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EU Market Rules, Logitech Probe, Finra Fines: Compliance
May 23rd, 2014
Europe’s capital markets are getting a new foundation. The 28-nation European Union’s top markets regulator yesterday made public more than 800 pages of proposed rules that cover everything from high-frequency trading curbs to transparency requirements for bond markets and ...
GBP/USD targets 1.70
May 22nd, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The Pound preserves the upward momentum and it seems to be well-positioned to launch an attack on the 2009 highs once the weekly R1 is out of the way. And while the weekly and monthly technical studies ...
BNP Case Shows French Companies Learn U.S. Law Hard Way
May 22nd, 2014
Some French companies have been slow to learn that doing business in the U.S. means obeying its laws. U.S. authorities are seeking a record fine against BNP Paribas SA (BNP) that would make it the first French bank since ...
Low on taxes, high on risk-aversion
May 21st, 2014
High quality global journalism requires investment. Zurich, the world’s private banking capital, is not just luring in old money. Ambitious founders are making Switzerland’s largest city their base – albeit away from the pretty, but expensive, old town. The ...
German regulator BaFin finds currency manipulation evidence
May 21st, 2014
BaFin, the German regulator, said it had found concrete evidence that traders attempted to manipulate the global currency market, making it the first financial watchdog to confirm that suspicions of wrongdoing have clear grounds. Raimund Röseler, the head of ...
GBP/USD extends recovery from up-trend support
May 21st, 2014
Pair’s Outlook As it turned out, GBP/USD did not have to undergo a deep bearish correction in order to climb over the weekly PP. Now the currency pair is free to move even higher. The immediate resistance is represented ...
EUR/USD sandwiches between monthly S1 and 200-day SMA
May 21st, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The currency pair remains completely motionless, even though the daily and especially monthly technical indicators imply elevated volatility in the exchange rate. For EUR/USD to return to being active it has to breach either the monthly S1 ...
USD/JPY bounced off 101.23/00
May 20th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook While the 200-day SMA has already been breached, which is generally reckoned to be a bearish sign, some of the strongest demand areas remain intact. Consequently, unless a cluster of supports at 101.23/00 is broken, there will ...
GBP/USD may dip to monthly PP
May 20th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The Cable is currently experiencing difficulties overcoming the weekly pivot point, which did not let the Pound to appreciate further. Accordingly, the nearest future could be associated with a sell-off that should be limited by a strong ...
EUR/USD is likely to breach 200-day SMA
May 20th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook EUR/USD is still lacking momentum. From the upside the currency pair’s movements are restricted by the monthly S1, but there are also additional resistances represented by the 100-day SMA and up-trend line at 1.3760 and by the ...