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The foreign exchange market's status as the world's largest, built up over decades of rampant globalization, deregulation and growth in financial services, is unlikely to be relinquished any time soon. But the glory days are over...

Fed Chair Janet Yellen returns to Capitol Hill for a second day of testimony Thursday, and the bond market is likely to once more fight her every word. As Yellen testified before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday, Treasury yields fell...

It's been an ugly stock market for most investors. But famed inventor and investor Elon Musk is having an exceptionally bad year - not just on one investment - but two. Musk's holdings in solar panel installer SolarCity (SCTY) and electric car maker Tesla (TSLA) are down a staggering $3...

As if being nominated for the film industry's biggest prize wasn't enough, Academy Award nominees in five categories will receive the annual "Oscar swag bag" — a goodie-bag worth upward of $220,000. Los Angeles-based Distinctive Assets puts together the bags independent of the Oscars...

Texan hedge fund manager J. Kyle Bass, the founder of Hayman Capital, has sent his first letter to investors on a global scale in two years. The letter, seen by Business Insider, warns that China has a problem much bigger than the subprime crisis in 2008...

After another soggy Asian session, European markets have begun on a firm note, and US shares are trading broadly higher in Europe as well. Led by the beleaguered financial shares, and healthcare, the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 is up 2...

“Trade what you see” is a phrase traders love to throw around, but the true meaning behind it is mostly unknown. Trading what you see has become a hollow phrase and its true meaning has been forgotten. By the end of this article you will understand why you probably don’t trade what you...

A British entrepreneur said he is raking in the cash by selling 20-ounce jars of British countryside air to pollution-stricken Chinese customers for $155 each...

USDJPY shows why we watch the big levels 116.00 has been a big level for months and I've harped on about it enough times for it to become boring. The PA over the last 24 hours shows why I have. A lot of people had pencilled in the 115.50/60 level as the big one but I disagreed. 116...

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will deliver her semi-annual testimony to House and Senate committees this week...

The pace of macro updates picks up today, including the monthly report on Germany’s foreign trade numbers for December. Later, two US releases will draw attention as the market looks for more perspective on evaluating the risk outlook as macro fears weigh on sentiment...

The first signs of trouble for prosecutors came about three weeks into the trial. Their witness was a government investigator called to lay out details of the probe into the alleged rigging of a key interest rate by a group of brokers who faced up to 20 years in prison...

Charlie Stenger, a currency-broker-turned-recruiter, has seen it all. One fired trader wept in his office. Another admitted he hadn’t told his wife he was unemployed, and left the house every day in a suit to sneak off to a coffee shop...

I have been following a bizarre and interesting story during the past six months. It involves intrigue, ethical conflicts and potentially enormous sums of money...

Seven years after the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, the world economy continued to stumble in 2015. According to the United Nations’ report World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016, the average growth rate in developed economies has declined by more than 54% since the crisis...

On an unremarkable morning on Stournari street in downtown Athens, just a few blocks away from the epicenter of every riot the city has seen during its recent crisis years, two men of Asian origin politely and openly hawk cigarettes to passersby. The illegal packs of R.G.D.-branded smokes cost 1...

A strong price move can only exist if there is a strong enough cause forcing price to move – this sounds obvious but you’ll see why it isn’t for most traders. A price rally can only exist if buyers outnumber sellers...

Coca-Cola Co, PepsiCo and other consumer-facing companies spending big bucks to advertise during Sunday’s Super Bowl football extravaganza will be making a play for more market share to offset a slow economy and less overseas revenue...