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Portugal Bonds Drop With Europe Stocks as Gold Advances
July 9th, 2014
Portugal and Italy led declines in European bonds and stocks dropped while gold climbed. Emerging-market shares fell from a 16-month high. The yield on Portugal’s 10-year bond jumped 19 basis points to 3.84 percent by 9:53 a.m. in London. ...
Technical Analysis GBP/USD trades sideways
July 9th, 2014
Technical Analysis GBP/USD for July 9, 2014 Pair’s Outlook Regardless of the bullish outlook implied by the technical studies, the Cable remains flat, trading some 100 pips north from 2009 high. Nevertheless, the risks are heavily skewed to the ...
Wall Street stoked over Alcoa earnings
July 9th, 2014
Alcoa unofficially kicked off earnings season with gusto Tuesday, delivering second-quarter results that smashed expectations. The aluminum giant reported an adjusted quarterly profit of 18 cents a share — 50% more than expected. The news boosted shares of Alcoa ...
Technical Analysis Gold – Indecision Continues Under $1320
July 9th, 2014
Technical Analysis Gold for Wednesday, July 9, 2014 After pushing higher to a three month high above $1330 last week, gold has spent the last now few days easing lower back to below $1320 and is showing more signs ...
Australia 200 – Almost on Cue, Returns Back Under 5500
July 9th, 2014
Australia 200 for Wednesday, July 9, 2014 The question of whether or not the Australia 200 Index be able to maintain its break through the key resistance level at 5500 was answered yesterday as it almost on cue, returned ...
In Deal to Cut Corporate Taxes, Shareholders Pay the Price
July 9th, 2014
Medtronic is pursuing a deal to move abroad and save taxes. But few have noticed that the company’s shareholders will be the ones left with a big tax bill as a result. Oddly, some of Medtronic’s largest shareholders — ...
Technical Analysis AUD/USD – Steadies Just Under Resistance at 0.9425
July 9th, 2014
Technical Analysis AUD/USD for Wednesday, July 9, 2014 To start this week the Australian dollar is slowly trying to edge higher and regain some of the lost ground from late last week which saw it drop two a two ...
Australian dollar lifts to 3-day high on confidence boost
July 8th, 2014
The Australian dollar rose to a three-day high today as improved domestic business confidence data sparked a further recovery after it hit a two-week low last week. National Australia Bank’s Business Confidence Index rose a point to positive eight ...
GBP Is A Bad Apple While Dollar Is Squeezed
July 8th, 2014
Not the ideal start to a week where many expected more enthusiasms being expressed across the various asset classes, especially after last week’s stronger US employment headline print. Maybe the market is priming itself for the summer doldrums? The ...
Commerzbank Shares Fall on News of Settlement Talks
July 8th, 2014
Shares in Commerzbank fell about 3.5 percent on Tuesday following news that Germany’s second-largest lender could be the latest European institution to settle with the American authorities over suspicions that it violated sanctions. The broader German stock market was ...