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Latest News Headlines
Bloomberg: Stocks Trade Mixed in Asia; Treasuries Inch Higher: Markets Wrap
Stocks fluctuated in Asia and Treasuries edged higher amid a lack of fresh impetus as an easing of trade tensions paved the way for investors to turn to key U.S. inflation data due Wednesday. The dollar steadied as traders also weighed a possible U.S. military strike on Syria. [more...]
Bloomberg: Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day
Investors breathe a sigh of relief after some positive comments from the leaders of the U.S. and China on trade, while oil and aluminum bulls get some good news and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg testifies to Congress for the first time. Here are some of the things people in markets are talking about. [more...]
Bloomberg: Zuckerberg Defends Facebook's Value While Senators Question Apology
Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg defended the social network’s value before Congress and pledged to correct its mistakes, as senators questioned whether he’ll deliver after years of failed assurances that he’d protect user privacy. [more...]
Bloomberg: Fed Minutes to Hint at How Trade Spat Could Affect Outlook
Federal Reserve policy makers have been publicly cautious about what a U.S. trade dispute with China could mean for their outlook if it escalates, but investors will get a peek at what they really think when the central bank publishes an account of its March meeting. [more...]
Bloomberg: Why Bitcoin Behaves Like the Flu
Is the rise of Bitcoin analogous to the spread of an infectious disease? Analysts at Barclays Plc saw enough similarities to develop a pricing model for the cryptocurrency that takes its cues from the world of epidemiology. Their diagnosis: Bitcoin has probably peaked. [more...]
Reuters: Asian stocks pare gains on U.S.-China trade tensions, Syria, but euro buoyant
Asian stocks rose modestly on Wednesday but pared early gains as caution again crept into markets over strained U.S-China trade ties and escalating tensions in Syria. [more...]
Reuters: Cushing's oil market clout wanes amid U.S. export boom
The volume of oil sitting in 300 steel tanks in a nine-square-mile radius in Cushing, Oklahoma has long been a key barometer for the health of U.S. crude supply and the nation’s benchmark for daily trading of billions of dollars in the commodity. [more...]
Reuters: Oil dips on rising U.S. supplies, market still tense on conflict in Syria
Oil prices on Wednesday eased away from 2014 highs reached the previous session as escalating Middle East tensions were offset by increasing inventories and production in the United States. [more...]
CNBC: Global trading system is at risk of being ‘torn apart,’ warns IMF’s Lagarde
The globalized system that has transformed the world over the last generation is at risk of being completely dismantled amid aggressive turns toward protectionism, warned International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde during a speech at the Asia Global Institute in Hong Kong Wednesday. [more...]
CNBC: Elon Musk calls out Goldman Sachs after negative report on Tesla: 'Place your bets'
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk is calling out Goldman Sachs after the bank encouraged investors to sell the carmaker's stock. "Place your bets," Musk quipped on Twitter, appearing to challenge would-be sellers to exit at their own risk. [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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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: Bitcoin, the Biggest Bubble in History, Is Popping
The greatest bubble in history is popping, according to Bank of America Corp. The cryptocurrency is tracking the downfalls of the other massive asset-price bubbles in history less than one year out from its record, analysts lead by Chief Investment Strategist Michael Hartnett wrote in a note Sunday. [more...]
Bloomberg: Stocks Climb After Xi's Address; Treasuries Slip: Markets Wrap
Risk appetite showed signs of returning to markets as China’s President Xi Jinping struck a conciliatory tone, lifting stocks in Asia and U.S. equity index futures, while safe haven assets retreated. [more...]
Bloomberg: China Is Studying Yuan Devaluation as a Tool in Trade Spat
China is evaluating the potential impact of a gradual yuan depreciation, people familiar with the matter said, as the country’s leaders weigh their options in a trade spat with U.S. President Donald Trump that has roiled financial markets worldwide. [more...]
Bloomberg: Stocks Rally Falters Late Amid Political Risks: Markets Wrap
The rally in U.S. stocks faltered in the final hour of trading, with a report that federal agents raided the offices of President Donald Trump’s lawyer adding to the swoon. Equities finished higher on the strength of gains in technology shares that bore the brunt of last week’s tariff-induced decline. [more...]
Bloomberg: Things May Be About to Change for This Year’s Worst-Performing Major Currency
Sweden’s krona should recover from this month’s eight-year low of 10.35 per euro as factors that have weighed, such as weaker-than-forecast inflation, are either already priced in or will improve. [more...]
Bloomberg: Trump's ‘America First’ Puts the Dollar Last, Deutsche Bank Says
President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy means the dollar will have to weaken, according to Deutsche Bank AG. [more...]
Reuters: China's Xi renews pledges to open economy, cut tariffs this year
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday promised to open the country’s economy further and lower import tariffs on products including cars, in a speech seen as conciliatory amid rising trade tensions between China and the United States. [more...]
