Weekly digest May 11-15: Main events from Europe's strong economic growth to silver forecasts and China's investment

Weekly digest compiles the latest news from the world of stocks and finance, currency and commodity news, as well as interesting informative articles for traders.

Top news of the week: Europe shows the strongest economic growth since 2011, outpacing the U.S. and U.K. Will the pickup last?

• MQL5 Blogs: Five obstacles eurozone economy faces
• MQL5 Blogs: Reasons for optimism: Europe's GDP growth signals wider rebound
• CNBC: No kidding: Euro zone economy outpaces US
• MQL5 Blogs: German economy: Exports weaken, domestic consumption remains strong
• Forbes: German GDP Growth Slows, French And Italian Rises
• Deutsche Welle: Opinion: Headwinds for Germany's economy
• Guardian: Growing pains: how eurozone economies are faring

This week's main events, analysis, forex overview: Drags on U.S. economy, Speculations on Fed rate hike; Greek drama; China's investment

• Bloomberg: Dollar Bulls Wondering What Went Wrong in Drop to Four-Month Low
• Guardian: Nasdaq bets on bitcoin's blockchain as the future of finance
• MQL5 Blogs: Morgan Stanley: Dollar and energy story are two big drags on U.S. economy - Analysis
• MQL5 Blogs: Bank of England cuts U.K.'s growth forecast, signals rate hikes will be gradual
• Bloomberg: Debt Traders to Fed: We Dare You to Try Raising Rates This Year
• MQL5 Blogs: Fed official: Don't be surprised when Fed raises rates
• MarketWatch: Fed’s rate-hike path, not timing, is what matters, says Schwab strategist
• Forbes: I'm Not Sure I Would Believe These Greek Budget Numbers
  
• Bloomberg: Draghi Says ECB Policy Potent as Low-Rate Risks Monitored
• Guardian: Draghi dampens talk of ending QE stimulus early - as it happened
• Deutsche Welle: China's overseas investment surges

Commodity market news: Analysis and overview

• MQL5 Blogs: OPEC: Oil prices will hardly rise above $100 in the next decade - Analysis
• MQL5 Blogs: IEA: Global battle between OPEC and non-OPEC producers only starting
• MarketWatch: Peter Schiff, more bullish than ever, sees gold headed to $5,000 an oz.
• MQL5 Blogs: Report: Global gold demand steady, investment rises
• MQL5 Blogs: Analysis: Silver predicted to surge 40% by end of 2015
• MQL5 Blogs: Analyst: Demand for gold from China will improve in 2015 - Video

Company news: 'Brexit' and U.K. businesses; weakened dollar and Q2 earnings; Shale oil producers and their production

• MQL5 Blogs: Will U.K. businesses benefit from 'Brexit'? Representatives answer
• Bloomberg: SABMiller Agrees to Acquire Meantime to Add U.K. Craft Beers
• MQL5 Blogs: Analyst: Q2 earnings may be better-than-expected, thanks to weak dollar
• Bloomberg: Here Are the Four Big Things Companies Talked About on Their Latest Earnings Calls
• MQL5 Blogs: ECB: Greece's banks well equipped to deal with financial crisis
• Forbes: Whither Japan Stocks: Sharp's Three Year Recovery Plan Leaves Little Room For Error
  
• BloombergView: Corporate Japan Answers to Nobody
• CNBC: Sharp off the hook, for now
• Forbes: Will The World's New Swing Oil Producer Stand Up?
• MarketWatch: Shale-oil producers ready to raise production
• CNBC: Italian luxury CEO still believes in Russia, China

Self-development for traders: Classic chart patterns; Goldman's best stocks; Warren Buffett's reads

• MarketWatch: Warren Buffett reads for up to 6 hours each day
• MQL5 Blogs: How to Trade - All (not yet) about Strategy Tester, Optimization and Cloud
• MQL5 Blogs: Something to Read - Trading Classic Chart Patterns
• MQL5 Blogs: Webinar - Flow Scalping Strategies with Ferran Font Ramentol
• Forbes: Goldman's Best Stocks To Benefit From Young Money
• CNBC: The 10 stocks likely to drop this summer: Goldman
• MarketWatch: The screaming buy signal from the gathering bears
• MarketWatch: It’s time to move into energy stocks, says J.P. Morgan Chase