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Latest News Headlines
Bloomberg: Asian Stock Rebound Falters as U.S. Futures Drop: Markets Wrap
What promised to be a recovery in equity markets after the global rout faltered in Asia as U.S. stock-index futures declined. Treasury yields fell after spiking on Tuesday and the yen gained as investors turned back to haven assets. [more...]
Bloomberg: Buying the Dip Works Nicely, a 30-Year History of Routs Shows
As the dust settles for now after the turmoil of the last few days, a chorus of buy-the-dip calls from fund managers and strategists is still ringing in equity investors’ ears. History suggests they have a point. [more...]
Bloomberg: Trader Whose Fund Made $2.7 Billion in Crisis Says Volatility's Here to Stay
Stephen Diggle, who co-founded a hedge fund that made $2.7 billion in the depths of the global financial crisis, said the resurgence of volatility is here to stay as bonds and stocks are both way overvalued. [more...]
Bloomberg: ETFs Are Holding Up, Despite Volatility-Linked Trading Madness
Did two exchange-traded products lose more than $3 billion in value Monday? Yes. Is this the ETF-led meltdown everyone’s been warning about? [more...]
Bloomberg: Carl Icahn Says Market Turn Is ‘Rumbling’ of Earthquake Ahead
Carl Icahn says he expects stock markets to bounce back after the massive selloff Friday and Monday, while warning that current market volatility is a harbinger of things to come. [more...]
Bloomberg: Get Ready for Most Cryptocurrencies to Hit Zero, Goldman Says
The tumble in cryptocurrencies that erased nearly $500 billion of market value over the past month could get a lot worse, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s global head of investment research. [more...]
Bloomberg: Goldman's Schwartz Sees Buying Opportunity After Stock Rout
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Co-President Harvey Schwartz is confident that stocks will bounce back from this month’s rout and welcomed efforts to bring interest rates back to normal. [more...]
Bloomberg: Bitcoin Snaps Slide as Crypto Markets Dodge Push for Regulation
Bitcoin rose for the first time in six days, snapping a losing streak that had helped push overall losses in digital currencies to about $500 billion, as the top U.S. market cops said they possessed all the authority needed to regulate and risk appetite returned to financial markets. [more...]
Reuters: Wall Street roars back, traders eye volatility ahead
Shaken out of many months of calm, Wall Street braced for a higher level of volatility in the days ahead, after a roughly 2 percent rebound in U.S. stocks on Tuesday followed the biggest one-day selloff in more than six years. [more...]
Reuters: Oil prices rise on report of lower U.S. crude inventories
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, lifted by a report that U.S. crude inventories fell last week, although analysts warned that soaring U.S. output and a seasonal demand drop could soon weigh on crude. [more...]
CNBC: Wall Street turned these esoteric 'ETNs' into a winning bet for the masses...and then they collapsed
The dramatic sell-off in stocks Friday and Monday forced a flood of buying in derivatives to close out on of Wall Street's biggest trades: while buying stocks, traders were betting against volatility, which has been near historic lows. [more...]
CNBC: Most Asia markets rebound after Wall Street's wild ride; China and South Korea lag
Most Asian markets advanced on Wednesday, retracing losses made in the last session, after major U.S. indexes finished their Tuesday session higher. [more...]
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​​​​​​​The currency strength meter gives you a quick visual guide to which currencies are currently strong, and which ones are weak. The meter measures the strength of all forex cross pairs and applies calculations on them to determine the overall strength for each individual currency. For example, if EUR is strong and USD is weak, it could mean that the currency pair EURUSD could be going up. If both currencies are strong or weak it is better to avoid since it will probably means there is no clear direction for the specific pair. To get the latest Currency Strength Indicator please click here

