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Trading Sentiment​​​​​​​
Below is the latest sentiment as compiled by etoro, the world's largest (social) trading network. It provides a view of what individual investors think about the specific instruments and gives a view of the current sentiment.
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Latest News Headlines
Bloomberg: Tech Stock Slide Spreads to Asia; Korean Won Drops: Markets Wrap
A slide in technology stocks spread to Asia from the U.S. as investors sold some of this year’s best performers. South Korea’s won slid after its central bank said it would keep an accommodative policy stance after raising interest rates for the first time since 2011. [more...]
Bloomberg: Bitcoin Recovers From Sudden Selloff as Large Swings Persist
Bitcoin rallied as much as 20 percent from its Wednesday low, easing concern that an abrupt selloff in the cryptocurrency might spiral into something deeper. [more...]
Bloomberg: Swiss Economy Grows at Fastest Pace Since 2014 on Manufacturing
Switzerland’s economic expansion accelerated in the third quarter, growing at the fastest pace since late 2014 when the central bank still had a currency cap in place. [more...]

Bloomberg: Goldman Warns That Market Valuations Are at Their Highest Since 1900
A prolonged bull market across stocks, bonds and credit has left a measure of average valuation at the highest since 1900, a condition that at some point is going to translate into pain for investors, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. [more...]

Bloomberg: Bitcoin’s Wild Ride: A Rally, a Rout and Outages on the Exchanges
Bitcoin plunged as much as 20 percent hours after a rally past $11,000 generated a surge in traffic at online exchanges that led to intermittent outages. [more...]

Bloomberg: This Is What Could Pop the Bitcoin Bubble
Bitcoin and bubble have become virtually synonymous in the minds of many skeptics during this year’s breathtaking rally. While the digital currency has defied doomsday prophesies, there’s a number of ways this party could end badly for the swelling ranks of bulls. [more...]
Reuters: Tech tumble hits Asian stocks, bitcoin steadies
Asian shares fell on Thursday, weighed down by a plunge in high-flying tech shares on fears that a long boom in micro-chips may have peaked, while virtual currency bitcoin steadied after a roller-coaster ride in the previous session. [more...]
Reuters: ECB to shut the door on easy money by end-2018: Reuters poll
The European Central Bank should shut the door on its monthly asset purchases next September, according to a majority of economists in a Reuters poll, but they were split on whether it would. [more...]
CNBC: Trump lashes out at British prime minister after she says he was 'wrong' about anti-Muslim videos
In a rare rebuke to the United States, British Prime Minister Theresa May's office on Wednesday condemned President Donald Trump's decision to retweet three anti-Muslim videos from a leader of an anti-immigrant political group in the U.K. [more...]
CNBC: OPEC meeting becomes 'Russian psycho-drama' but deal still expected
A reluctant Russia is expected to agree with OPEC and other producers to continue to curb global oil production, but the deal may have more caveats than initially expected by the market. [more...]
CNBC: Nikki Haley to China: Cut off oil to North Korea, or we'll take the situation into our own hands
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Wednesday appeared to threaten to disrupt Chinese crude oil shipments to North Korea following the hermit kingdom's test of an intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday. [more...]
CNBC: Cramer: Bitcoin's $11,000 move means it's 'parabolic' and it won't last
Bitcoin's velocity is a sign that its surge is "parabolic," and that could mean the cryptocurrency's rally won't last, CNBC's Jim Cramer said Wednesday. [more...]
Currency Strength Indicators
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