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On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude oil for delivery in August fell to a session low of $105.09 a barrel (minimal since June 26), before trimming losses to last trade at $105.20 during European morning hours, down 0.53%, or 55 cents. U.S. oil futures ended down 0...
Just posted official preliminary data on Monday. Consumer price inflation in the euro zone held steady in June, paying attention to concerns over the threat of deflation in the region. Euro zone inflation holds steady at 0.5% in June...
The term deep neural network can have several meanings, but one of the most common is to describe a neural network that has two or more layers of hidden processing neurons. This article explains how to create a deep neural network using C...
The US Dollar Index fell during the course of the week, but was closing it out just above the 80 handle. The 80 handle is of course supportive, but ultimately we believe that the real support is to be found out of the 79 handle, which a break down below would be massively negative...
On periods W1, D1 situation since last week has not changed. Open strong channel with the direction of down. So far we not see to breakout the level 23.6...
Junk bonds are yielding what?! The zero interest rate environment has created complacency and a reckless desire by investors of chasing yield into the riskiest spectrum of the financial markets...
Kitco News wraps up the week with Gary Wagner’s in-depth analysis of the gold market. Wagner says he’ll be looking at silver this week as well because of the metal’s ‘stellar’ performance in the precious metals space. “This rally has a unique characteristic,” he says...
The Australian dollar edged higher against its U.S. counterpart on Friday, amid speculation the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates at record-low levels for a considerable time. AUD/USD hit 0.9444 on Wednesday, the pair’s highest since April 10, before subsequently consolidating at 0...
European stocks were seen rising on Monday. Investors hope the reports from U.S. and Europe due in the week will soothe recent worries over the pace of economic growth. Shares in French bank BNP Paribas will be in focus after the U.S. Justice Department's report...
It’s been a particularly strong year for hedge funds. In May alone, $22 billion of new capital was added bringing year-to-date flows to $93.3 billion. That’s the strongest start to a year since 2007...
Most Asian markets rose on Monday, taking their lead from U.S. stocks' gains on Friday. Although Wall Street was higher on Friday, they were lower for the week as stocks have stalled near record highs ahead of the coming earnings season...
New home sales in Australia declined for the first time in five months in May, results of a survey by the Housing Industry Association showed Monday. Sales fell 4.3 percent on month in May, marking the first decline since the beginning of the year. Detached house sales decreased 2...
Fundamental Forecast for Japanese Yen: Neutral Japanese Yen tests critical resistance level versus US Dollar Key issue remains: is inflation low enough for the Bank of Japan to act? The Japanese Yen showed signs of life as it posted its largest weekly gain versus the US Dollar in two months...
Business confidence in New Zealand declined sharply in June, the latest survey from ANZ revealed on Monday - falling from 53.5 in May to 42.8 in June. Analysts suggest that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's actions to raise interest rates are primarily responsible for the decline...
Industrial production for May in Japan rose 0.5%. USD/JPY traded at 101.39, down 0.03%. The dollar weakened across the board after the Commerce Department said Wednesday that U.S. gross domestic product contracted at an annual rate of 2.9% in the first three months of the year. U.S...
The EUR/USD pair broke higher during the course of the week, but still remains stuck in the consolidation area we have been in for several weeks now. It is not until we get above the 1.37 level of that we feel comfortable buying this market on more of a longer-term move. A break down below the 1...
Kitco News readers and some analysts expect gold prices to push higher through the second half of the year, building on its recent momentum. With the second half of 2014 starting Tuesday, Kitco News queried readers and analysts this week about their year-end price forecast...
The Nikkei fell during the course of the week, but found the ¥15,000 level to be supportive. It appears that the market is trying to grind its way higher, but there is a significant amount resistance just above, so this could be a market that has to fight a little bit to get to where wants to go...
Fundamental Forecast for Dollar: Neutral Nonfarm Payrolls are one of the most market-moving US releases, but what does that mean for a market not moving...
The euro moved higher against the broadly weaker dollar on Friday as concerns over the outlook for U.S. economic growth continued to weigh, despite a report showing that U.S. consumer sentiment improved this month. EUR/USD ended Friday’s session at 1.3649, up 0.28%. For the week, the pair added 0...