Reuters: Oil prices rise on hopes U.S. trade spat with China may ease
Oil markets rose for a second day on Tuesday, with Brent rising above $69 per barrel on hopes a trade dispute between the United States and China, the world’s two biggest crude consumers, may be resolved without greater damage to the global economy. [more...]
CNBC: If the US and China stop feuding on trade, the next clash could be over Taiwan
Even if trade disagreements subside, the United States and China may have already found the next sticking point in their relationship. [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: Asia Stocks Gain as Trade in Focus; Dollar Steady: Markets Wrap
Stocks in Asia climbed and U.S. equity-index futures rebounded as investors weighed the likelihood that the world’s two largest economies will eventually resolve their ongoing trade spat. Treasuries fell and the dollar steadied. [more...]
Bloomberg: Bad Omen for Markets From First Signs of Yield Curve Inversion
The forward curve of a closely watched proxy for the Federal Reserve’s policy rate has slightly inverted, signaling investors are either pricing in a mistake from central bankers or end-of-cycle dynamics, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. [more...]
Bloomberg: Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day
Trade tensions endure, Deutsche Bank has a new man at the helm and Asian equity markets are braced for a fall after U.S. equities’ Friday slump. Here are some of the things people in markets are talking about. [more...]
Bloomberg: China Now Has the Most Valuable AI Startup in the World
SenseTime Group Ltd. has raised $600 million from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and other investors at a valuation of more than $3 billion, becoming the world’s most valuable artificial intelligence startup. [more...]
Bloomberg: Facebook Suspends Data Firm Cubeyou in Wake of Privacy Scandal
Facebook Inc. suspended another data firm after allegations surfaced that it may have improperly handled users’ information. The social media giant said it suspended Cubeyou pending an investigation. [more...]
Bloomberg: BOE May Have a Silent Dissenter to Interest-Rate Increases
In speeches, interviews and Parliament testimony, eight of the nine Monetary Policy Committee members, including Governor Mark Carney, have backed the view that tightening is warranted -- and at a faster pace than previously thought. [more...]
Bloomberg: Morgan Stanley Stays Bullish on the Dollar
Morgan Stanley is sticking to its bullish stance on the dollar, citing a resilient U.S. economy and bets for rising interest rates. The bank also expects tariff negotiations to lead to a positive outcome that will allow America’s trade deficit to narrow. [more...]
Reuters: Asia rallies with S&P futures; confused on Syria
Asian shares crept higher on Monday as a rally in U.S. stock futures soothed sentiment even as U.S. President Donald Trump kept up his twitter war with China just a couple of days before President Xi Jinping gives a keynote speech. [more...]
Reuters: Oil prices firm, but trade dispute and Syria keep market on edge
Oil markets stabilized on Monday after slumping around 2 percent last Friday on concerns over an intensifying trade dispute between the United States and China, as well as increased U.S. drilling activity. [more...]
CNBC: Stocks to retest correction lows as easy money disappears, Wall Street bear warns
He's a Wall Street bear who sees more monster market moves coming — with the majority of them leaving stocks deep in the red. The Bleakley Advisory Group's Peter Boockvar warns there's more trouble brewing, because the era of easy money is ending, thanks to global central banks hiking borrowing costs. [more...]
CNBC: The 'trade war' talk is a sideshow: America’s high strategy stakes are elsewhere
Wall Street has used the "trade war" panic to reprice assets in an accelerating economy facing Federal Reserve announcements of "gradual" interest rate increases and the U.S. Treasury's soaring deficit financing needs. [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 Gain After U.S. Rebound on Trade Hopes: Markets Wrap
Stocks in Asia followed U.S. equities higher as investors reassessed the danger of a trade-damaging spiral of tariff increases in the world’s top two economies. Treasuries extended declines and the yen fell. [more...]
Bloomberg: Here Are Some Key S&P 500 Levels to Watch as the Market Fluctuates
The S&P 500 Index was trading at session highs Wednesday afternoon after reversing a loss of as much as 1.6 percent, a choppy pattern that has become a familiar characteristic lately. The index has been marked by moves of at least 1.3 percent in both directions in just the past three days. [more...]
Bloomberg: U.S. Leaves Door Open to China Talks Amid Trade-War Fears
The Trump administration indicated it’s willing to negotiate with China on escalating frictions between the world’s two biggest economies, helping to ease fears among investors of a tit-for-tat trade conflict. [more...]
Bloomberg: Facebook Scans the Photos and Links You Send on Messenger
Facebook Inc. scans the links and images that people send each other on Facebook Messenger, and reads chats when they’re flagged to moderators, making sure the content abides by the company’s rules. If it doesn’t, it gets blocked or taken down. [more...]
Bloomberg: Ripple Has Tried to Buy Its Way Onto Major Exchanges for Cryptocurrency
Ripple has a problem. The startup controls the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency, XRP. Banks have signed onto its network and bought equity stakes in its business, which wants to rewire how money moves around the world. And yet when it comes to obtaining a coveted listing for XRP on two of the top U.S. cryptocurrency exchanges, Ripple hasn’t been able to close the deal. [more...]
