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GFG Weekly Market Insight – 2015: The Year of Massive Market Volatility? (week 12 Jan 2015)
January 16th, 2015
We continue to believe that one of the big themes to play out in the financial markets in 2015 will be increasing multi-asset class volatility. Reasons to think this may be the case include: (1) the bullish chart technicals ...
Investors fear global economy slowdown
January 16th, 2015
US stocks were traded lower on Thursday for the fifth consecutive time. Investors are concerned over global economy slowdown, which indicates a plunge in world crude oil prices, and fear that the results of American earnings reports wouldn’t meet ...
FXTM Announce on CHF Pairs
January 16th, 2015
Trading on CHF Pairs Switches to “Close-Only” Mode Following SNB Shock Decision The Swiss National Bank’s decision to abandon the franc’s cap against the euro just days after officials stated that this policy is as concrete as ever, sent ...
Russia Abandons PetroDollar By Opening Reserve Fund
January 16th, 2015
2015 has not been good to Russia; the spread between Brent and WTI is gone in anticipation of US exports and both benchmarks have flirted with sub $45 prices. A hostage to such prices, the ruble has yet to ...
Japan stocks plunge as yen surges; Sony down 4.1%
January 16th, 2015
Dramatic moves on the forex market sent Japanese stocks barreling lower out of the Friday open, with the Nikkei Stock AverageNIK, -1.43% down 2.1% (erasing the previous day’s 1.9% rally) and the broader Topix weaker by 1.8% in the early minutes. ...
SEC Charges UBS Subsidiary With Disclosure Violations and Other Regulatory Failures in Operating Dark Pool
January 16th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a subsidiary of UBS with disclosure failures and other securities law violations related to the operation and marketing of its dark pool. UBS Securities LLC agreed to settle the charges by paying ...
Euro pinned near 11-year low as SNB move beefs up bets on ECB stimulus
January 16th, 2015
The euro languished just above an 11-year trough on Friday as investors wagered that the Swiss move to abandon its currency cap meant it was almost certain the European Central Bank would launch large-scale bond buying next week. The ...
Asian Stocks Slide With U.S. Futures, Bonds Climb on SNB
January 16th, 2015
Asian shares dropped with U.S. index futures as the market turmoil sparked by Switzerland abandoning the franc’s cap extended into a second day. Sovereign bonds rallied and gold traded near a four-month high. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.6 percent ...
Swiss National Bank press conference on Discontinuation of the minimum exchange rate
January 15th, 2015
Discontinuation of the minimum exchange rate The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has decided to discontinue the minimum exchange rate ofCHF 1.20 per euro with immediate effect and to cease foreign currency purchases associated with enforcing it. The minimum exchange rate ...
SEC Adopts Rules to Increase Transparency in Security-Based Swap Market
January 15th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted two new sets of rules that will require security-based swap data repositories (SDRs) to register with the SEC and prescribe reporting and public dissemination requirements for security-based swap transaction data. The SEC ...
