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Wednesday December 31: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
December 31st, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for December 31, 2014 EURUSD made a new yearly low on Tuesday showing no signs of a bottom as of yet. Subsequent bounce found resistance at 1.2187 suggesting further pushback in the 1.22 area. Trading ...
Singapore’s Stock Exchange Looks to Make Trading More Attractive for Individuals
December 31st, 2014
Singapore Exchange Ltd. (SGX) is looking to individual investors to boost Southeast Asia’s biggest stock market after trading volume this year tumbled the most since the 2008 global financial crisis. The bourse will cut the standard lot size for ...
Crude oil, one of the worst investment of 2014
December 30th, 2014
Opec’s refusal to cut production sent the price of oil down below $60 a barrel Performance in 2014: -45.1% What happened? After hitting a peak of around $115.71 on 19 June, Brent crude oil began to slide. By September, ...
Asia to test bond record again in 2015
December 30th, 2014
Asia could set another record for international bond issues in 2015 if Chinese companies continue to borrow offshore at the same voracious pace they did this year, while bankers expect a heavy redemption schedule and larger pipelines from India ...
Tuesday December 30: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Commodities
December 30th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for December 30, 2014 Gold broke below the 20 DMA on Monday closing in on the gap from the previous session. Resistance at $1200 remains strong with much pushback in the area. On the downside ...
Tuesday December 30: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
December 30th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for December 30, 2014 EURUSD tried to rally in the early session falling short at 1.2220 resistance level only to fall back into negative territory breaking through previous low to find resistance at 1.2142. Support ...
FCA to regulate seven additional financial benchmarks
December 30th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will regulate seven additional major UK-based financial benchmarks in the fixed income, commodity and currency markets from 1 April 2015. This extends the FCA’s initial regulation of LIBOR (the London Interbank Offered Rate), as ...
Saudi Arabia will allow foreigners to own stakes in its listed companies
December 30th, 2014
Saudi Arabian stocks rallied yesterday amid signs that that the world’s biggest oil exporter would allow foreigners to own stakes in its listed companies by April next year. The drop in oil prices, however, may deter investment in the ...
Brent drops towards five-year low near $57, supply glut weighs
December 30th, 2014
Brent oil extended losses into a fourth session on Tuesday, with prices hovering close to a more than five-year low above $57 per barrel, as persistent worries about a global supply glut offset concerns about output disruptions in Libyan. ...
The Real Value of an Advisor: ‘Risk’ and ‘Managing’
December 29th, 2014
Most advisors have probably had an interesting dialogue with their clients this year about the markets, just as they did in 2008 and 2009. However, today’s dialogue is likely to be more about not making as much as the ...