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There can be disadvantages to being the world’s most liquid currency. The Dollar’s intrinsic integration into the global financial system makes it particularly vulnerable when its fundamental health is shaken and the world is in a state of flux. That is where we find ourselves now...

hares of Citigroup Inc. (C) rose as much as 6.18% Wednesday, reaching a 4-month high of $44.49 after investors learned that Citigroup was the only one of the large major banks that didn't have its so-called "living will" rejected by the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp...

Shares of Bank of America Corporation (BAC), the second-biggest U.S. lender by assets, are trading more than 1% lower than the pre-market session Thursday, after the bank reported a 13% year-over-year decline in the first-quarter profits, owing to weak trading and underwriting revenue...

This is what it looks like on the down side of the biggest oil boom in U.S. history. JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc...

Oil prices fell more than 3 percent on Friday in thin trade as traders and analysts anticipated a meeting of major oil exporters would provide a floor for the market, but do little to help to clear global oversupply quickly...

Next week could be a big one for the EUR/GBP due to the large number of market-moving economic data from both the UK and the Eurozone, and the ECB’s policy meeting on Thursday...

fter falling out of the limelight the past few trading sessions, the focus will turn again on the euro as the European Central Bank meets on Thursday and important sentiment surveys are due on Tuesday and Friday...

Not all traders are equal. According to Emolument.com data, having a certain type of job title could command greater earning power through wages and bonuses. But that's not to say that the lowest paid trader job earns peanuts — they still earn more in one year than some people do in a decade...

Draghi in a statement to IMFC: • Outlook for Eurozone is faced with uncertainty • We don't not currently see excesses in behaviour of banks • Eurozone economy on path for gradual recovery • Risks to growth on the downside The forecast is important because it means the ECB won't react when inflati...

Having bottomed at the daily pivot at 0.7683 in the last hour, the AUD/USD pair is seen hovering at session tops following the Chinese economic releases. AUD/USD keeps 0.77 handle post-China data dump Currently, the AUD/USD pair rises 0.25% to fresh session highs at 0...

Team Alpha did not enter the CME Group Trading Challenge expecting to win. Their goal was simply to get experience against students from some of the world’s top finance and business programs...

We think the Yellen-induced carry trade is close to reaching a tipping point. For sure, it seems unlikely a fresh USD rally will exceed the highs seen over the past two years...

Fed's Lockhart weakened the dollar a bit. He actually spoke like a Fed official who is data dependent (just like they said they would be) - citing 1Q GDP that is soft. Some of the other Fed officials say "data dependent" but then argue for higher rates or say April meeting is "live...

The only thing worse for longs than a rising wedge is an upward sloping flag. Don’t get me wrong. Ascending and descending channels form all the time in trending markets...

“It may be that liquidity has deteriorated only in certain market segments...

The Bank of England has decided to hold rates at 0.5 percent once again, a record low for seven years. All nine members of the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to hold on to low rates amid concerns over global growth and uncertainty ahead of a Brexit vote...

Risk management usually ranks very low on the priorities list of most traders. Typically, way behind finding a better indicator, more accurate entry signals or worrying about stop hunting and unfair algo-trading practices...

Supervisors monitor banks to assess the banks’ compliance with rules and regulations but also to ensure that they engage in safe and sound practices (see our earlier post What Do Banking Supervisors Do...

Japan’s economic and financial malaise once was thought to have little relevance for other advanced economies. Respected Western economists and policy makers even argued that “Japan couldn’t happen here...

I wrote at the beginning of January that economic conditions this year were set to be as weak as in 2015, which was the worst year since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008...