On Monday the European Central Bank (ECB) fired up the euro area’s highly anticipated bond buying plan, elevating the price of government debt, but leaving stocks unchanged...
On Monday the dollar backed off eleven-and-a-half year highs against its peers as investors took profits in the wake of a rally driven by Friday’s upbeat jobs report...
On Monday Brent oil futures fell below $59 a barrel touching the lowest level in almost two weeks, as bearish comments from OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri weighed on the sentiment...
On Monday emerging Asian currencies declined after stronger-than-expected US job data spurred expectations that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates in the middle of this year, damaging regional appeal of higher yields...
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- FEBRUARY 2015 Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 295,000 in February, and the unemployment rate edged down to 5.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today...
Bitcoin Is A Major Difficulty For World’s Central Bankers They are faced with the questions: should they ban it, regulate it, embrace it, or ignore it...
How has public opinion evolved about the digital currency? Look to the Kubler-Ross Model. Sentiments on bitcoin, the digital currency, vary wildly at the moment...
Two new services enabling bitcoin transactions on chat platforms have launched, with one already gaining thousands of users. TeleBit launched in mid-February and has attracted some 6,400 registered users, according to co-founder Jonathan Harrison...
The Parker FX Index, a global benchmark that tracks the performance of leading currency funds, has reported a jump of 2.71% MoM in the month of January, with approximately 63% of programs in the index showing positive results...
On Friday the greenback was broadly higher against its peers, as investors expected an upcoming report on U.S. nonfarm payrolls due later in the day. The euro touched new lows, as ECB's Draghi confirmed the central bank will begin purchasing euro zone government bonds on Monday...
On Friday the Australian dollar edged up marginally in a slim data day with the focus ahead on nonfarm payroll data in the U.S...
On Thursday the U.S. dollar climbed against its Canadian peer, despite data indicating that U.S. jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week. The euro stays under broad selling pressure after the ECB statement...
On Thursday the British currency dropped to one-month lows against its US peer, as downbeat U.K. house price data weighed and as markets eyed the Bank of England's upcoming monetary policy statement due later in the day...
On Thursday Asian stock markets were mostly lower, as China, the world's second-largest economy, lowered its economic growth forecast for 2015 to about 7%, and as markets tracked weak cues from Wall Street...
The New Sell and Sell Short: How To Take Profits, Cut Losses, and Benefit From Price Declines by Alexander Elder In The New Sell and Sell Short Dr. Alexander Elder explains how to exit a stock at the right time and how to initiate a short position to profit from a stock that is showing weakness...
On Wednesday the greenback got off 11-year peaks against other major currencies, impacted by the data showing the U.S. private sector created fewer-than-expected jobs last month...
On Wednesday U.S. crude-oil futures rose Wednesday ahead of U.S. inventory numbers, while Brent declined. Both oil benchmarks had settled higher on Monday...
Wednesday marked decline of copper prices for the second consecutive session, as market players awaited the start of China’s National People’s Congress annual meeting on Thursday...
On Wednesday the greenback was steady against the euro and the yen, as market players looked ahead to a fresh series of U.S. economic reports and a European Central Bank meeting for further indications on the direction of monetary policy...
Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower. The S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.54% at the close in Sydney. AUD/USD was up 0.07% to 0.7822, while AUD/JPY rose 0.01% to 93.59...
