Who won yesterday’s election – the Catalexit crowd or the Remain-in-Spain supporters? It’s not clear! Both sides are claiming victory, and the parliament is split. Separatist parties took 70 of the 135 seats, but the pro-Spain Citizens Party won the most seats, 36...
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22 December 2017, 13:21
It’s retracement time for Bitcoin: investors are taking profits, pushing the price back to around $13,000. For cryptocurrencies this is normal, i.e. boom and bust. We do not see this as a bubble bursting – it is a healthy correction...
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22 December 2017, 13:20
The Swiss watch industry’s exports of traditional watches rose 5.8% to CHF 1.98 billion. Not only is this a boost to sector with six years of sales declines, but a hopeful sign for 2018. Exports to China increased a whopping 39...
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21 December 2017, 12:53
As expected, the Bank of Japan kept rates unchanged at -0.1%, and the 10-year bond target stayed at 0%. BoJ officials expressed their confidence that the inflation will rise toward its target of 2%. The BoJ were also happy about the Q3 economic growth of an annualised 2.5...
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21 December 2017, 12:52
The greenback continued to weaken for three straight sessions, as traders rotated into EUR and emerging market currencies. The Trump tax cut’s positive effect on equites is beginning to fade...
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21 December 2017, 12:50
The total holdings of the Bank of Japan’s is now standing at all-time high. The Japanese quantitative easing has sent the level of debt very high because of the massive quantitative easing over the past decade. It has been a while that the sustainability of such a debt level is being questioned...
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20 December 2017, 12:48
With a warning from US Federal Reserve banker Neel Kashkari that increasing interest could trigger a recession, dollar doves are alive and vocal. We believe they will prevail enough to block some additional hikes...
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19 December 2017, 13:05
Global markets are celebrating US tax reform. Asian stocks followed the record session on Wall Street. This bull market keeps running past forecasts, and profit-taking to lock in a solid year is not happening. The World Bank increased its forecast for China’s economic growth in 2017 to 6...
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19 December 2017, 13:04
20k on target. (By Yann Quelenn ) • Bitcoin's bullish momentum is far fom over. The technical structure has shown a tremendous positive short-term momentum. Hourly support...
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18 December 2017, 13:32
Ready for another leg higher. (By Yann Quelenn ) • Crude oil is has failed to break resistance given at 59.05 (24/12/2017 high). Support is given at 55.82 (07/12/2017 low). Expected to bounce back...
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18 December 2017, 13:29