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Payday Lending: Fixing a broken market
May 13th, 2014
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has launched a unique report on payday lending looking specifically at its business model. Called Payday lending: fixing a broken market, the authors Sarah Beddows, an independent consultant, and Mick McAteer from ...
China Slowdown Deepens
May 13th, 2014
China’s industrial-output, investment and retail-sales growth unexpectedly slowed, suggesting the government’s efforts to counter an economic slowdown have yet to gain traction. Factory production rose 8.7 percent in April from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said ...
USD/JPY probes 102.40/19
May 13th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook USD/JPY is currently trying to restore its bullish outlook by gaining a foothold above 102.40/19, which consists of the long-term up-trend and 55 and 100-day SMAs. If this is the case, the U.S. Dollar will be set ...
EUR/USD stalls near 100-day SMA
May 13th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook EUR/USD remains completely motionless after hitting the support at 1.3753/25. Given that this demand area is formed by the 100-day SMA, monthly S1 and the major up-trend, the currency pair is unlikely to move lower in the ...
Three Signs the Best Days of Private Equity Are Over
May 12th, 2014
Lest the buyout industry feel left out of the regulatory crackdown that has recently been visited upon hedge funds and major banks, the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated it’s taking a close look at the fees and compliance structures ...
USD/CHF overcomes key resistance
May 12th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook USD/CHF has just broken out of the falling wedge pattern, meaning the outlook on the currency pair is now strongly bullish, even though the weekly and monthly indicators are giving ‘sell’ signals. Nevertheless, we should not forget ...
USD/JPY recovers from 200-day SMA
May 12th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Unless USD/JPY manages to gain a foothold above the major rising trend-line (in force since the beginning of 2013) that it has recently breached, the pair will be seen as bearish in the long term. However, for ...
GBP/USD set to decline
May 12th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The Cable remains bearish after hitting the 2009 highs. For now it is supported by the 20-day SMA, but there’s a high probability of an extended sell-off. GBP/USD is likely to fall down to 1.6795/76, but it ...
EUR/USD tests major support at 1.3751/25
May 12th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Last week the currency pair plunged through a series of significant supports, such as the monthly PP and 55-day SMA. Now the bearish momentum faces an even greater obstacle, represented by the 100-day SMA, monthly S1 and, ...
USD/JPY consolidates at 101.62
May 9th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook While the 200-day SMA is still not letting USD/JPY to step any lower, it is also failing to rekindle interest of the market in the pair. Still, there is a chance that eventually the bulls are going ...
