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Dollar wallows near four-week lows as Yellen sounds cautious note
June 7th, 2016
The dollar edged up but still wallowed close to four-week lows against a basket of currencies on Tuesday, after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s remarks failed to toss a lifebuoy to the recently foundering greenback. The dollar index, which ...
Reserve Bank of Australia leaves the cash rate unchanged at 1.75%
June 7th, 2016
At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent. The global economy is continuing to grow, at a lower than average pace. Several advanced economies have recorded improved conditions over the past year, ...
This technology will overtake mobile phones in two years
June 6th, 2016
16 billion connected devices forecast to join Internet of Things by 2021-end Internet of Things (IoT) is set to overtake mobile phones as the largest category of connected device by 2018, according to the latest edition of the Ericsson ...
Asian shares rise, dollar nurses losses after jobs shock
June 6th, 2016
Asian shares rose on Monday and the dollar dragged itself off its lowest levels in nearly a month after U.S. nonfarm payrolls showed the slowest job growth in more than five years, quashing expectations for a near-term U.S. interest ...
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 ...
Fed likely to avoid rate hike before Britain votes on leaving EU
June 3rd, 2016
The U.S. Federal Reserve may be forced to delay a rate hike at its June meeting because of mounting concern over the economic fallout from Britain’s vote on whether to leave the European Union. The geopolitical risk likely will ...
Financial service firms spend $1.2 billion per year on consolidated market data feeds
June 3rd, 2016
The financial services industry spends more than $1.2 billion annually on consolidated market data feed products, according to a new report from Greenwich Associates. The new Greenwich Report, Revitalizing the Consolidated Real-Time Feed Business, presents the results of a ...
Monex Group released business metrics for May 2016
June 3rd, 2016
Monex Group Inc. announcement May 2016 business metrics: Monthly Disclosure Monex Group, Inc. today reported the following monthly business metrics of its subsidiaries in May 2016. (Notes) 1. DARTs stand for Daily Average Revenue Trades meaning the number of ...
Asia Stocks Fall With Oil, Copper as Yuan Weakens; Aussie Jumps
June 1st, 2016
Crude oil sinks below $49 before OPEC meets Thursday Korean bonds rally as export slump weighs on the won Asian stocks retreated with commodities and the yuan weakened as Chinese manufacturing data pointed to lackluster growth in the world’s ...
IG Group expects full year earnings to be ahead of expectations
May 31st, 2016
IG Group (“IG”, “the Company”), a global leader in online trading, today issues the following Trading Update for the final quarter of the financial year ending 31 May 2016, ahead of entering its close period on 1 June 2016. ...
