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Strongest Dollar in 12 Years Sinks Stocks While Oil Slips
March 11th, 2015
The strongest dollar in nearly 12 years versus the euro and the specter of higher U.S. interest rates fueled a selloff in global equities that sent the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down the most since Jan. 5. Oil ...
Hungry Market Eats Up Oil Bonds
March 10th, 2015
Drop in oil prices has producers raising cash Investors are snapping up new stock and bonds from energy producers as they search for bargains amid the tumult caused by the plunge in oil prices. The buyers are betting these ...
Elliott Wave Morning Review For EURUSD, GBUSD & USDJPY
March 9th, 2015
The USD moved sharply to the upside on Friday after better than expected NFP figures, but some of those waves are now reversing. We can see some recovery on EUR, GBP, AUD and others but this may be just ...
HSBC share price closes 4.6 per cent lower after full-year profits tank due to “challenging year”
February 24th, 2015
HSBC ended the day with its shares at 577p, 4.6 per cent lower than Friday’s closing price. Having announced that profits fell 17 per cent during 2014, it admitted its US arm had also been subpoenaed by the US Commodity ...
Big Banks Face Scrutiny Over Pricing of Metals
February 24th, 2015
U.S. Justice Department investigates price-setting process for gold, silver, platinum and palladium U.S. officials are investigating at least 10 major banks for possible rigging of precious-metals markets, even though European regulators dropped a similar probe after finding no evidence ...
Crédit Agricole to Unveil New Chief Executive Next Week
February 18th, 2015
Bank’s fourth-quarter profit rises 13% from a year earlier Crédit Agricole SA on Wednesday said it would announce the name of its new chief executive next week, as the French bank seeks to return to its roots and reorganize around ...
AForex announcement for pairs with Swiss Franc
February 18th, 2015
AForex has issued an announcement informing that: Effective February 19th, 2015 trading on the following currency pairs will be restored (AUD/CHF, CAD/CHF, CHF/JPY, EUR/CHF, GBP/CHF, USD/CHF). Maximum leverage for the above pairs is set to 1:25. New margin requirements ...
Tokyo shares at eight-year top, Greek talks loom
February 16th, 2015
Japanese shares touched an eight-year high on Monday following a record close on Wall Street, with investors cautiously optimistic the European Union would make progress this week on a debt deal with Greece. Oil prices faded after an early spurt, ...
Ready for Brexit?
February 9th, 2015
ING’s economist James Knightley analysed the potential effects on the UK economy of holding a referendum on exiting the European Union (Brexit). Real risk that the UK leaves the EU The UK’s future relationship with Europe will be a ...
UBS Faces a New Tax-Evasion Probe
February 5th, 2015
Authorities Investigate Whether Swiss Bank’s Clients Used ‘Bearer Securities’ to Hide Cash Federal prosecutors have launched a new probe into whether Swiss bank UBS AG helped Americans evade taxes through investments largely banned in the U.S., according to people familiar with ...
