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USD/CHF refuses to decline
April 28th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook After opening with a downside gap USD/CHF changed the direction and it is now moving back to the down-trend resistance. Still, the outlook on the currency pair remains bearish for the time being, as none of the ...
USD/JPY gets closer to key support
April 28th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook USD/JPY failed to find support in the face of the weekly PP and 38.2% Fibo and fell last week. Nonetheless, there are strong supports nearby that may reverse the bearish tendency and trigger buying interest. One of ...
Apple-Samsung $2 Billion Patent Case Over Google Hits Last Round
April 28th, 2014
Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. head toward the conclusion of their second U.S. patent trial with one last chance to make a case to jurors on whether the $2 billion case is actually a proxy war over Google ...
European Index Futures Gain as Asia Falls; Nickel Rallies
April 28th, 2014
European equity futures rose while Asian stocks fell, pushing the regional index to an almost two-week low, as investors weighed company earnings, while the Korean won gained. Wheat climbed with nickel amid prospects for additional sanctions against Russia over ...
S&P Lowers Russia’s Currency Ratings
April 25th, 2014
Standard and Poor’s Financial Services, or S&P, on Friday lowered Russia’s currency ratings, and hinted at the possibility of a further sovereign rating downgrade if the country’s failing creditworthiness, hurt by slowing economic growth and sanctions from the Ukraine ...
USD/JPY feels support from 102.20
April 25th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook As it turns out, the support at 102.20, consisting of the weekly PP and 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of the November-December advancement, should be enough to keep the pair afloat. Once USD/JPY stabilises, it will be expected to ...
FCA Said to Observe Banks’ London Gold-Fixing Calls
April 25th, 2014
Regulators are stepping up their scrutiny of how gold prices are set, with officials from Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority visiting Societe Generale SA (GLE) to observe the so-called London fixing process, two people with knowledge of the matter said. ...
Asia Stocks Slide as Russia’s Micex Drops on Ukraine
April 25th, 2014
Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index heading toward a weekly loss. Russian shares fell a fifth day, wheat climbed and nickel pared the biggest monthly advance since 2012 as the U.S. warned Russia of an “expensive mistake” ...
Tokyo Inflation Quickens to Fastest Since 1992
April 25th, 2014
Tokyo’s consumer prices rose 2.7 percent in April from a year earlier, the biggest jump since 1992, pumped up by a sales-tax increase and a year of unprecedented stimulus from the Bank of Japan. Inflation excluding fresh food accelerated ...
BTC/USD Technical Analysis
April 24th, 2014
Bitcoin has been ranging for the past few days, and it looks like this may well continue for the rest of the week, due to a number of factors I’m observing, specifically on the Daily chart. I’m performing the ...
