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Trading Sentiment
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Latest News Headlines
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Bloomberg: Pound's Rally Faces Reality Check as Traders Await Brexit Plan B
The pound’s longest run of gains in a year faces a moment of truth on Monday, when Theresa May is due to unveil her Plan B on Brexit. [more...]
Bloomberg: Goldman Says Pound Will Rise Against All G-10 Peers This Year
The pound may advance against all its Group-of-10 peers this year as the risk of a no-deal Brexit has been declining, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. [more...]
Bloomberg: Asking Prices for London Homes Slump to Lowest Since 2015
London home asking prices fell to their weakest level in 3 1/2-years in January as sellers spooked by Brexit held off putting their properties up for sale. [more...]
Bloomberg: Stocks Push Higher on Trade Hopes, China Data: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks posted modest gains Monday as investors wagered trade tensions ultimately will subside and policy makers will refrain from growth-damaging monetary tightening. [more...]
Bloomberg: China’s Economy Slows to the Weakest Pace Since 2009
China notched its slowest expansion since the 2009 financial crisis last quarter amid a debt cleanup and trade woes, while signs of stabilization in December suggest government efforts to cushion the deceleration are beginning to take hold. [more...]
Bloomberg: Davos Billionaires Keep Getting Richer
The global elite descending on Davos are richer than ever. A decade after the financial crisis poured flat champagne on the World Economic Forum, gold-collar executives set to gather there this week have bounced back, and then some. [more...]
Bloomberg: Qatar Plans to Buy $500 Million of Lebanon Government Bonds
Qatar plans to buy $500 million of Lebanon government bonds to support the country’s economy. The decision was made during Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun in Beirut on Sunday, state-run Qatar News Agency reported, citing Qatar’s foreign minister. [more...]
Reuters: China's 2018 growth slows to 28-year low, more stimulus seen
China’s economy cooled in the fourth quarter under pressure from faltering domestic demand and bruising U.S. tariffs, dragging 2018 growth to the lowest in nearly three decades and pressuring Beijing to roll out more stimulus to avert a sharper slowdown. [more...]
Reuters: Oil rises to 2019 highs on strong China demand despite economic slowdown
Oil prices rose to their highest for 2019 on Monday after data showed refinery processing in China, the world’s second-largest oil consumer, climbed to a record in 2018, despite a slowing economy last year. [more...]
CNBC: China says its economy grew 6.6 percent in 2018. That's the lowest official pace in 28 years
China on Monday announced that its official economic growth came in at 6.6 percent in 2018 — the slowest pace since 1990. That announcement was highly anticipated by many around the world amid Beijing's ongoing trade dispute with the U.S., its largest trading partner. [more...]
CNBC: Asia stocks trade higher as China says its economy grew in line with expectations last year
Asia Pacific markets traded higher Monday afternoon as investors digested fresh official data of of China that showed the world's second-largest economy grew 6.6 percent in 2018 — the slowest pace since 1990. [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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