Weekly digest Nov 16-20: From markets' behavior after Paris attacks to rate hike talk

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: How does fear affect investors?

• MQL5 Blogs: What forces will emerge in markets in wake of Paris tragedy - Analysis
• MQL5 Blogs: Here is what fear actually means to investors
• CNNMoney: Investors shaken by Paris attacks flee to Germany
• New York Times: Economic Fallout of Paris Attacks Hits Hotels Hard
• Telegraph: Paris attacks: Investors shrug off fears about French economy and threat of new border controls
• Financial Times: Market rally is amorality tale
• Financial Times: Economies are too tough for Isis to destroy
• CNNMoney: Will state of emergency crash France's economy?
• Time: These 5 Facts Explain the Dire Economic Costs of the Paris Attacks

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

• Bloomberg: 14 Predictions for 2016 from the Brightest Minds in Finance
• Bloomberg: We Need to Talk About the Global Economy
• Reuters: Investors get too comfy over US-euro divergence
• MQL5 Blogs: Deutsche Bank is now convinced Fed will hike in December
• MQL5 Blogs: Peter Schiff: Fed is playing a dangerous game with stock-market investors
• Bloomberg: UBS: The Fed's Case for Liftoff Will Be Bolstered a Day Before Its December Meeting
• MarketWatch: Fed may find solace in weaker dollar after hike
• MarketWatch: Draghi: ECB will do what it must to lift inflation
• Reuters: Draghi says ECB willing to act fast on rates, QE to boost inflation
• New York Times: Greece and Eurozone Creditors in Deal to Unlock $13 Billion
• Guardian: Shock UK deficit figures dent George Osborne's economic plan
• MQL5 Blogs: Xi Jinping: "China’s economy has strong resilience, great potential". Recent data signals it may be so
• Deutsche Welle: Sieren's China: Rising pressure
• MQL5 Blogs: Japanese economy has slipped into recession. Again. Thanks, Shinzo!
• Bloomberg: Goldman Says the Years of Emerging-Markets Doldrums Are Over
• Financial Times: Asian and Russian buyers desert prime London property market

Currency market news:

• Bloomberg: The Euro-Dollar's Most Important 24 Hours This Year. No, it's not the Fed's December meeting.
• Bloomberg: Won Posts Weekly Advance as Risk Appetite Revives After Paris
• MQL5 Blogs: Goldman Sachs: EUR/USD Targets into Fed December meetings
• MQL5 Blogs: USDJPY Forecast: levels and targets
• MQL5 Blogs: USD to Polish Zloty: bullish breakout
• MQL5 Blogs: USDCAD Technical Analysis 2015, 15.11 - 22.11: daily breakout, weekly ranging
• Bloomberg: Commodity Currencies Start Ignoring Commodity Rout
• MQL5 Blogs: Hedge funds increase bullish bets on dollar
• MQL5 Blogs: Goldman: Dollar to reach parity vs euro by year-end
• MQL5 Blogs: Will yuan cannibalize Aussie after entering IMF reserves? - RBA responds.
• Telegraph: Europe plans crackdown on Bitcoin after Paris attacks

Commodity market news:

• Kitco News: A Slight Readjustment and Retrenchment in Most Markets Although Oil Lags and Gold Rallies
• MarketWatch: How investors are abandoning gold, in one chart
• MQL5 Blogs: GOLD: End Of Week Technicals - 909.69 level as the next bearish target
• MQL5 Blogs: GOLD (XAU/USD) - Forecast for November: levels and targets
• MQL5 Blogs: SILVER (XAG/USD) - Forecast for November: levels and targets
• MQL5 Blogs: Goldman Sachs: Pressure on commodities is likely to persist for next 12 months
• MQL5 Blogs: Crude Oil - Forecast for November: levels and targets
• Telegraph: AEP: Goldman eyes $20 oil as glut overwhelms storage sites

Stock market news:

• Financial Times: European equities cap off positive week
• Independent: Square valuation raises fears of a tech bubble
  
• Bloomberg: The 37% Arbitrage Trade in Chinese Stocks Is About to Get Easier
• Washington Post: These tech celebrities saw their investment in Square grow by 60 times in a day.
• MQL5 Blogs: False Breakout: CAC 40 bounced from 5008 support back to ranging area
• Investing.com: Dow Finds Support Above SMA20; S&P Futures Needs Break Above 2092.00

Company news:

• Independent: The 10 biggest business stories on Friday November 20
• CNNMoney: Elon Musk's SpaceX set to get its first military contract
• Washington Post: Northrop won the bomber contract. Now comes the battle to defend it.
• Independent: Seven years after collapse, bosses of HBOS back under the spotlight
• New York Times: Bank of England to Consider Bans for Executives Behind HBOS Failure
• Independent: Barclays fined $150m more over forex-rigging scandal
• Washington Post: Main Street Morning: Facebook launches a fundraising tool for nonprofits
• Washington Post: Volvo's self-driving car concept
• Deutsche Welle: Bosch entangled in VW cheating scandal
• New York Times: Volkswagen Faces Major Spending Cuts and Regulatory Deadlines
• New York Times: EasyJet Expects Resilient Demand to Withstand Security Fears
• Washington Post: Paris attacks fuel a fresh debate over encryption
• Forbes: The Last Days Of Marissa Mayer?

Investors' self-development:

• Bloomberg: Would You Pass the Global Financial Literacy Test?
• MarketWatch: 40 books every investor ought to have read
• MarketWatch: Make money from this winter’s surprise cold snap
• Washington Post: This is the best day to buy toys and other gifts if you’re shopping online