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When Makis Gounaris, a financial consultant based in Athens, decided to hire Spartan Security Ltd. to protect his apartment in September, he was told to choose from three payment options: cash, credit, or barter. Gounaris paid his entire bill in “TradePoints” using Greek barter network TradeNow...
It's official: June is off the table. On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivered remarks before the Economic Club of New York. The tone was decidedly dovish, with the dollar falling, Treasurys rallying, and stocks moving higher following the speech's release...
The USDJPY is down testing trend line support. That level comes in at 112.72 currently. IN the process, the sellers are moving further away from the 100 hour MA (blue line). The 38.2% and 200 hour MA will be targeted on a break...
• EUR/CHF is trading mixed since it failed to reach 1.1000 which shows that short-term bearish pressures are still lively. Hourly support can be found at 1.0874 (23/03/2016 low) while hourly resistance is given at 1.1023 (10/03/2016 high). Expected to show continued weakness...
During a recent visit to the United Kingdom, I was struck by the extent to which the question of whether the country should remain in the European Union is dominating the media, boardroom discussions, and dinner conversations...
Earlier today Eurozone M3 money supply came in unchanged at 5.0%, as expected in February data. Amid the components, private sector credit showed a 3.2% y/y increase, up from 2.6% y/y growth in the previous month. This moving in the right direction, though below where ECB policymakers would like...
Price action is among the most popular trading concepts and a trader who knows how to use price action the right way can often improve his performance and his way of looking at charts significantly...
Fed Chair Janet Yellen has some explaining to do. Yellen speaks Tuesday in a much anticipated midday appearance before the Economic Club of New York — just days after several Fed officials surprised markets by saying a rate hike could be coming soon. The problem is that the U.S...
EURGBP has gained nearly 1,000 pips since November of last year, the longest sustained rally since the 2012 low. It hasn’t been pretty at times, and just when the pair seemed ready to give in, it somehow managed to churn higher...