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Latest News Headlines
Bloomberg: Global Stock Sell-Off Deepens, Yen Gains Haven Bid: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks plunged for a second day and U.S. stock futures continued to decline after a frantic sell-off in equity markets. Investors fled to havens, lifting the yen and Treasuries. [more...]
Bloomberg: Here's Who Owned Those Crumbling VIX Notes as of Last Filing
The collapse of two inverse exchange-traded products tied to the Cboe Volatility Index, which soared Monday by the most on record, is making many wonder who the holders of these instruments are. [more...]
Bloomberg: Ex-Goldman Volatility Trader Sees More Blood Before Rout Ends
Makoto Yamada, who traded index-linked derivatives including volatility at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. before joining a Japanese brokerage, sees more pain before the stock rout ends. [more...]
Bloomberg: Commodities Dragged Into Global Selloff as Oil to Copper Get Hit
Commodities from crude oil to metals and iron ore dropped as the global equity rout and surge in market volatility spurred investors to pare risk, cutting positions in raw materials even as banks and analysts stood by the asset class given the backdrop of solid global growth. [more...]
Bloomberg: These Charts Show Just How Bad the Selloff in Risk Assets Is
The S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are both down more than 5 percent from their Jan. 26 record closes. The Cboe Volatility Index, commonly known as the fear gauge, has spiked to its highest level since February 2016. [more...]
Reuters: Stocks crumble in vicious sell-off as 'goldilocks' trade unravels
A rout in global equities deepened in Asia on Tuesday as inflation worries gripped financial markets, sending U.S. stock futures sinking further into the red after Wall Street suffered its biggest decline since 2011. [more...]
Reuters: Wall Street plunges, S&P 500 erases 2018's gains
U.S. stocks plunged in highly volatile trading on Monday, with both the S&P 500 and Dow Industrials indices slumping more than 4.0 percent, as the Dow notched its biggest intraday decline in history with a nearly 1,600-point drop and Wall Street erased its gains for the year. [more...]
Reuters: Stock sell-off overdue, investors lick their wounds and hunt
The speed of Monday’s jaw-dropping sell-off on Wall Street had traders and investors bumped and bruised. But few seemed surprised that a pullback had actually happened. Some were looking for the right time and opportunity to wade back in - but wary of catching a falling knife. [more...]
CNBC: Bitcoin continues to tumble, briefly breaking below $6,000
Bitcoin dropped to its lowest in more than two months. The digital currency fell to a low of $5,995.58, its lowest since mid November, according to CoinDesk, whose bitcoin price index tracks prices from four major exchanges. [more...]
CNBC: Global markets may be a sea of red, but experts say solid economies lie below
It wasn't that long ago that the prediction of a lasting "synchronized global growth" was made. The ongoing widespread sell-off in global markets may lead some to question that narrative, but it's a story that still rings true underneath the sea of red, analysts and investors said. [more...]
Currency Strength Indicators
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​​​​​​​The currency strength meter gives you a quick visual guide to which currencies are currently strong, and which ones are weak. The meter measures the strength of all forex cross pairs and applies calculations on them to determine the overall strength for each individual currency. For example, if EUR is strong and USD is weak, it could mean that the currency pair EURUSD could be going up. If both currencies are strong or weak it is better to avoid since it will probably means there is no clear direction for the specific pair. To get the latest Currency Strength Indicator please click here

