Search Results for: German market
EUR/USD: Dollar Rally Continues on Yellen Remarks
July 16th, 2014
EUR/USD continues to point southward on Wednesday. In the European session, the pair is trading in the low-1.35 range. The dollar is broadly higher following remarks from Janet Yellen on Tuesday concerning an interest rate hike. The Fed chair ...
Asia stocks manage muted cheer for China growth
July 16th, 2014
Asian stocks held stubbornly steady on Wednesday after China reported economic growth that was just ahead of market expectations, enough to prompt a sigh of relief from investors, but little else. China’s economy expanded by 2.0 percent in the ...
BofA Merrill Lynch: Survey finds global investors positioning aggressively for recovery in H2 2014
July 16th, 2014
A net 61 per cent of global asset allocators are now overweight equities. This ranks as the survey’s highest reading on this measure since early 2011 and represents the panel’s second-strongest response ever. This aggressive positioning for recovery in ...
Alibaba IPO Update
July 16th, 2014
Investors were given an update on the Alibaba IPO on Tuesday, when Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) reported second-quarter earnings. Yahoo owns a 24% stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA) and will be selling a large percentage of ...
Industrial Production Drops in Eurozone
July 14th, 2014
Industrial production in the eurozone slipped in May, according to data published on Monday, reinforcing concern that a tentative economic recovery is already stalling. Factory output fell 1.1 percent in the 18 countries of the currency bloc compared with ...
EUR and GBP Are Committed To CFTC Reports
July 14th, 2014
The world has been spoiled by the beautiful game for the past four weeks, and yesterday’s final, although not a classic, the most consistent team was crowned champion. Football was the winner along with sportsmanship. Can the markets now ...
European Stocks Advance With Asia as Gold, Oil Retreat
July 14th, 2014
European and Asian stocks advanced with U.S. equity-index futures after a gauge of global shares suffered its biggest weekly loss in three months. Gold fell from a four-month high, corn slid a 10th day and oil dropped as the ...
Traders Flood U.S. With $3.4 Trillion of Bond-Auction Demand
July 14th, 2014
The intensifying debate over when the Federal Reserve raises interest rates is little more than a sideshow when it comes to the ability of the U.S. to borrow. For all the concern fixed-income assets will tumble once the central ...
Asian stocks rebound after portuguese bank scare
July 14th, 2014
Asian stocks rebounded Monday from jitters about a struggling Portuguese bank as investors looked ahead to a busy week of data releases in the U.S., China and Europe. Oil edged up to stay above $100 after tumbling more than ...
Eurex Enters FX Trading Business, Could Force CME To Reduce Prices
July 11th, 2014
In its recent monthly volumes breakdown, CME Group reported a decline in trading volumes in the last several months over the year-ago period across almost all derivative classes, other than interest rate derivatives, after a solid start to 2014. ...
