Crude oil has regained its footing in Asian trading today after WTI slumped by more than 1 percent on Friday. A disappointing US jobs report likely raised some concerns about the US economic recovery and weighed on the commodity...
The pound sterling could drop more than 10%. This week was the worst for the UK currency in more than a year and lead for "yes" campaign could accelerate slide. Nervous traders have already begun to sell the pound in response to narrowing polls...
High nickel prices and interest from China are raising the stakes in Solomon Islands as a verdict nears in court hearing between a small Australian mining company and Japanese giant Sumitomo. At issue is the right to mine a rich greenfields nickel site in Isabel Province in Solomon Islands west...
On Monday gold prices gain in Asia, inspired by physical demand ahead of the main gold buying season in India - festival of light, as well as weddings season...
GBPJPY Long the most popular carry trade in the market, high volatility in the GBP/JPY makes it an excellent medium-term range trade as well! Highly sensitive to interest rate outlook changes and change in the economy of the UK and Japan, the GBP/JPY can make powerful, sweeping moves...
David While and David Jones comment: "The last few years we have seen an increasing interest in silver trading. A couple of years ago the price of silver touched $50 and then it reversed quite quickly and interest has to some extent died down...
GBPCHF GBP/CHF experiences a high degree of volatility, and is perfect for traders who like to catch big moves in the market! It is the most popular carry trade in the FX market aside from GBP/JPY...
US crude stocks dropped less than expected in the past week as gasoline stocks fell amid a rise in distillate inventories, according to Energy Information Administration data. In comparison to the 1.1 million barrels drop expected by analysts, the crude inventories dropped 905,000 barrels...
On Friday the euro was deep in the red, having suffered its highest dip in three years after the European Central Bank stunned markets by cutting interest rates and embarking on a trillion-euro asset-buying binge...
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Indonesia has huge potential for Bitcoin and as the number of Bitcoin users is expanding in the country, some companies are looking to explore the market well; one of them is Bitcoin.co.id...
China will launch what will be the largest carbon dioxide emissions trading system in the world in 2016, a government official said. China is the world’s largest emitter, with about 30 percent of the world’s carbon pollution...
Bloomberg reports on an interview with Andrew Ng, the chief scientist of Baidu, China’s largest search engine...
European stocks rose with bonds while the euro weakened to its lowest level in more than a year against the dollar as the European Central Bank unexpectedly cut interest rates and announced a bond-buying program...
Today in the Asian session crude oil gave back 42 cents to trade at 95.12 while Brent oil is down just 15 cents at 102.22...
As hackers try to steal credit card data from Home Depot (HD) and naked pictures from Hollywood celebrities, cybersecurity companies are seeing big gains. Shares of both Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and FireEye (FEYE) -- two of the hottest stocks in the security world -- are on fire this week...
On Thursday the euro decreased against the other major currencies after the European Central Bank unexpectedly cut interest rates across the euro zone, in response to slowing growth and inflation...
On Thursday the pound was steady, as investors looked ahead to monetary policy announcements by the Bank of England and the European Central Bank later in the day...
