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Latest News Headlines
CNBC: Why oil prices went from four-year highs to a bear market in just six weeks
The oil market is undergoing a stunning reversal as crude futures wipe out this year’s gains after hitting their highest levels since 2014 just six weeks ago. [more...]
Bloomberg: Stocks Mixed as Oil Drop Resumes; Pound Steady: Markets Wrap
Stocks in Asia seesawed Wednesday after a mixed bag of data on China’s economy that followed a topsy-turvy session for U.S. shares. Oil extended its rout, while the pound stabilized after its recent bounce. [more...]
Bloomberg: Oil Drops Most in 3 Years as Investors Flee Darkening Outlook
Oil was showing little sign of recovering from its unprecedented decline as investors flee a market hammered by swelling supplies and a darkening demand outlook. [more...]
Bloomberg: Brexit in the Balance as May Asks U.K. Cabinet to Back Her Deal
Theresa May will ask her divided Cabinet ministers to back her Brexit deal or quit, as the U.K.’s divorce from the European Union enters its most dangerous phase yet. [more...]
Bloomberg: Alarm Bells Ring in Markets as Nomura and Goldman Worry About Growth
The omens aren’t great. A slew of barometers, from stock prices and raw materials to computer-chip makers, are now signaling that expansion in major economies is decelerating in concert. In some cases these bellwethers are even overshooting recent weak data, raising the possibility that economic indicators are poised to get worse. [more...]
Bloomberg: Billionaire Cohen Says Bear Market Coming Within Two Years
Billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen said a bear market is coming within two years, adding to a chorus of voices who say the U.S. economy could falter by 2020. [more...]
Bloomberg: Falling Oil Prices Add More Stress to the Stock Market
Fund managers broadsided by the tumble in megacap tech stocks have a new reason to stress out: oil’s epic losing streak. West Texas Intermediate futures have fallen a record 12 sessions, including Tuesday’s 7 percent tumble, leaving them down nearly 30 percent from early October to hit $55.69 a barrel. [more...]
Bloomberg: UBS Says Markets Poised for a Positive 2019, But Risks Abound
Global markets are broadly poised to extend gains through 2019, though the bullish phase is drawing to a close and there’s a significant risk the cycle could turn next year, according to UBS Group AG. [more...]
Bloomberg: Goldman's Stock Decline Has Wall Street Wondering When It Ends
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s shares fell for a third day as analysts speculated on how long the pain will continue. The stock dropped 0.5 percent more on Tuesday as investors grappled with the potential fallout from the firm’s involvement in raising money for Malaysia’s scandal-plagued state investment company 1MDB earlier this decade. The shares’ three-day plunge was the worst since August 2011. [more...]
Bloomberg: Pound Surges, Gilts Slide on Signals of Brexit Breakthrough
The pound surged on signs that the U.K. is inching closer to an agreement with the European Union on a Brexit divorce deal. The currency climbed to the strongest level since April versus the euro after a report that negotiators have agreed on an Irish border backstop, a key sticking point in the talks. [more...]
Reuters: Asia's weakening economies, record supply threaten to create oil glut
Oil traders’ worries over record supplies arriving in Asia just as the outlook for its key growth economies weakens have pulled down global crude benchmarks by a quarter since early October. [more...]
Reuters: German economy contracts in third quarter on weak foreign trade
The German economy contracted for the first time since 2015 in the third quarter as global trade disputes swung the traditional export growth engine of Europe’s largest economy into reverse. [more...]
CNBC: Trump’s tariff battle with China is spurring record dollar-yuan trading
Market uncertainty tied to the ongoing U.S.-China trade war has spurred more transactions than ever before between the American dollar and the Chinese yuan in recent months. [more...] |
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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.
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