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Bloomberg: Asia Stocks Rise as Earnings Awaited, Won Weakens: Markets Wrap
Asian equities edged higher ahead of the start of the region’s earnings season this week, with investors betting that the outlook for economic growth and profits is strong enough to support record-high stock prices. The Korean won declined. [more...]
Bloomberg: Iranian Oil Tanker on Fire Spurs S. Korea Supply Speculation
An Iranian oil tanker carrying 1 million barrels of supply for South Korea’s Hanwha Total Petrochemical Co. caught fire after colliding with another ship off China, prompting speculation over how the cargo will be replaced. [more...]
Bloomberg: Earnings Could Boost Asia Stocks to New Record Highs
Asian equities may be at record highs but analysts see earnings season, which gets under way this week, providing a further boost. [more...]
Bloomberg: Volkswagen, Uber to Deploy Nvidia's Technology for Self Driving
Nvidia Corp., trying to spread its industry-leading graphics chip technology into new areas, said Uber Technologies Inc. and Volkswagen AG will use its artificial intelligence expertise to help bring self-driving cars to the roads. [more...]
Reuters: Asia stocks saunter toward historic high, U.S. earnings hurdle
Asian shares crept toward all-time peaks on Monday after Wall Street boasted its best start to a year in over a decade, with brisk economic growth and benign inflation proving a potent cocktail for risk appetites. [more...]
Reuters: Oil prices edge up on lower U.S. rig count, but below recent highs
Oil prices firmed on Monday on the back of a slight decline in the number of U.S. rigs drilling for new production, with crude holding just below near three-year highs reached last week. [more...]
Reuters: Chinese airlines soar on fare price liberalization
Chinese airlines will be able to set their own prices on more than 300 routes after the aviation regulator further liberalized fees in a major step forward for reform of the world’s fastest-growing civil aviation market. [more...]
CNBC: North Korea may suddenly want talks because of how powerful it has become
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ignored recent peace overtures from Seoul but he's due on Tuesday to hold a formal dialogue with his southern neighbor for the first time in more than two years. [more...]
CNBC: A parody cryptocurrency just broke $2 billion for its market cap
A cryptocurrency that was created as a parody and named after an internet meme now has a market value of more than $2 billion. [more...]
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January Barometer Looking Good So Far

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First four are up strong...lets see if Monday follows through to make it a strong "First five" confirmation for the January barometer!

Happy Friday!

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Todays Markets

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Latest News Headlines
Bloomberg: Asia Stocks Extend Strong 2018 Start; Dollar Slips: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks are on the cusp of their best week in almost six months as investors around the world pile into equities at the start of 2018 amid robust economic data from the U.S. to Europe to China. [more...]
Bloomberg: Apple Says All Macs, iPhones and iPads Exposed to Chip Security Flaws
Apple Inc. said all Mac computers and iOS devices, like iPhones and iPads, are affected by chip security flaws unearthed this week, but the company stressed there are no known exploits impacting users. [more...]
Bloomberg: Ripple Slides After Coinbase Says Not Adding New Crypto Coins
Ripple, the white-hot crypto currency that more than doubled in the past week, plunged as much as 20 percent after Coinbase said it’s not adding any new coins to its exchange at this time. [more...]
Bloomberg: Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick Plans to Sell 29% of Stake
Former Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick, who has long boasted that he’s never sold any shares in the company he co-founded, plans to sell about 29 percent of his stake in the ride-hailing company, people with knowledge of the matter said. [more...]
Bloomberg: Blizzard Triggers a 60-Fold Surge in Prices for U.S. Natural Gas
Natural gas surged to 60 times the going rate as howling blizzard conditions stoked demand for the furnace fuel across the U.S. Northeast. [more...]
Bloomberg: Cold Bursts to Disrupt Otherwise Mild January Weather in Europe
January is expected to be warmer than normal in Europe with bursts of cold snaps in the west that will send demand for natural gas and power surging for short periods. [more...]
Bloomberg: Dollar's Rout Poses Risk of 2018 Rally That Blindsides Markets
Investors scanning the horizon for risks might want to question the consensus call for a weaker dollar, particularly after the market’s bullish view at the start of 2017 proved ill-founded. [more...]
Reuters: Solid U.S. job growth expected in December; wages seen rising
U.S. employers likely maintained a brisk pace of hiring in December while increasing wages for workers amid growing confidence in the economy, which could pave the way for the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates in March. [more...]
Reuters: Dow tops 25,000 milestone; Wall St extends New Year's rally
The Dow industrials broke above the 25,000 level for the first time on Thursday and other major indexes hit closing record highs again, propelled by strong global economic data that extended the New Year’s rally for the stock market. [more...]
CNBC: A cryptocurrency created as a parody is now worth more than $1 billion
A cryptocurrency that was created as a parody and named after an internet meme now has a market value of more than $1 billion. [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
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Latest News Headlines
Bloomberg: Japan Stocks Roar Into 2018, Leading Asia Higher: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks climbed toward a new record, with Japan’s markets roaring back from New Year holidays to post the biggest daily jump since 2016. Oil prices climbed, leading a broader measure of commodities to the highest level in 10 months. [more...]
Bloomberg: Commodities Forge Record-Setting Run of Gains as Bulls in Charge
Commodities are forging a record-setting run of gains that straddles the end of 2017 and the start of the new year as crude oil notches multiyear highs and investors bet that synchronized global economic growth will help to sustain rising demand. [more...]
Bloomberg: Here Are the Stocks to Watch as a Major Snowstorm Hits the East Coast
The worst winter storm yet this season is already hitting the Southeast and expected to sweep the Northeast Thursday, threatening to send electricity prices and natural gas demand even higher, boosting energy stocks. [more...]
Bloomberg: China's Growth May Surprise Again This Year
From the strength of global trade to the resilience of domestic consumption, reasons to think China’s economy won’t slow as much as expected this year are gathering. [more...]
Bloomberg: China to Curb Power Supply for Some Bitcoin Miners
China plans to limit power use by some bitcoin miners, people familiar with the matter said, a potential challenge to an industry whose energy-intensive computer networks enable transactions in the cryptocurrency. [more...]
Reuters: Fed policymakers see future rate rises guided by inflation, fiscal stimulus
U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers showed worry over the fate of currently low inflation and saw recent tax changes as providing a boost to consumer spending, according to the minutes of the U.S. central bank’s last policy meeting on Dec. 12-13 released on Wednesday. [more...]
Reuters: Asian shares scale 10-year peak, oil elevated on Iran unrest
Asian shares flirted with 10-year highs on Thursday as solid economic data from the United States and Germany reinforced investors’ optimism, while oil prices hovered at a 2-1/2-year high with unrest in Iran stoking supply disruption concerns. [more...]
CNBC: Pakistan is ditching the dollar for trade with China — 24 hours after Trump denounced the country
Just 24 hours after President Donald Trump took aim at Pakistan on Twitter, the South Asian nation already appears to be cozying up to the world's second-largest economy. [more...]
CNBC: Here's what you need to know about the security flaw that could affect almost every computer
The computer industry is scrambling on Wednesday to patch a massive security vulnerability that's present in the processors used on almost all the computers in the world. [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