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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: China Posts Its First Full-Year Growth Pickup Since 2010
China’s economy sealed its first full-year acceleration since 2010, underpinning global growth and giving authorities more room to purge excessive borrowing. [more...]
Bloomberg: Asia Stocks Trade Mixed After Another Run at Highs: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks were mixed as investors took stock of the stellar gains seen since the start of the year. Yields in developed-market bonds stayed higher after a slide spurred in part by expectations the U.S. will avoid a government shutdown, keeping fiscal spending flowing. [more...]
Bloomberg: Bitcoin Storms Back From Dip Below $10,000 in White-Knuckle Ride
Bitcoin’s wild start to 2018 turned breakneck on Wednesday, with the largest cryptocurrency plunging below $10,000 for the first time in six weeks before staging a rally to trade virtually unchanged. [more...]
Bloomberg: Goldman Is Worth Less Than Morgan Stanley for the First Time in a Decade
For the first time in over a decade, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is worth less than its longtime rival, Morgan Stanley, at least in the eyes of equity investors. [more...]
Bloomberg: Apple, Returning Overseas Cash, to Pay $38 Billion Tax Bill
Apple Inc. said it will bring hundreds of billions of overseas dollars back to the U.S., pay about $38 billion in taxes on the money and spend tens of billions on domestic jobs, manufacturing and data centers in the coming years. [more...]
Bloomberg: Bitcoin Watchers Are Blaming the Slump on the Moon
The Lunar New Year, which marks the first day of the year in the Chinese calendar, is being cited by some as contributing to Bitcoin’s slump as Asian traders cash out their cryptocurrencies to travel and buy gifts for the holiday that starts Feb. 16 this year. [more...]
Reuters: Dow ends above 26,000 on earnings optimism
U.S. stocks jumped on Wednesday and the Dow closed above 26,000 for the first time as investors’ expectations for higher earnings lifted stocks across sectors. [more...]
Reuters: Oil up on threats of rebel attacks in Nigeria, falling US crude stocks
Oil prices rose on Thursday on a reported decline in U.S. crude inventories, and as rebels in Nigeria threatened to attack the country’s petroleum infrastructure. [more...]
CNBC: China's economy grew 6.9% in 2017, topping both the official target and 2016's growth
China's economy grew 6.9 percent in 2017, ending the year on a positive note as official figures topped the government target of around 6.5 percent, the country's statistics bureau said on Thursday. [more...]
CNBC: Stocks are now in 'complete bitcoin territory,' asset manager says
Fragile markets are "on the edge of chaos," according to one asset management firm, which has compared what it deems an overvalued stock market to cryptocurrency bubbles. [more...]
Currency Strength Indicators
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