Bloomberg: U.S. Trade Offensive Puts Spotlight on Foreign-Exchange Policies
President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade crusade is putting a fresh spotlight on an upcoming U.S. assessment of foreign-exchange policies. While Trump threatened on the campaign trail to brand China a manipulator of its exchange rate once in the White House, the U.S. Treasury’s semiannual currency reports failed to name any such violators in 2017. [more...]
Reuters: Asia shares bounce from two-month lows as trade war fears ease
Asian shares bounced from two-month lows on Thursday as world equities recovered from a selloff triggered by escalating Sino-U.S. trade tensions, with investors hoping a full-blown trade war between the world’s two biggest economies can be averted. [more...]
Reuters: U.S. expects talks with China as trade fight escalates
The United States voiced willingness on Wednesday to negotiate a resolution to an escalating trade fight with China after Beijing retaliated against proposed U.S. tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods by targeting key American imports, but the Chinese ambassador to Washington said it “takes two to tango.” [more...]
CNBC: Fear of 'disastrous situation' in farm economy as China targets huge US soybean business
Fears of an expanded trade war with China are spreading across the farm economy after Beijing announced Wednesday it might slap a 25 percent tariff on everything from American soybeans and corn to beef. [more...]
CNBC: The energy industry will likely emerge from any trade war with China unscathed
As the U.S. and China do battle over trade, there's one sector that has been largely left out of the tit-for-tat for now — and that's energy. The U.S. has plenty, and China wants more. China laid claim to 20 percent of U.S. oil exports last year and importantly, as the fastest growing importer of liquified natural gas in the world, it is a ready importer of U.S. LNG. [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.
Image
Latest News Headlines
Bloomberg: Asia Stocks Gain After U.S. Rebound on Trade Hopes: Markets Wrap
Stocks in Asia followed U.S. equities higher as investors reassessed the danger of a trade-damaging spiral of tariff increases in the world’s top two economies. Treasuries extended declines and the yen fell. [more...]
Bloomberg: Here Are Some Key S&P 500 Levels to Watch as the Market Fluctuates
The S&P 500 Index was trading at session highs Wednesday afternoon after reversing a loss of as much as 1.6 percent, a choppy pattern that has become a familiar characteristic lately. The index has been marked by moves of at least 1.3 percent in both directions in just the past three days. [more...]
Bloomberg: U.S. Leaves Door Open to China Talks Amid Trade-War Fears
The Trump administration indicated it’s willing to negotiate with China on escalating frictions between the world’s two biggest economies, helping to ease fears among investors of a tit-for-tat trade conflict. [more...]
Bloomberg: Facebook Scans the Photos and Links You Send on Messenger
Facebook Inc. scans the links and images that people send each other on Facebook Messenger, and reads chats when they’re flagged to moderators, making sure the content abides by the company’s rules. If it doesn’t, it gets blocked or taken down. [more...]
Bloomberg: Ripple Has Tried to Buy Its Way Onto Major Exchanges for Cryptocurrency
Ripple has a problem. The startup controls the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency, XRP. Banks have signed onto its network and bought equity stakes in its business, which wants to rewire how money moves around the world. And yet when it comes to obtaining a coveted listing for XRP on two of the top U.S. cryptocurrency exchanges, Ripple hasn’t been able to close the deal. [more...]
Bloomberg: U.S. Trade Offensive Puts Spotlight on Foreign-Exchange Policies
President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade crusade is putting a fresh spotlight on an upcoming U.S. assessment of foreign-exchange policies. While Trump threatened on the campaign trail to brand China a manipulator of its exchange rate once in the White House, the U.S. Treasury’s semiannual currency reports failed to name any such violators in 2017. [more...]
Reuters: Asia shares bounce from two-month lows as trade war fears ease
Asian shares bounced from two-month lows on Thursday as world equities recovered from a selloff triggered by escalating Sino-U.S. trade tensions, with investors hoping a full-blown trade war between the world’s two biggest economies can be averted. [more...]
Reuters: U.S. expects talks with China as trade fight escalates
The United States voiced willingness on Wednesday to negotiate a resolution to an escalating trade fight with China after Beijing retaliated against proposed U.S. tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods by targeting key American imports, but the Chinese ambassador to Washington said it “takes two to tango.” [more...]
CNBC: Fear of 'disastrous situation' in farm economy as China targets huge US soybean business
Fears of an expanded trade war with China are spreading across the farm economy after Beijing announced Wednesday it might slap a 25 percent tariff on everything from American soybeans and corn to beef. [more...]
CNBC: The energy industry will likely emerge from any trade war with China unscathed
As the U.S. and China do battle over trade, there's one sector that has been largely left out of the tit-for-tat for now — and that's energy. The U.S. has plenty, and China wants more. China laid claim to 20 percent of U.S. oil exports last year and importantly, as the fastest growing importer of liquified natural gas in the world, it is a ready importer of U.S. LNG. [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