Weekly digest Jan 5-9: new year trends for global economy and business, plunging euro, Samsung's profit fall, self-development for traders

Weekly digest compiles the latest news from the world of stocks and finance, currency forecasts, as well as interesting informative articles for traders.

Top news of the week: Key trends for the global economy and business in the new 2015 year

• Investing.com: 5 Key Trends In 2015 For The Global Economy
• The New York Times: Five Surprising Economic Trends in 2014, and What They Mean for 2015
• Business Vancouver: Sharing economy upsides, deepening debt: 2015 trends to watch
• The Economist: Markets: A fine way to start the year
• MQL5 Blogs: ECONOMY Forecast for the 2015: Sunny - It will be a better year
• The WSJ: 5 resolutions for the 2015 US economy
  
• Forbes: Six China Business Law Trends for 2015
• Geektime: Top 5 Chinese trends that will shape the global economy in 2015
• Entrepreneur: 3 Promising Trends for Smaller Businesses in 2015
• The Guardian: From the general election to big data: eight marketing trends for 2015

Forex news: Daily reports, plunging euro, declining greenback

• Bloomberg: Dollar Falls as Fed Official Warns Against Rate Rises; Yen Rises
• MQL5 Blogs: Dollar reaches 12-year peak on US economic recovery optimism
• Reuters: GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks gain on hopes for solid US job report, euro probes new lows
• Investing.com: Forex - Aussie gains after domestic retail sales, China price data
• FXStreet: GBP/USD steadies around 1.51 ahead of UK data
• FXEmpire: EUR/USD Forecast January 9, 2015, Technical Analysis
• Investing.com: Forex - EUR/USD up during the Asian session
• Pound Sterling Live: Is Sterling Now Due a Relief Rally?
• Bloomberg: World’s Best Forecaster Targets Euro-Dollar Parity: Currencies
• Barron's: Bank of America Is a Buy Ahead of Earnings Report

This week's main events, analysis: Greece's possible exit from the eurozone, Europe's deflation, China's falling inflation

• Barron's: Fed Versus the Market: Which Is Right?
• MQL5 Blogs: Deflation, or falling prices, is a new menace for the eurozone. But is it so bad?
• BBC News: China's inflation near five-year low
• The Guardian: Sturgeon denies oil plunge would harm independent Scotland
• Bloomberg Businessweek: Why Europe Still Can’t Afford a Greek Exit
• MQL5 Blogs: Merkel is confident Greece will manage to maintain its membership in the eurozone
• BBC News: Germany 'must do more' to aid growth
• MQL5 Blogs: ECB now intensely pressured to apply QE, after indicators showed Europe officially entered deflation
• The Guardian: Eurozone gloom over factory output
• MQL5 Blogs: Nigeria Has Huge Scope for Digital Currency Companies: Nigerians can now trade Bitcoin
• Bloomberg: How OPEC Weaponized the Price of Oil Against U.S. Drillers

Business news: Apple app prices, Samsung profit, Christmas trading

• The Guardian: Apple to raise iOS app prices
• BBC News: Samsung forecasts 37% profit fall
• MarketWatch: Starbucks COO to take 'extended unpaid leave'
• Barron's: Ford Can Drive Higher as It Jacks Up Dividend 20%
• BBC News: Santander bank in huge fundraising
• Forbes: Chevron Expected To Increase Dividends Despite Pressure
• The Guardian: Christmas trading: the retail winners and losers

Trader's self-development: What awaits hedge funds, investment survival, forex trading psycho theory

• Bloomberg Businessweek: What's Ahead for Hedge Funds?
• MQL5 Blogs: Forex Trading Psycho Theory - The Steps A Trader Pass To Evolve
• MQL5 Blogs: Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading by Alexander Elder
• The Washington Post: Start the new year with a financial fast and take our 21-day challenge
• MQL5 Blogs: SOMETHING TO READ - The Battle for Investment Survival

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