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ECB’s Draghi Considering Large-Scale Bond Purchases
September 1st, 2014
Between Mario Draghi and quantitative easing lies an obstacle course. The European Central Bank president’s signal that he’s considering large-scale bond purchases raises the question of how to surmount hurdles from political and legal challenges to conflicts with measures ...
OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
September 1st, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for September 1st, 2014 EUR/USD Strong downward pressure for the EUR/USD on Friday closing at the lows of the day and below support of 1.3150. The next support level is at 1.31 which is ...
Vanishing euro zone inflation seen intensifying ECB policy headache
August 29th, 2014
If euro zone inflation falls deeper into the ‘danger zone’ as expected on Friday, it will at the very least complicate the European Central Bank’s plans to wait and see whether its recent policy move to ignite the euro ...
A New American Oil Bonanza
August 29th, 2014
The United States now accounts for 10% of the world’s oil production. As it sharply curtails imports from countries like Angola and Nigeria, those producers are then compelled to sell their oil to China and other Asian markets at ...
‘Crop tourists’ predict record corn and soyabean harvests
August 29th, 2014
Every August, travellers with a high tolerance for monotony flock to the two-lane highways of the rural US Midwest. Tracing 1,000-mile routes across corn and soyabean fields, these participants in annual “crop tours” stop to measure ears, count bean ...
Morgan Stanley plans natural gas export plant in new commodities foray
August 29th, 2014
Morgan Stanley has quietly filed plans to build and run one of the first U.S. compressed natural gas export facilities, the first sign the bank is plunging back into physical commodity markets even as it sells its physical oil ...
Gold Up to $1290 on Ukraine Concerns
August 29th, 2014
Gold settled higher on Thursday as tensions over Ukraine increased and equity markets retreated, but analysts said the rebound could be short-lived due to strong U.S. economic growth and prospects of a U.S. interest rate hike. NATO said on ...
OSB Daily Technical Analysis
August 29th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for August 29, 2014 EUR/USD closed largely unchanged yesterday from the previous days close after testing the 1.32 level in the early session. This suggests some consolidation following the sharp declines since mid-August and seven ...
FCA fines Deutsche Bank with £4.7m
August 28th, 2014
Deutsche Bank AG London Branch (Deutsche) has been fined £4,718,800 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for incorrectly reporting transactions between November 2007 and April 2013. Deutsche failed to properly report 29,411,494 Equity Swap CFD (contracts for difference) transactions. ...
Bringing It Back Home
August 28th, 2014
An increasing number of American companies are making plans to shift their headquarters to Europe. These so-called “inversions” would reduce these companies’ total tax bill by allowing them to escape from the United States’ uniquely unfavorable corporate tax rules. ...
