25 billion dollars for Alibaba, its investors and founders...
United Way Worldwide Accepting Donations in BTC United Way Worldwide, one of the largest private-funded charitable organizations in the world, recently announced that they are accepting donations in Bitcoin: “We’re thrilled to enable the Bitcoin community to contribute to United Way’s longstandin...
