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The European Central Bank (ECB) was always expected to be the main event of the past week. Capital markets had time aplenty to prepare to react to President Mario Draghi’s post-meeting press conference. Would the ECB stand and deliver...

Mario Draghi pulled off a political triumph on QE, coming in with a program that is bigger and more open-ended than anyone expected. The goal was to jolt expectations, to convince markets that there has been a fundamental shift toward aggressiveness...

The ECB's decision to launch a sovereign bond buying program has eurozone asset prices soaring. European equities have extended their advance; roughly doubling their year to date gains this week. European bonds have rallied, pushing yields to new record lows. Even Greek bonds have participated...

Central Banks Central Banks deserve a nomination for traders of the year this week, hitting the FX board with surprise after surprise these last few days, and investors unable to recoup from one shock before receiving another hit in the chin...

Here’s a sentence I never expected to hear from a respected mutual fund source: “Ninety percent of funds are superior stock pickers.” C...

So George Soros has been whining at Davos about the hellish lives of hedge-fund managers these days. Perhaps it makes sense, then, that “The Man Who Broke the Bank of England” also chose to make Davos his platform for announcing his retirement (and he really means it this time...

According to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, it’s illegal to robocall a mobile phone number without permission. The American Bankers Association wants to change that, arguing that robocalls will help fight identity theft and other kinds of fraud...

Google Inc. GOOG, +1.05% GOOGL, +1.09% is considering becoming a wireless carrier, providing a new service that's expected to run on Sprint and T-Mobile's networks, says a report from The Information citing people familiar with the matter...

EUR: The single currency dropped as ECB's Draghi announced the central bank will launch an expanded asset purchase program, bids at 1.1570-75, 1.1540-50, 1.1520-25, 1.1500 and 1.1485 were all filled, some buy orders are noted at 1.1460-65 with stops below 1...

EUR: The single currency extended yesterday's sellofff and bids at 1.1460-65, 1.1420-25, 1.1400, 1.1315-25 and 1.1270-80 were filled, mixture of bids and stops at 1.1240-50 is in focus, however, some buy orders are expected at 1.1200-10. On the upside, offers are lowred to 1...

The single currency recovered previous losses against the Australian dollar and trades flat during the mid-European session, after cheerful Euro zone manufacturing and services PMI numbers. Currently, the EUR/AUD cross trades unchanged at 1...

According to the Research Team at ING, there is no guarantee that QE will work as ECB can only prepare ground for investment, but to incite further investment and consumer spending the ECB might have to resort to further reforms...

Analysts at Societe Generale, expect EUR/USD to head towards 1.08 levels if it breaks below 1.12, with the pair currently testing the support zone at 1.1480/1.12. Key Quotes “EUR/USD is testing a support zone at 1.1480/1...

The Euro collapsed to fresh twelve year lows, breaking below USD 1.13 mark after Germany’s factory activity deteriorated in January. The EUR/USD fell further to trade at 1.1273, down -0.78% on the day, having posted fresh twelve year lows at 1.1259 levels few minutes ago...

Today’s “larger-than-expected” QE program from the ECB will no doubt influence markets for years to come, but one of the most obvious immediate impacts has been the strength in gold...

Following ECB's full-blown QE announcement, the FX Team at TDS has revised their EURUSD target, now expecting the exchange rate to fall to 0.96 by end-2015. Key Quotes "The ECB has left their tepid convictions on asset purchases, and especially government bonds, in the rear view mirror...

NZD/USD is currently trading at 0.7500 with a high of 0.7506 and a low of 0.7480, up 0.14% on the day. NZD/USD is oscillating around the 0.75 handle, pressured to the downside on the back of diversification of cash flows into the USD and USD denominated assets...

Valeria Bednarik, chief analyst at FXStreet noted the pressures felt by EUR/JPY. Key Quotes: "Despite stocks surged with the news, putting the Japanese Yen under pressure, the EUR/JPY cross nose- dived to 134.24, level not seen since last October...

KKR & Co. KKR, +0.82% refunded money to investors in some of its buyout funds after regulators found it overcharged them, marking one of the highest-profile results yet of regulators’ increased scrutiny of the private-equity business...