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The U.S. dollar bounced to a two-week top
December 4th, 2017
The U.S. dollar bounced to a two-week top on Monday and S&P futures jumped as traders marked the passage of a Senate tax bill over the weekend, a move that raises the risk of more aggressive rate hikes in ...
Europe Markets: Bank Rally Helps Lift European Stocks To Highest Finish In 3 Weeks
November 30th, 2017
European stocks closed at a nearly three-week high on Wednesday, boosted by a rally in the region’s bank shares a day after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman-nominee Jerome Powell said he hopes to ease financial regulations. The U.K. stock market, ...
How will Final Monetary Policy Meetings of 2017 Impact the GBP EUR Exchange Rates?
November 24th, 2017
The Bank of England (BoE) and European Central Bank (ECB) both have one monetary policy meetings left on the calendar before 2017 ends – and both are scheduled for the 14th of December. It’s been a turbulent year for ...
A review of the main moves in Stocks, Currencies, Bonds and Commodities
November 13th, 2017
Equities in Asia put in a mixed start to the week as investors sought fresh catalysts after last week’s run to record highs. The British pound took a hit as pressure mounts on U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May after ...
Asian Stocks Mixed, Dollar Slips; Japan’s Topix index closed at the highest level since 1991
November 8th, 2017
Asian stocks were mixed as a rally that lifted regional equities to the highest levels in at least a decade stalled. The dollar came under pressure after advancing against G10 peers amid concern about the progress of U.S. tax ...
Yen slipped, Korean Won and Aussie Dollar rose; Asian stocks climbed
November 7th, 2017
Asian stocks climbed, with a regional index trading at its highest in a decade, as energy and materials companies benefited from a surge in oil and metals prices. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average finished at its strongest level since ...
Bank of England increased interest rate
November 3rd, 2017
The Bank of England has issued an announcement to inform public about its monetary policy decision to increase interest rate to 0.50%. According the announcement: The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% ...
How the Bank of England could surprise currency traders on Thursday
November 2nd, 2017
Market expectations indicate a 90 percent chance that the BOE will announce a rate hike Thursday Market expectations project only one rate hike in 2018, but if inflation remains above the bank’s 2 percent target, the BOE could be ...
Currency market overview: BoE and FED interest rate decisions ahead
October 31st, 2017
Plenty of factors could influence the AUD, GBP, EUR, USD, CAD and ZAR exchange rates this week, such as economic data and the Bank of England (BoE) and Federal Reserve interest rate decisions, say currency experts FC Exchange. GBP ...
A Market That is Finally Warming Up to Reverse Mortgages
October 24th, 2017
While the global pension crisis looms, the Brexit move may not have been a bad decision at all. The UK is seeing a greatly reduced pension deficit of £65 billion, which is a fair amount less than their American counterparts ...