Todays Markets

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Trading Sentiment
Below is the latest sentiment as compiled by etoro, the world's largest (social) trading network. It provides a view of what individual investors think about the specific instruments and gives a view of the current sentiment.
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Latest News Headlines
Bloomberg: Global Equity Slump Deepens as Rate Fears Grow: Markets Wrap
Asian equities fell and U.S. stock futures headed lower, extending the biggest selloff for global stocks in two years as investors adjusted to a surge in global bond yields. [more...]
Bloomberg: This Isn't the Start of Major Downturn, JPMorgan Says
Equities still feel like the right place to be relative to bonds for multi-asset investors, according to JPMorgan Asset Management. The pullback in risk assets among overbought conditions and stretched sentiment doesn’t look like the start of a major downturn, the money manager said. [more...]
Bloomberg: Stocks May Tumble 10%, But Hang In There, $141 Billion Fund Says
Equity investors are in for a further stomach-churning down-draft, but it will pay off to stay the course, according to AMP Capital Investors Ltd. [more...]
Bloomberg: S&P Warns High Corporate Debt Could Trigger Next Default Cycle
The number of defaults by heavily indebted corporates could rise significantly amid tightening credit conditions, according to S&P Global Ratings. Easy liquidity and underwriting together with low interest rates have contributed to a spike in the number of highly leveraged firms, creating a risk masked by relatively low default rates. [more...]
Bloomberg: How Worried Should You Be? Traders Confront Inflation's Reality
For almost a decade, investors have waited patiently for any hint of inflation in the U.S. economy, a sign the recovery can sustain itself without emergency stimulus from the Federal Reserve. Now they’re getting it, and many are shocked at the reaction. [more...]
Bloomberg: Yellen Says Prices `High' for Stocks, Commercial Real Estate
Outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said U.S. stocks and commercial real estate prices are elevated but stopped short of saying those markets are in a bubble. [more...]
Bloomberg: Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day
Traders brace themselves after Friday’s U.S. equities plunge, North and South Korea make a bet on sports diplomacy, and Yellen leaves the Fed with comments unlikely to help investors stay calm. Here are some of the things people in markets are talking about. [more...]
Bloomberg: Big Volatility Players May Be on the Loose as VIX Tops 17
Trading patterns associated with two major volatility players popped up again Friday as the Cboe Volatility Index rose above 15 for only the second day this year. [more...]
Reuters: Stocks punished as inflation shadow spooks bonds
Asian shares fell the most in over a year on Monday as fears of resurgent inflation battered bonds, toppled Wall Street from record highs and sparked speculation that central banks globally might be forced to tighten policy more aggressively. [more...]
Reuters: A decade after recession, a jump in U.S. states with wage gains
The kind of pay raises for which American workers have waited years are now here for a broadening swath of the country, according to a Reuters analysis of state-by-state data that suggests falling unemployment has finally begun boosting wages. [more...]
CNBC: German DAX set to tumble at open after coalition talks pass deadline without a deal
The German stock market is set to tumble at the open on Monday as investors react to news that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party and the Social Democrats (SPD) failed to agree to a coalition government on Sunday. [more...]
CNBC: Dow futures retrace losses but still down more than 100 points as Wall Street adds to Friday's decline
U.S. stock futures fell on Monday morning in Asian trade as Wall Street added to the large losses set last week. Dow Jones industrial average futures pulled back more than 100 points and briefly fell more than 250 points, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures declined 6.25 points and 8.25 points, respectively at 1:46 p.m. HK/SIN. [more...]
Currency Strength Indicators
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​​​​​​​The currency strength meter gives you a quick visual guide to which currencies are currently strong, and which ones are weak. The meter measures the strength of all forex cross pairs and applies calculations on them to determine the overall strength for each individual currency. For example, if EUR is strong and USD is weak, it could mean that the currency pair EURUSD could be going up. If both currencies are strong or weak it is better to avoid since it will probably means there is no clear direction for the specific pair. To get the latest Currency Strength Indicator please click here

Todays Markets

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Economic Calendar
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Trading Sentiment
Below is the latest sentiment as compiled by etoro, the world's largest (social) trading network. It provides a view of what individual investors think about the specific instruments and gives a view of the current sentiment.
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Latest News Headlines
Bloomberg: Asia Stocks Slide; Rising Yields Spur BOJ to Act: Markets Wrap
Asian shares dipped, with technology stocks leading declines after some disappointment with U.S. corporate earnings. Rising pressure on bond yields round the world stirred the Bank of Japan into action to keep rates from getting out of whack with policy targets. [more...]
Bloomberg: Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day
Bitcoin suffers its worst month on record, Alibaba buys into Ant Financial and Indian groceries, and the rout in Treasuries picks up steam. Here are some of the things people in markets are talking about. [more...]
Bloomberg: Apple Forecast Falls Short After iPhone Sales Miss Estimates
Apple Inc. forecast lower-than-expected revenue for the current quarter and reported iPhone sales from the crucial holiday period that missed analysts’ forecasts, suggesting waning demand for its most-important product. [more...]
Bloomberg: Japan Authorities Raid Coincheck After $500 Million Heist
Japan’s Financial Services Agency raided Coincheck Inc.’s offices a week after the cryptocurrency exchange lost about $500 million to hackers, hauling out documents and computers as evidence. [more...]
Bloomberg: The U.S. Poses a Bigger Danger Than China to Asia’s Markets
Asia’s economies may be increasingly bound to China, but the risks to the region’s markets may be more linked to the U.S. as Chinese policy makers make progress in arresting a record run-up in the country’s debt. [more...]
Bloomberg: Deutsche Bank Sees Contagion Risk Growing in Financial Markets
The concerted selloff that landed on stocks and bonds this week may be a taste of what’s to come for financial markets. [more...]
Reuters: Texas shale challenges North Sea crude as world oil benchmark
Surging shale oil production in Texas and North Dakota is being felt on trading desks in Chicago, Houston and New York, where a brisk business in West Texas Intermediate crude futures is far outpacing contracts for London-based Brent crude. [more...]
Reuters: Blowout in bond yields rattles Asian stocks, buoys euro
The euro neared multi-year peaks on Friday as talk of policy tightening in Europe and expectations that inflation is set to gear up boosted borrowing costs globally, a move that sparked a sell-off in Asian equities. [more...]
CNBC: Deutsche Bank posts $2.75 billion Q4 earnings loss, blames U.S. tax reform
German lender Deutsche Bank posted a net loss of 2.2 billion euros ($2.75 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2017 — worse than the net loss of 1.25 billion euros that Reuters analysts had forecast. [more...]
CNBC: UK businesses seek opportunities in China after Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May embarked on a trip to China on Wednesday with a 50-strong business delegation, featuring sectors ranging from health care to clean energy, in her bid to cement Britain-China ties. [more...]
Currency Strength Indicators
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​​​​​​​The currency strength meter gives you a quick visual guide to which currencies are currently strong, and which ones are weak. The meter measures the strength of all forex cross pairs and applies calculations on them to determine the overall strength for each individual currency. For example, if EUR is strong and USD is weak, it could mean that the currency pair EURUSD could be going up. If both currencies are strong or weak it is better to avoid since it will probably means there is no clear direction for the specific pair. To get the latest Currency Strength Indicator please click here

