The DAX as you can see initially tried to rally during the course of the week, but was be back at the €9900 region. The resulting candle is of course a shooting star but it sits on top of a significant amount of support in the area of €9600...
The volatility certainly increased last week as Thursday’s decline was the largest in several months. The decline was consistent with the divergences in many of the daily technical studies that have been recently observed...
Oil Prices have fallen since late June. The previous rally was based on anticipation that the Iraq crisis could disturb oil supply, but this has not happened. This week, when WTI Crude price hit 99.00, traders bought it back up...
Prices continue to race higher after rebounding from rising channel support set from mid-March, taking out the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement at 102.92. Buyers now aim to challenge the 50% level at 104.14, with a break above that exposing the 61.8% Fib at 105.36. Alternatively, a move back below 102...
A North Texas city council on Wednesday refused to enact a ban on hydraulic fracturing in the city after holding an eight-hour public hearing. The Denton City Council voted 5-2 against the proposal, sending it to the November ballot that now leaves its fate on voters...
Risk-off is the dominating mode right now with the launching of Israeli ground offence in Gaza along with the MH-17 tragedy...
Commodities are all mixed. The downing of a Malaysian passenger jet over Ukraine has supported in the rise of Crude. A sharp rise in Brent is seen which may be negative for the Indian Rupee. Gold (1315.69) held its gains after a sharp rise on Wednesday, unable to decide a sharp upmove...
In the last 12 hours, every market has been affected by the sudden event risk emerging out of a Malaysian passenger plane getting shot and destroyed over the Ukraine-Russia border...
"Safe haven" flows into German and US Bonds. "Risk aversion" is in the air. German 10Yr Bund Yield (1.15%) now well below 1.20%, can trend lower. The Germany-Japan 10Yr Spread (0.62%) is also trading well below important trendline support and could head further down towards 0.50...
TV networks need scale to negotiate higher fees from their increasingly-consolidated carriers. Between them, Time Warner and Fox control major TV assets like Fox, Fox News, FX, TNT, TBS, CNN, HLN, HBO, and Cartoon Network. But what about the other players? Here’s a mini-rundown...
Reports that a Malaysian Airlines jet carrying 295 people crashed on the Ukraine-Russia border have sent shock waves around the world. While investigators try to piece together exactly what happened in Ukraine, investors reacted first by selling. The S&P 500 index dropped about 0...
New Western sanctions on Russia shook world markets on Thursday, sending Moscow stocks and the ruble falling and lifting traditional safe-haven currencies and bonds. The new U.S...
For most of this year, there have been worries on Wall Street that the trading boom that defined the investment banks in this era was coming to an end...
On Wednesday the dollar was broadly higher against its counterparts, since comments by Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen continued to support the greenback and investors observed the release of U.S. data later in the day...
As Bloomberg reports, China’s stocks fell for the first time in four days as concern that new share sales will divert funds from existing equities overshadowed data showing economic growth topped estimates and June home sales surged...
The forex market has seen some movement. Any decent change in currency prices provides investors opportunity; something that has been in short supply over the past month...
Gold prices have steadied on Tuesday, as the spot price stands at $1309.23 per ounce late in the European session. Gold slipped about 2% on Monday, as the pair fell close to the $1300 level. On the release front, Monday's highlights are Core Retail Sales and Retail Sales...
Stocks Fall as Fed Chairwoman Concerned About Housing Market; J.P. Morgan, Goldman Earnings Beat Estimates U.S. stocks moved lower on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen expressed concern about valuations in some corners of the market. In prepared testimony, Ms...
Argentina and Germany are both feeling the effects of Sunday’s World Cup final game on the trading floor today. As upbeat as Germany’s markets were Monday, Argentine stocks were as downcast as fans of the country’s football team to start the day, with the national benchmark losing as much as 1.3...
