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Barclays Fine Spurs New U.K. Scrutiny of Derivatives Conflicts
June 6th, 2014
Britain’s markets regulator plans to scrutinize the conflicts of interest banks face when they use derivatives after fining Barclays Plc (BARC) for manipulating the price of gold to avoid a pay-out to a client. The Financial Conduct Authority will ...
Commodities market overview
June 5th, 2014
Prices for commodities futures ended mixed Wednesday, with corn falling slightly while wheat and soybeans rose. Corn for July delivery edged down two cents to $4.56 a bushel. Soybeans for delivery in the same month edged up a penny ...
Don’t be conned by ‘e-mails from HMRC’
June 4th, 2014
Nottingham accountant Serena Humphrey is urging businesses to be vigilant of fraudulent e-mails. The owner of F Word financial training company believes companies are continuing to fall victim to the messages, claiming to be from HMRC, in many cases ...
Commodities markets summary
June 4th, 2014
ENERGY US oil prices edged higher in quiet trade, a day ahead of a key weekly report on US petroleum inventories, while Brent prices slipped in London. The US benchmark futures contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in ...
GBP/USD Daily Chart – Technical Analysis
June 4th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Perhaps not at the initially estimated speed, but GBP/USD is nevertheless moving south. Accordingly, soon there is going to be a test of the 100-day SMA. If this support remains intact, there is likely to be a ...
GBP/USD retreats from 100-day SMA
May 30th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Being that GBP/USD has just broken out of the bullish channel to the downside and met a strong support level, there is likely to be a pullback up to 1.6784/76. And regardless of the bullish technical indicators ...
Valeant’s Hostile Allergan Bid Keeps Getting More Hostile
May 29th, 2014
Here is a thing that I guess you do when you’re trying to fend off an acquisition proposal: That’s from a May 12 presentation by Allergan, which is trying to fight off Valeant’s unwanted attentions. There are two points ...
GBP/USD violates 15-month up-trend
May 29th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Even though the support at 1.6782/76 was deemed to be strong and most of the technical indicators were bullish, the Pound took a major hit yesterday. The currency plummeted through the monthly PP, 55-day SMA and, even ...
Former Barclays New York Trio Face Libor Charges in U.K. Court
May 27th, 2014
Three former Barclays Plc (BARC) New York derivatives traders appeared at a London court after being charged with manipulating Libor by U.K. prosecutors, in the second group from the British bank to face U.K. criminal action. Ryan Reich, Alex ...
Euro feels impact of European elections – Euro Currency update
May 27th, 2014
Currencies Outlook of May 27th The Euro The Euro is weaker against most of its rivals as the impact of last week’s European elections continues to be felt. Victory for Euro-sceptic parties weighed upon the single currency. Also piling ...
