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Bloomberg: Stock Futures Mark Time Before Fed; Yields Edge Up: Markets Wrap
U.S. and European stock futures were little changed, while Treasury yields ticked up, ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting where investors anticipate policy makers will signal a readiness to lower interest rates. [more...]
Bloomberg: Stocks, Bonds Rise on China Trade, Stimulus Hopes: Markets Wrap
U.S. stocks approached all-time highs on optimism that President Donald Trump will de-escalate his trade war with China, adding to gains sparked by the ECB’s signal it is ready to cut interest rates if warranted. Treasuries and oil rallied. [more...]
Bloomberg: The World Now Has Three People Worth More Than $100 Billion Each
Bernard Arnault, Europe’s richest person, just joined Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in the world’s most exclusive wealth club with a fortune of at least $100 billion. [more...]
Bloomberg: Facebook Wants Its Cryptocurrency to One Day Rival the Greenback
Facebook Inc. unveiled plans for a new, global financial system with a broad group of partners from Visa Inc. to Uber Technologies Inc. on board to create a cryptocurrency it expects will one day trade much like the U.S. dollar and inject a new source of revenue. [more...]
Bloomberg: Spain Is Latest Battleground in Global Affordable Housing Fight
The effort by Spain’s Socialist government to control apartment rents in one of the developed world’s more buoyant real estate markets is off to a rocky start. [more...]
Bloomberg: Fed Seen Signaling Cut by Losing Patience: Decision-Day Guide
Facing pressure from Wall Street and President Donald Trump, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues may be running out of patience. [more...]
Bloomberg: Bitcoin's Rally Forgets These Asia Crypto Shares
This year’s resurgence of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has yet to translate into the same kind of gains for some of Asia’s more prominent crypto-linked stocks. [more...]
Bloomberg: What ‘Highly Unusual’ Markets Are Watching Into the Fed Decision
Wednesday’s Federal Reserve rate decision, set to be announced at 2 p.m. New York time, carries more wild cards than most. While market participants don’t expect a rate cut this time around, they do see lower rates this year. [more...]
Bloomberg: BlackRock Is Shorting the Australian Dollar
BlackRock Inc. is shorting the Australian dollar on a bet the central bank will cut interest rates to as low as 0.5% to revive the struggling economy. The Aussie will extend this year’s decline and probably fall as low as 65 U.S. cents next year, said Craig Vardy, head of fixed income for Australia in Sydney at BlackRock, which oversees $6.52 trillion. [more...]
Reuters: U.S., China rekindle trade talks ahead of Trump-Xi G20 meeting
China and the United States are rekindling trade talks ahead of a meeting next week between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, cheering financial markets on hopes that an escalating trade war between the two countries would abate. [more...]
Reuters: Oil gains amid Middle East tensions, U.S.-China trade deal hopes
Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday after rising in the previous session on rekindled hopes for a U.S.-China trade deal and on the potential for conflict between the U.S. and Iran in the Middle East after tanker attacks there last week. [more...]
CNBC: As China cuts support for its electric carmakers, auto firms could face a 'war of attrition'
If you walk around Shenzhen, one of China’s big technology hubs, you’ll notice all of the taxis are electric. In other major Chinese cities, so-called new energy vehicles are commonplace — with Tesla cars and other models from the dozens of domestic manufacturers on the roads. [more...]
CNBC: Trump on demoting Fed Chair Jerome Powell, day before rate decision: ‘Let’s see what he does’
President Donald Trump, asked if he still wants to demote Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, told reporters Tuesday, “Let’s see what he does”. Trump’s remarks came a day before the Fed was set to announce its next decision on interest rates. [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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