Weekly digest March 9-13: Concerns over strong dollar and plunging oil; Forex vs futures vs CFD trading; Emotions affecting money habits

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

Top news of the week: Why the strong dollar is a risk for the U.S. economy

• Barron's: 3 Ways a Strong Dollar Impacts the Global Economy
  
• Forbes: For Investors, Strong Dollar Reaching Its Limits
• San Francisco Chronicle: A strong dollar isn't as good as it sounds
• Wall Street Journal: The Strong Dollar Is Weighing On Major US Exporters
• NBCNews: Strong dollar impact on retailers
• New York Times: Strength Is Weakness
• MQL5 Blogs: Why strong greenback is killing currencies and companies
• NPR: Analysts Mixed On Whether Strong U.S. Dollar Is Positive Or Negative
• Bloomberg View: The Strong, Weak Dollar
• The Globe and Mail: Intel cuts forecast on weak demand, strong US dollar

This week's main events, analysis: QE undermining ECB's crisis-fighting ability, Greece-Germany standoff, Fed rate hike

• Reuters: Stock futures flat after volatile week, oil drops again
• MQL5 Blogs: Senior policy-maker: Fed rate hike is overdue, given improvements in job market
• Barron's: Investors Favor India, Leave Korea; Money Flows Into Japan, Out of US
• MQL5 Blogs: Morgan Stanley CFO sees lengthy recovery ahead for Europe, improving picture for U.S.
• Wall Street Journal: QE Undermines the ECB's Crisis-Fighting Ability
• Financial Times: Euro plunge tests ECB inflation forecast
• Bloomberg: Greece Complains About Schaeuble in Deepening Conflict
• BBC News: Yueh: Why UK will join China-led bank
• BBC News: US row with UK over China-led bank
• MQL5 Blogs: U.S. 'stress test', too heavy for European banks
• The Guardian: Mark Carney seeks to allay fears of 1930s-style deflationary spiral
• BBC News: Japan shares close at 15-year high
• Xinhua: China's economic slowdown aims at pursuing growth quality: British economist
• Xinhua: S. Korean economy faces sluggish domestic demand: gov't report

Forex news: Overview

• Pound Sterling Live: Euro Exchange Rate Forecast 2016 - 2017: 4 Trillion Euros to flow out of the Eurozone
• FXStreet: Euro sellers take a breather as GBP comes under pressure
• MQL5 Blogs: Trade Ideas For EUR/USD, AUD/USD, NZD/USD - UBS
• Action Forex: EUR/USD Daily Outlook
• FXStreet: GBP/USD Forecast: downward risk towards 1.4770
• Pound Sterling Live: Pound v Euro Exchange Rate - The Rally Must Surely End Soon
• FXEmpire: EUR/CHF Forecast March 13, 2015, Technical Analysis
• MQL5 Blogs: USDJPY intraday forecast 2015-03-13

Commodity market news: Oil declining again, gold seems to stabilize

• Wall Street Journal: Have Oil Prices Hit Their Floor?
• FXStreet: WTI drops below $46, 6-week low
  
• FXStreet: Crude oil plunges again on relentless supply growth
• MQL5 Blogs: Gold may register longest losing run in 17 years
• FXEmpire: Gold, Silver & Copper Trading In The Green
• MQL5 Blogs: Analyst: Gold is at a critical point - Video
• FXEmpire: Comex Gold Futures (GC) Technical Analysis – March 13, 2015 Forecast
• MarketWatch: How copper lost its role as a leading indicator
  
• FXEmpire: Natural Gas Forecast March 13, 2015, technical analysis

Company news: Alibaba investment, Apple Watch, Porsche and e-cars

• Bloomberg: Apple Watch Could Make Gold Cool Again
• MQL5 Blogs: Apple will join Dow Jones later this month, replacing AT&T
• MarketWatch: Are China tech startups overvalued?
• MQL5 Blogs: Alibaba invests $200 million in Snapchat
• BBC News: Commerzbank in $1.45bn US settlement
• CNNMoney: GM recalls 64,000 Chevy Volts for shut off problem
• Bloomberg: Porsche May Add Electric Car to Expand Lineup to Seven Models
• Wall Street Journal: In Luxury-Car Race, Profits Get Dented
  
• MQL5 Blogs: RedditMarket Now Accepting Bitcoin - A Wide Range of Goods and Items Available for Bitcoin
• The Guardian: Halifax trials heartbeat ID technology for online banking

Self-development for traders: Learn what ECB QE is, Forex vs Futures vs CFDs, how emotions affect money habits

• MQL5 Blogs: ECB bond-buying program and what we should know about it
• MarketWatch: When you should hold cash in your brokerage account
• MarketWatch: How emotions affect money habits
• MQL5 Blogs: Something to Read: The Simple Strategy - A Powerful Day Trading Strategy For Trading Futures, Stocks, ETFs and Forex
• MQL5 Blogs: Forex vs Futures vs CFDs - What to Trade?