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First Derivatives extends FX Trade Surveillance capabilities
May 30th, 2014
First Derivatives (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I), a global provider of software and consulting services to the financial services industry has announced the launch of its integrated trade execution, risk management and surveillance solution for FX markets. The solution enables brokers to provide ...
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 ...
EUR/USD confirms monthly S2
May 30th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook EUR/USD is currently undergoing a bullish correction as a result of an encounter with the support at 1.3582 represented by the monthly S2 level. This rally, should it persist, is unlikely to extend beyond the weekly PP ...
The Return of Moderation: Sea of Tranquility
May 29th, 2014
Volatility has disappeared from the economy and markets. That could be a problem. A decade ago, the business cycle was an endangered species. Recessions in the rich world had become rare, shallow and short; inflation was predictably low and ...
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 ...
EUR/USD tests monthly S2
May 29th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The selling pressure is likely to somewhat subside, considering that the currency pair is approaching a potentially tough support at 1.3582, consisting of the monthly S2 and weekly S1. Nevertheless, EUR/USD is expected to preserve the bearish ...
Credit Agricole Said to Accuse EU of Bias in Euribor Case
May 28th, 2014
Credit Agricole SA (ACA), which refused to settle an antitrust probe over Euribor manipulation, accused European Union regulators of bias and said they should step down from the case, according to two people with knowledge of a letter the ...
Levine on Wall Street: Wise Rabbits and Philosophical Regulators
May 28th, 2014
Paul McCulley is back. Pimco’s new chief economist is Paul McCulley, back for his third stint at the firm that he previously left in 1992, returned to in 1999, and left again in 2010. So he knows what the ...
European Central Bank comes down against Bitcoin
May 27th, 2014
Yves Mersch, a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaking at the Bargeld-symposium of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt, has come down firmly against Bitcoin. Whereas, this will probably not come as much of ...
Dear Investors: China’s Problems Are Your Problems
May 27th, 2014
I have long argued that it will take a sizable shock to switch the current “risk on” investment climate to one of “risk off.” The robust U.S. stock market persists even though the housing recovery has stagnated, labor markets ...