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Gold – a reasonable correction?
June 3rd, 2016
Gold weakened during May by about $100, from a high point of $1300 to a low of $1200. This, for technical analysts, is entirely within the normal correction zone of a third to two-thirds of the previous rise, which ...
Elliott Intraday Analysis On EURUSD And GBPUSD
June 3rd, 2016
EURUSD We have US NFP report in a few hours which may have a strong impact on markets since it will tell us a lot about potential new rate hike from the FED this month. But as always I ...
European stocks seen higher, focus switches to US jobs
June 3rd, 2016
European stocks opened higher on Friday as investors turned their attention to a key U.S. jobs report that could hold the key to a Federal Reserve interest rate hike this month. The FTSE opened 0.5 percent higher, the German ...
CME announced that May 2016 volume averaged 14.9 million contracts per day
June 3rd, 2016
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that May 2016 volume averaged 14.9 million contracts per day, up 6 percent fromMay 2015. CME Group May 2016 options volume averaged 2.8 million contracts per day, up 10 percent versus May ...
CFTC Orders Bitcoin Exchange Bitfinex to Pay $75,000
June 3rd, 2016
CFTC Orders Bitcoin Exchange Bitfinex to Pay $75,000 for Offering Illegal Off-Exchange Financed Retail Commodity Transactions and Failing to Register as a Futures Commission Merchant The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously ...
What happens next if Britain votes to leave the EU?
June 2nd, 2016
The first hours By the early hours of Friday 24 June, it will be clear if the UK has defied the experts and pollsters by voting to leave the European Union. If that happens, a shattered David Cameron, his leadership ...
European stocks suffer 2nd straight fall
June 2nd, 2016
European stocks finished lower Wednesday, with mining shares among the biggest laggards after lackluster Chinese manufacturing data underscored worries about the health of the world’s second-largest economy. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -0.96% fell 1% to end at 344.12. Among financials, UniCredit ...
Brokerage firm agreed to pay $300,000 to settle SEC charges
June 2nd, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Wall Street-based brokerage firm with failing to sufficiently evaluate or monitor customers’ trading for suspicious activity as required under the federal securities laws. An SEC investigation found that Albert Fried & ...
Japanese Stocks Drop as Yen Advances; Oil Near $49 Before OPEC
June 2nd, 2016
Euro climbs to one-week high before ECB policy review Haven assets including gold and U.S. Treasuries rise Japanese stocks fell by the most in a month and the yen strengthened after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held back a widely ...
Emerging-Market Stocks Post First Weekly Gain Since Early April
June 1st, 2016
Emerging-market equities rebounded last week, posting the first weekly gain since early April. The 2.8% total return for the Vanguard Emerging Market ETF (VWO) for the five trading days through May 27 also marked the strongest performance for the ...