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The latest U.S. consumer spending data released on Thursday fell short of expectations. The revision prompted some analysts to cut their forecasts for U.S. growth, and reinforced a view that the U.S. Federal Reserve should be in no hurry to tighten policy...
Gold rose toward a two-month high since 2011, investors assessed the outlook for U.S. borrowing costs. Silver climbed to the highest level since March. Bullion for immediate delivery added as much as 0.4 percent to $1,321.51 an ounce, and traded at $1,319.55 by 2:19 p.m...
Figures from China's National Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday industrial profits rose in May, although at a slower rate than in the previous month. The growth in industrial profits slowed to 8.9 percent on year in May after profits surged 9.6 percent in April...
Portugal wants to sell dollar-denominated bonds for the first time in four years, as said the head of the country's debt agency...
Argentina has said it is willing to negotiate with hedge funds over billions of dollars it owes them in outstanding debt, but the country has set preconditions for talks that it said would take longer than a few days...
The Dubai Financial Market has been taking a beating for weeks, and news of firings at Arabtec (ARTC:UH), the United Arab Emirates’ largest listed builder, caused a new round of panic yesterday. Shares in the stock exchange fell 6.7 percent, to 4,009...
GOLD TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Gold may be primed for a push higher given signs of an uptrend have emerged on the daily chart. A break above several resistance levels and spike in volatility also suggests the potential for further gains...
China’s chief auditor discovered 94.4 billion yuan ($15.2 billion) of loans backed by falsified gold transactions, adding to signs of possible fraud in commodities financing deals...
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Russian energy giant Gazprom is currently holding talks on listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange, the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Andrei Kruglov said Thursday. “We are holding talks on getting a listing on the Hong Kong exchange...
High-frequency trading (HFT) is capturing headlines, but this concept is nothing new. Everything is relative, and what’s an intraday swing-trading approach today might have been considered the epitome of trading speed in the 1950s. But while perspectives change, one thing has remained constant...
The U.S. Men’s National Team puts its World Cup life on the line against Germany Thursday, with a win or tie assuring the squad advances to the knockout round and a loss putting the American team at the mercy of tiebreakers with Ghana or Portugal...
WTI Crude has popped back above the $106.00 handle as reports of relaxed restrictions on US oil exports offset negative cues from an unanticipated jump in inventories. Meanwhile, heightened geopolitical tensions and a weaker greenback could continue to keep gold and silver elevated...
Identifying turning points in the market can be a daunting task. If you are already in a position, it’s easy to let your emotions take over and throw your larger goal out the window in favor of smaller, more immediate returns...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to vote today on a plan that will define how far its regulations reach into a segment of the $710 trillion global swaps market. Transactions executed by foreign divisions of banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc...
Barclays Plc was so bent on lifting its private trading venue to the upper ranks of Wall Street dark pools that it lied to customers and masked the role of high-frequency traders, according to New York’s attorney general...
The dollar was lower against the euro and the yen on Thursday, after U.S. first quarter growth was revised down sharply. EUR/USD was at 1.3638, not far from the more than two-week high of 1.3650 reached on Wednesday. The pair was likely to find support at 1.3600 and resistance at 1.3670...
China expanded banks’ freedom to set foreign-currency deposit rates in Shanghai, a step toward easing interest-rate controls across the nation...
Crude oil futures edged lower on Thursday, as investors assessed the supply outlook in Iraq and demand prospects from the U.S. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude oil for delivery in August tacked on 0.07%, or 7 cents, to trade at $106.58 a barrel during European morning hours...