Todays Markets

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Economic Calendar
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Trading Sentiment
Below is the latest sentiment as compiled by etoro, the world's largest (social) trading network. It provides a view of what individual investors think about the specific instruments and gives a view of the current sentiment.
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Latest News Headlines
Bloomberg: Asian Stocks Advance; India Drops on Tax Proposal: Markets Wrap
Asian equities kicked off February with a recovery from a three day sell-off, as investors decided the outlook for growth and corporate earnings was strong enough to quell concerns about the recent jump up in bond yields. [more...]
Bloomberg: Bitcoin's Big Wipeout Erased $44 Billion of Value in January
Bitcoin is proving that cryptocurrencies can erase wealth as fast as they create it. Its January slide knocked $44.2 billion off the $200 billion in market value generated in all of last year, the biggest one-month loss in dollar terms in the short history of digital assets. [more...]
Bloomberg: Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan Sees Bubbles in Stocks and Bonds
The man who made the term “irrational exuberance” famous says investors are at it again. “There are two bubbles: We have a stock market bubble, and we have a bond market bubble,” Alan Greenspan, 91, said Wednesday on Bloomberg.  [more...]
Bloomberg: U.S. Probes Apple Over Updates That Slow Older iPhones
Apple Inc. said it’s responding to government probes into a software update that slowed the performance of older iPhones. The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple violated securities laws concerning its disclosures about a software update that slowed some handsets. [more...]
Bloomberg: U.S. Regulators Subpoena Crypto Exchange Bitfinex, Tether
U.S. regulators are scrutinizing one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges as questions mount over a digital token linked to its backers. [more...]
Bloomberg: America Winning ‘Cold Currency War’ to Weaken Dollar, Pimco Says
The U.S. is fighting - and winning - a “cold currency war” as it seeks to weaken the dollar, according to Pacific Investment Management Co. [more...]
Bloomberg: Buffett, Bezos and Dimon Could Mess Up the Fed’s Inflation Goal
Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and Jamie Dimon’s plan to start an independent firm to manage health-care services for their 1.2 million employees at a lower cost has the potential to make the Fed’s 2 percent target for the core Personal Consumption Expenditure inflation index even more elusive over the long haul.  [more...]
Reuters: Asian shares bounce back, but rising U.S. yields pose risks
Asian shares eked out modest gains on Thursday, clawing back sharp losses from earlier this week, however, rising U.S. bond yields and interest rates could dampen investors’ optimism toward the global economic outlook. [more...]
Reuters: Oil edges up as OPEC compliance offsets robust U.S. output
U.S. oil prices extended modest gains on Thursday as OPEC’s strong compliance with a supply reduction pact offset news that U.S. production topped 10 million barrels per day for the first time in nearly half a century. [more...]
CNBC: Shell quarterly profit jumps 140% after 'a year of transformation'
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell reported profits more than doubled in the fourth quarter of 2017 on Thursday, supported by a recent rally in oil and gas prices. [more...]
CNBC: Facebook results top estimates, but stock whipsaws after hours
Facebook reported adjusted fourth-quarter earnings and revenue on Wednesday that crushed expectations, as it made more money than expected from each user. [more...]
Currency Strength Indicators
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​​​​​​​The currency strength meter gives you a quick visual guide to which currencies are currently strong, and which ones are weak. The meter measures the strength of all forex cross pairs and applies calculations on them to determine the overall strength for each individual currency. For example, if EUR is strong and USD is weak, it could mean that the currency pair EURUSD could be going up. If both currencies are strong or weak it is better to avoid since it will probably means there is no clear direction for the specific pair. To get the latest Currency Strength Indicator please click here