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Bloomberg: Stocks Drop as Trump-Kim Summit Ends; Yen Climbs: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks extended declines along with U.S. and European futures after the U.S.-North Korea summit ended abruptly without the previously planned joint statement. Korean assets slumped and the yen pushed higher. [more...]
Bloomberg: Stocks Fall as Cohen and Trade Take Center Stage: Markets Wrap
Stocks drifted lower after the top U.S. trade negotiator dialed back expectations for a sweeping deal with China and investors fixated on a Congressional hearing about President Donald Trump’s political controversies. The dollar was mixed and bond yields rose. [more...]
Bloomberg: Tesla to Pay $920 Million Bond as Musk Tweet Bars Stock Rise
Tesla Inc.’s share price was already nowhere near the necessary level to help convert its $920 million in bonds to stock. Elon Musk’s contentious tweets killed any last-minute hopes that a miracle rally was near. [more...]
Bloomberg: Cohen Opens Trump to Potential Legal Risks With New Allegations
Michael Cohen unfurled a series of damaging accusations against his former boss Donald Trump in a day of testimony before Congress, including assertions that may pose additional legal peril for the president. [more...]
Bloomberg: Trump Says `Sometimes You Have to Walk' After Kim Summit Ends
President Donald Trump’s second summit with Kim Jong Un collapsed Thursday without an agreement between the two leaders, plunging future talks on North Korea’s nuclear program into question. [more...]
Bloomberg: Goldman Strategist Sees Yen Soaring to 60 Per Dollar Next Crisis
With global stocks rallying since the start of the year and recession fears easing in at least some quarters, preparing for the next crisis isn’t top-of-mind for many market players just now. That hasn’t stopped one Goldman Sachs Group Inc. strategist from game-planning. [more...]
Bloomberg: Chinese Stocks Are Suddenly the World's Best Trade in February
This month’s hottest stocks are to be found in China, the first time the country can claim that victory since a boom almost four years ago. In the 15 days they’ve been open in February, China’s financial markets have delivered spectacular returns for equity investors. [more...]
Bloomberg: Goldman Says Bet on Higher Pound Despite Trade Being Crowded
The pound rally has further to go as Brexit hedges are unwound, even as bets on the currency’s appreciation have become an increasingly crowded trade, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. [more...]
Reuters: Consumers, weak exports seen curbing U.S. fourth-quarter growth
The Commerce Department’s gross domestic product (GDP) report to be published on Thursday at 08:30 a.m. (1330 GMT) will offer the latest assessment of the impact of President Donald Trump’s economic policies, including deregulation, tax cuts, increased government spending and tariffs aimed at securing more favorable trade deals. [more...]
Reuters: Asian stocks fall as trade hopes wane, U.S.-North Korea summit ends early
Asian stocks fell on Thursday as investors dialed back some of their recent optimism about a Sino-China trade deal while news that the U.S.-North Korean summit in Hanoi was ending early rattled confidence late in the trading day. [more...]
CNBC: Trump-Kim summit was cut short after North Korea demanded an end to sanctions, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump said he cut short his nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because the two sides could not agree on sanctions. [more...]
CNBC: India and Pakistan say they've launched airstrikes against each other. Here's what you need to know
Long-standing tensions between nuclear powers India and Pakistan escalated this week after each country said it carried out airstrikes against the other, prompting concerns over the potential outbreak of a war in South Asia. [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.
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