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FCA warning against unauthorised firms
May 29th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a warning informing the investors that the following firms are not permitted to provide any financial services or products: London Prestige Capital Limited Hamilton Carter International Commodities ...
CySec: acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms) licence
May 29th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “Boursotrade Ltd” has successfully obtained the CySec license for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under the supervision of ...
GBP/USD violates 15-month up-trend
May 29th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Even though the support at 1.6782/76 was deemed to be strong and most of the technical indicators were bullish, the Pound took a major hit yesterday. The currency plummeted through the monthly PP, 55-day SMA and, even ...
EUR/USD tests monthly S2
May 29th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The selling pressure is likely to somewhat subside, considering that the currency pair is approaching a potentially tough support at 1.3582, consisting of the monthly S2 and weekly S1. Nevertheless, EUR/USD is expected to preserve the bearish ...
FCA warning against clone firm
May 28th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a warning informing the investors that “Assiprime Euro Brokering” is the clone firm of “Assiprime Euro Brokering Srl”, thus, is not permitted to provide any financial services or ...
Facebook seeks to buy WhatsApp
May 28th, 2014
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) has asked the European Union to review its plan to buy Internet messaging service WhatsApp. The Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday that instead of risking long-term delay to individual country review of the deal, that ...
Credit Agricole Said to Accuse EU of Bias in Euribor Case
May 28th, 2014
Credit Agricole SA (ACA), which refused to settle an antitrust probe over Euribor manipulation, accused European Union regulators of bias and said they should step down from the case, according to two people with knowledge of a letter the ...
Levine on Wall Street: Wise Rabbits and Philosophical Regulators
May 28th, 2014
Paul McCulley is back. Pimco’s new chief economist is Paul McCulley, back for his third stint at the firm that he previously left in 1992, returned to in 1999, and left again in 2010. So he knows what the ...
Stocks break more records
May 28th, 2014
Wall Street celebrated the unofficial start of summer with a sizzling performance. Stocks raced to all-time highs on Tuesday as investors cheered positive economic reports in the U.S. and a wave of buying in Europe over the long weekend. ...
Nasdaq Nears 13-Year High as Technology Goes From Hated to Loved
May 28th, 2014
Technology stocks are back. A four-day rally in the Nasdaq 100 Index has pulled the gauge within 0.1 percent from erasing a 7.5 percent selloff from earlier this year. Exchange-traded funds that buy computer and software shares absorbed $1.1 ...
