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CNBC: China trade war and US shale are the biggest concerns for outgoing OPEC chief
The U.S.-China trade war and booming American shale production are among the top worries for the United Arab Emirates' energy minister and former OPEC president. After a volatile year for oil prices, hydrocarbon-exporting countries are buckling down for what could be more turbulence ahead. [more...]
Bloomberg: Stocks Rally on Trade Progress as Dollar Slips: Markets Wrap
Stocks in Asia and U.S. futures rallied Wednesday amid optimism about the potential for progress in trade talks between Washington and Beijing, which were extended into a third day. The dollar dipped. [more...]
Bloomberg: Stocks Rise on Enthusiasm for Everything But Banks: Markets Wrap
U.S. stocks rallied Tuesday as the possibility of progress in trade talks with China overwhelmed skepticism about the financial sector. The dollar rose, Treasuries slumped and crude surged toward $50 a barrel on expectations the market will be tightened by OPEC’s output cuts. [more...]
Bloomberg: Trump Wants Trade Deal With China to Boost Stocks, Sources Say
President Donald Trump is increasingly eager to strike a deal with China soon in an effort to perk up financial markets that have slumped on concerns over the trade war, according to people familiar with internal White House deliberations. [more...]
Bloomberg: Recession Fears Premature to Bob Doll, Who Sees Stocks Rising
Worries that the U.S. economy will tip into a recession are overblown for now and stocks can extend their recent rebound even as economic growth slows, according to Bob Doll at Nuveen Asset Management LLC. [more...]
Bloomberg: Yen May Hit 100 Against U.S. Dollar, Ex-BOJ Official Says
There is a good chance the yen will strengthen to 100 against the dollar in coming months as slowing global growth and U.S.-China trade tensions keep investors on edge, a former senior Bank of Japan official said. [more...]
Bloomberg: China Investors Are Piling Into Brokerages
China’s stock investors are piling into the nation’s brokerages, made cheap by the worst equity rout in a decade. Six of the 10 best performers on the CSI 300 Index this year are securities firms. [more...]
Bloomberg: Jeffrey Gundlach's 2018 Market Calls, One Year Later
Jeffrey Gundlach, DoubleLine Capital’s chief investment officer, hosts his annual “Just Markets” webcast after markets on Tuesday, offering his outlook for the year ahead. He had a good 2018, with many of the predictions he made at the start of the year coming true. [more...]
Bloomberg: Goldman Warns Iron Ore's Jump Into the $70s ‘Is Not Sustainable’
Iron ore’s rally over the past month, with benchmark material pushing back into the $70s, is at risk as banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley warn that prices are poised to drop back. [more...]
Reuters: Asian shares rise to three-and-a-half-week high on U.S.-China trade optimism, oil climbs
Asian shares climbed to a 3-1/2-week high on Wednesday and European and U.S. markets looked set to follow on growing optimism that the United States and China were inching toward a trade deal that could lift a major threat to the global economy. [more...]
Reuters: World Bank sees global growth slowing in 2019
The growth of the global economy is expected to slow to 2.9 percent in 2019 compared with 3 percent in 2018, the World Bank said on Tuesday, citing elevated trade tensions and international trade moderation. [more...]
CNBC: Apple is reportedly cutting iPhone production by 10 percent between January and March
Apple is cutting down its current production plans for new iPhones by about 10 percent for the next three months, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Wednesday. [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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