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Latest News Headlines
Bloomberg: Stock Rally Continues in Asia; Dollar Declines: Markets Wrap
Japanese stocks extended a rally in global equities even as the yen rose to its strongest in 15 months, with trading muted due to holiday closures across Asia. The yield on 10-year Treasuries hovered near 2.9 percent and the dollar traded lower against all major currencies. [more...]
Bloomberg: S&P 500 Caps Best 5 Days Since 2011 as Oil Jumps: Markets Wrap
U.S. stocks capped their best five-day run since 2011, extending a global rally as equities rebounded from the worst of this month’s correction. The dollar slumped to a three-year low and oil rallied. [more...]
Bloomberg: Higher Rates Suddenly Fit Bull Case on Stocks
From an intraday low six days ago, the S&P 500 Index has rallied 7.4 percent, putting it on pace for the biggest weekly gain since 2014. All that as 10-year Treasury yields went from 2.85 percent to nearly 2.90 percent now. [more...]
Bloomberg: Bitcoin Hits $10,000 in Accelerating Recovery From Plunge
The largest cryptocurrency breached $10,000 for the first time in two weeks, capping an almost 70 percent rally since the virtual coin hit $5,922 on Feb. 6. The digital token’s plunge from a record high of almost $20,000 in mid-December had renewed concern about the viability of what advocates consider a new asset class. [more...]
Bloomberg: Stock Picking Is a Lost Art in Japan
With markets such as China taking center-stage in recent years, many investment firms have shifted away from granular analysis of individual Japanese stocks, said Taylor, who’s now chief investment officer for Asia Pacific at Deutsche Asset Management, which oversees $887 billion. [more...]
Bloomberg: Dollar Under Siege With U.S. Deficits Back on Wall Street's Radar
America’s fiscal largesse and the specter of wider current-account shortfalls are fueling a renewed wave of dollar bashing. [more...]
Reuters: Asian shares extend bounce to fifth day, dollar sags to three-year low
Asian shares rose for a fifth straight day on Friday as investor confidence slowly returns after a sharp sell-off earlier in the month, while the dollar continued its descent, hitting a three-year low against a basket of major currencies. [more...]
Reuters: Japan's cryptocurrency industry to launch self-regulating body - sources
Japan’s two cryptocurrency industry groups are planning to merge to form a self-regulating body, seeking to better safeguard investors after last month’s $530 million (£375.68 million) heist of digital money, sources involved in the negotiations said. [more...]
CNBC: Oil and gas sector recovery 'not yet certain,' says OCBC CEO
The risk that banks face within the oil and gas sector is currently "contained," but the outlook for the segment remains far from certain, according to the CEO of Singapore's oldest bank. [more...]
CNBC: Mapping out China's Belt and Road Initiative
China's Belt and Road Initiative aims to connect Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa with a vast logistics and transport network, using roads, ports, railway tracks, pipelines, airports, transnational electric grids and even fiber optic lines. [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. To get the latest Currency Strength Indicator please click here
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