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Bloomberg: Stocks Climb on Trade Optimism; Oil Advances: Markets Wrap
Stocks rose in Asia to the highest level since October amid optimistic signs on the global economy and trade discussions. Shares in Hong and China led the advance as strong January credit data eased concerns about a slowdown in the biggest Asian economy. [more...]
Bloomberg: Elon Musk Left OpenAI to Focus on Tesla, SpaceX
Elon Musk decided to exit OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research group, over disagreements about the company’s development, Tesla Inc.’s chief executive officer said in a twitter post. [more...]
Bloomberg: Amazon's Deep Bench Calms Investors Despite Bezos Scandal, NYC Rift
It’s been a rough few weeks for the world’s wealthiest man. Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos announced his divorce. He became engulfed in a tabloid scandal complete with blackmail allegations. [more...]
Bloomberg: Carmakers to Face More Pain as Sales in China Keep Sliding
Car sales in China continued to decline in January after their first full-year slump in more than two decades, adding to pressure on automakers who bet heavily on the market amid waning demand for cars from the U.S. to Europe. [more...]
Bloomberg: SoftBank Says Leverage Not a Problem. Rating Firms Not Convinced
Masayoshi Son’s appeal to investors and analysts that SoftBank Group Corp. doesn’t have a debt problem hasn’t convinced the firms that assess its bonds as junk. [more...]
Bloomberg: German Carmakers at Most Risk From Trump Tariffs
European carmakers’ share rally this year might hit a roadblock as a U.S. probe of auto imports raises the potential of new tariffs, with underperforming German manufacturers particularly at risk. [more...]
Bloomberg: Rupee Goes From First to Last
India’s rupee has gone from being the best-performing Asian currency last quarter to the worst this year as rising crude prices and tensions over Kashmir weigh on sentiment. [more...]
Reuters: U.S. agency submits auto tariff probe report to White House
The U.S. Commerce Department sent a report on Sunday to U.S. President Donald Trump that could unleash steep tariffs on imported cars and auto parts, provoking a sharp backlash from the industry even before it is unveiled, the agency confirmed. [more...]
Reuters: Qatar aims to build $20 billion sports sector ahead of World Cup
Qatar wants to attract more sports companies to the Gulf state, aiming to develop a $20 billion sports sector ahead of the 2022 World Cup, a senior official said on Sunday. [more...]
CNBC: Asia has 'mitigating factors' to counter a global growth slowdown, says bank CEO
Global growth is expected to slow in the coming months, but Asian economies could hold up reasonably well, thanks to several "mitigating factors," according to the chief executive of Southeast Asia's largest bank. [more...]
CNBC: Oil's best start ever signals more upside ahead, but expert Tom Kloza sees the big gains fizzling
It's already a year for the record books. U.S. crude oil, also known as West Texas Intermediate (WTI), is seeing its best start ever. According to the Oil Price Information Service's Tom Kloza, there's not much that could derail the rally through the second quarter. [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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