Weekly digest Oct 12-16. Invincible euro: who can weaken it and how.

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.

News of the week: Market players are losing faith there are means to weaken the euro.

• MQL5 Blogs: Neither Volkswagen, nor Greek story weakened the euro. Draghi's QE will fail as well.
• MQL5 Blogs: Traders are losing faith Mario Draghi can weaken the euro
• Bloomberg: Draghi's Words Mean Little to European Markets Expecting Action
• FXStreet: What will happen to EUR/USD if the Shanghai tanks again?
• MQL5 Blogs: Euro edges lower after ECB's Nowotny remarks
• Financial Times: Future of the euro

What's new in the world: events, economic indicators and policies

• Guardian: Look beyond the jobless claims to find the truth about the US economy
• Reuters: Fed policymakers downplay divisions on U.S. rate hike
• MarketWatch: Fed's Mester says economy can handle hike
• Wall Street Journal: U.S. Posts Smallest Annual Budget Deficit Since 2007
• WSJ: WSJ Survey: Economists See Fed Rate Rise in December
• Bloomberg: Ask Investors Whether Obamacare Is Working
• Financial Times: China Q3 GDP: 5 things to watch
• CNBC: China GDP: What the big banks are predicting
• Bloomberg: Why China Is Swooning Over Xi's UK Visit
  
• Telegraph: No hard landing for China, says HSBC chief
• Bloomberg: 7 Bland Takeaways on the Global Economy
• FT: Renzi challenges Brussels to approve €35bn in tax cuts
• FT: Belarus feels chill from Russian crisis
• MQL5 Blogs: Central bank and sovereign wealth fund assets will shrink by 7% by end of 2015 - UBS
• Bloomberg: Bond Traders Face Incredible Shrinking Bonus as Revenue Tumbles
  
• Telegraph: Revealed: The most bearish broker notes in the City

Currency market news:

• MQL5 Blogs: USD/CAD Intra-Day Technical Analysis - possible correction or bullish breakout
• MQL5 Blogs: EUR/USD: AB=CD pattern was formed together with the bearish Retracement for direction
• MQL5 Blogs: EURUSD Next Week Outlook - bear market rally to be started
• MQL5 Blogs: GBPUSD Next Week Outlook - bear market rally or bearish to be continuing
• MQL5 Blogs: EURGBP Next Week Outlook - bear market rally to be started
• MQL5 Blogs: USDJPY Next Week Outlook - 61.8% Fibo resistance level to be crossed for breakout
• Bloomberg: World's Worst Currency Prompts Call for Divine Intervention
• Pound Sterling Live: Pound to Euro Rally at a Critical Crossroad
• Pound Sterling Live: Definitive Pound to Euro Exchange Rate Forecasts 2016
• MQL5 Blogs: HSBC: We are already in a global U.S. dollar recession

Commodity market news:

• MQL5 Blogs: Technical Price Action Analysis - SILVER: 100-SMA is below 200-SMA for bearish trend to be continuing by direction
• Kitco News: Deutsche Bank: Softer U.S. Economic Data Means ‘Rosier’ Outlook For Gold
• MQL5 Blogs: Analyst: Don't expect gold to hit $1,200 by year end - Video
• MarketWatch: Gold’s fortunes look like turning, but should investors still be wary?
• MQL5 Blogs: Rise of e-cars like Tesla will inevitably lift prices for tech metals like cobalt
• Kitco News: Platinum Prices To Soar Over $1,000 Despite VW Scandal - CPM Group
• Reuters: OPEC sees more demand for its crude in 2016 as cheap oil hits rivals
• Reuters: Mexican crude oil output may only return to 2012 levels in 2018

Stock market news:

• MQL5 Blogs: VW scandal was the last straw for those bullish on European stocks
• MarketWatch: The ‘new normal’ for markets: Everything stinks
• MarketWatch: Wall Street looks for signs S&P 500 can hang onto 2,000
• Reuters: Silicon Valley IPO market boom winding down
• Telegraph: Lloyds shares: will you end up with none if you apply for too many?

Company news:

• MarketWatch: Uber wins London court battle: reports
• Guardian: Q&A: Uber court case in London
  
• Washington Post: Main Street Morning: Uber admits to leaking drivers’ data
• Bloomberg: VW Loses Market Share in Europe as Diesel-Motor Recalls Loom
• Telegraph: 'Two years for Volkswagen to recover from emissions scandal' says new boss
• Bloomberg: Tesla's Radical Update Is Just More of the Same
• CNNMoney: Is this the Tesla of motorcycles?
• MarketWatch: U.S. firms want to scupper cyberarms deal
  
• CNBC: Heineken CEO 'happy' about rival brewer deal
• Reuters: Apple's newest courtroom foe is a patent-savvy university
• Washington Post: The wildly hyped $9 billion blood test company that no one really understands
• Telegraph: Could Britain's next runaway tech success be one of these start-ups?

Self-development for traders:

• MarketWatch: 7 ways you can protect against identity theft
• CNBC: How to make money in Europe: Guy Hands
• Bloomberg: In Search of the Science in Economics
• Bloomberg: Three Economists Worthy of a Nobel
• Forbes: Million-Dollar Ideas: SIRUM Wins Big At Under 30 Summit
• Forbes: The Internet of Things
• Washington Post: Five great pieces of advice from Fortune’s Most Powerful Women