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Friday November 21: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Indices
November 21st, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 21, 2014 The S&P 500 traded within a tight trading range on Thursday ending the day on modest gains after dipping into the 2040 area which proved to be supportive enough. Action ...
Friday November 21: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
November 21st, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 21, 2014 EURUSD sold off in the early session testing the 1.25 handle for support which stood the test of bearish sellers. The dip was bought into by short covering stops triggered at ...
Best Buy profit beats, sending shares higher
November 20th, 2014
Best Buy reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analysts’ expectations on Thursday, sending shares sharply higher in premarket trading. Following the report, shares of Best Buy rose more than 8 percent in trading prior to the opening bell. The ...
Wall Street Used Commodities Storage, Tankers for Unfair Gain, Senate Panel Finds
November 20th, 2014
Wall Street’s biggest banks have used their ownership of metals warehouses, oil tankers and other commodities businesses to gain unfair trading advantages and dominate markets, according to a U.S. Senate investigation. In a report on Goldman Sachs Group Inc., ...
Thursday November 20: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Indices
November 20th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 20, 2014 S&P decline found support at the 2040 area and traded within a tight 10 point range for the day on Wednesday. S&P likely to continue higher with time as it digests ...
Thursday November 20: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Commodities
November 20th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 20, 2014 Gold sold off after a brief run up above $1200 in the early session and ended the day below the 20 DMA. Support at the $1175 area remains strong however bearish ...
Thursday November 20: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
November 20th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 20, 2014 Flat day edging slightly higher on the close after testing resistance at the 1.26 handle. A close above extends to 1.2630-50 area. More consolidation in the 1.25-26 area likely to remain ...
Cheap-Oil Era Tilts Geopolitical Power to U.S.
November 20th, 2014
A new age of abundant and cheap energy supplies is redrawing the world’s geopolitical landscape, weakening and potentially threatening the legitimacy of some governments while enhancing the power of others. Some changes already are evident. Surging U.S. oil production enabled America ...
Dollar hits seven-year high vs yen ahead of Fed minutes
November 19th, 2014
The dollar hit a seven-year high against the yen on Wednesday ahead of minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting, as investors bet on an increasingly divergent outlook for the world’s major economies. European stock markets turned ...
Blackstone chases Buffett with ‘core’ private equity
November 19th, 2014
Blackstone Group LP has reached out to its biggest fund investors about investing in a new investment vehicle with a longer investment horizon than the typical 10-year private equity fund, according to people familiar with the matter. Dubbed “core” ...