Election Day in the UK, Brent and US Crude Reach New 2015 High

Asian stocks fell on Thursday, led by losses on Wall Street, while a rise in Euro zone debt yields amid a global bond rout kept the Euro near a two-month peak versus the dollar, while the Pound lost ground ahead of Britain’s election later in the day.  U.S. stocks ended weaker on Wednesday after U.S. […]

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Daily Market News: May 6, 2015

May 6, 2015 – Daily Market News Japanese markets are closed till Thursday due to public holidays, however, China stocks are trading lower as concerns over the current economic outlook continues to weigh on sentiment. China released more negative data early this morning showing that the HSBC Services PMI expanded less than expected, with a […]

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Chinese Indices Lower, Tesla Earnings in Focus

May 6, 2015 – Indices News While the Japanese markets remain closed for the day, the Asian session was yet another negative one for the Chinese indices. The Shanghai Composite index dropped by 1.62% and the Hang Seng index dropped by 0.41%, closing the session at a value lower than 28,000. Despite the continuous drop, […]

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Dollar Dropping on Data

May 6, 2015 – Forex News Today’s Hot Asset: EUR/USD EUR/USD The EUR/USD was boosted by U.S Trade Balance data. The stronger Dollar has taken effect and reduced the number of exports. Consequently, the deficit climbed and came out at 51.37 billion. The data weakened the Dollar and increased speculation that the rate hike will […]

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Netflix Classed ‘Buy’

May 6, 2015 – Stock Market News After Merrill Lynch recalculated its rating for Netflix and gave it a rating of ‘but,’ Netflix shares soared.  Mid-day trading hit a 3% increase on the stock’s opening price, though the lengthy jump trimmed back to a modest 1.92% advance.  Shares closed at $565.55, though have continued yesterday’s […]

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Daily Market News: May 5, 2015

May 5, 2015 – Daily Market News Japanese markets are closed till Thursday due to public holidays, however, a number of Asian stocks traded lower over fears of a slowdown of growth in China. The China HSBC Manufacturing PMI for April showed a reading of 48.9, this figure indicates that the manufacturing economy is declining, […]

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Greece Back in Focus

May 5, 2015 – Indices News U.S markets climbed as better than expected data was released. Factory Orders in the U.S had been predicted to increase by 2% but actually increased by 2.1%. In addition, FOMC Member, Evans, spoke and repeated his belief that rates should be hiked in early 2016. However, he also noted […]

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U.S Data Ahead

May 5, 2015 – Forex News Today’s Hot Asset: EUR/USD EUR/USD The EUR/USD traded sideways with no clear direction. Yesterday’s European data was mixed with Manufacturing PMI data beating expectations from Germany and from Europe overall, but missing expectations from France. U.S Factory Orders beat expectations and increased by 2.1% and a balanced speech was […]

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McDonald’s CEO Fails To Inspire Investor Confidence

May 5, 2015 – Stock Market News Still in an attempt to remake itself, McDonald’s has taken a short reprieve from trying to restructure its menu to changing its business model.  In a speech made by CEO Steve Easterbrook, he stressed the importance of building new business, without any mention of how he might further […]

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(Video) In-Depth: Japanese Yen and U.S. Dollar

Elliott Wave International’s Alexandra Lienhard recently sat down with the editor of our Currency Pro Service, Jim Martens. Learn what Jim sees next for such popular forex markets as Japanese yen (USDJPY) as well as the U.S. dollar. Don’t miss: Jim’s full interview also shows you charts and forecasts for EURUSD and GBPUSD — look […]

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RBA Lowers Interest Rates to 2%, Lufthansa Announces Profits But Warns of More Cuts

The FTSE100 is currently up by 0.82%, as stocks resume trading after the Bank Holiday weekend and before the markets begin to brace for the UK General Election. As the political campaigning draws to a close, current polling suggests that no party will win a majority, leaving the possibility of protracted negotiations in order to […]

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LinkedIn Extends Losses

May 4, 2015 – Stock Market News Joining Twitter in surprisingly disappointing quarterly earnings, LinkedIn has been continuing to slide further in today’s market. While LinkedIn has extended the roughly 20% loss from after its earnings report by another 1.76% of today’s opening based on flat earnings themselves, the professional networking site did report a […]

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Daily Market News: May 4, 2015

May 4, 2015 – Daily Market News Japanese markets are closed till Thursday due to public holidays, however Chinese stocks traded lower following negative data. The China HSBC Manufacturing PMI for April showed a reading of 48.9, this figure indicates that the manufacturing economy is declining, and has continued to decline for a second consecutive […]

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EUR/USD Corrected Downwards

May 4, 2015 – Forex News Today’s Hot Asset: EUR/USD EUR/USD After reaching levels not seen since February, the EUR/USD declined as it experienced a price correction. Movement in the market is being driven by expectations for future monetary policy in the U.S; the timing of the rate hike remains unclear with respect to recent […]

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U.K. and Japanese Markets Closed, NFP Approaching

The major American indices finished last week higher, with all of them increasing by more than 1% and approaching their record levels. The Nasdaq finished last week at the value of 5,005, the Dow Jones at 18,024 and the S&P 500 at 2,108. Investors remain anxious about the Nonfarm Payroll data coming out Friday, as […]

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(English) Daily Market News: February 5, 2015

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Traders Sell Stocks Again

June 13, 2013 — Stock Market News Traders decided to sell the leading U.S. stocks in previous binary options trading sessions. This was largely due to there not being enough factors backing them. This has been the case for a while. There is just very little confidence in the markets today. This has been the […]

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Daily Market News: May 1, 2015

May 1, 2015 – Daily Market News During the early trading session, Asian stocks traded lower as investors sentiment weighed over company earning. Shareholders are concerned over earnings reports from major corporate companies and the overall economy following the Bank of Japan Press Conference, where officials downgraded the outlook of inflation and growth. The Nikkei […]

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Most Global Markets Closed, U.S. PMI Ahead

May 1, 2015 – Indices News The major American indices finished April by dropping by more than 1% yesterday, after most of their components dropped in trading including major stocks like Apple and Amazon Inc.. After reaching record levels in the last month, the Nasdaq dropped below the psychological level of 5,000, while the Dow Jones […]

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Gold Down on Jobless Claims

May 1, 2015 – Commodities News Gold Yesterday, Gold dropped significantly as U.S. Jobless Claims came out above expectations and supported the outlook for a sooner interest rate hike in summer. The price reached a low of $1,180/ounce where it then started to range. The price dropped even though losses were seen in the stock […]

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EUR/USD Even Higher

May 1, 2015 – Forex News Hot asset for today: USD EUR/USD After jumping to 1.1250, the EUR/USD corrected down to 1.1100 but then climbed back up to 1.1265. The pair climbed despite the released of better than expected U.S Jobless Claims data which supported the Greenback.  Gains were seen as yields increased for German […]

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Ford Falls After Recalls; Coca Cola Heavy Trading Volume Takes Profit

May 1, 2015 – Stock Market News Ford has had to issue four safety-related recalls this week, three of which affected the popular Fusion series.  Roughly 1 million vehicles were issued recall notices, over half of which were Ford Fusion cars.  The reasons for these recalls range from faulty doors that do not close properly […]

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Lloyds Posts Loss but Stresses Surge in Underlying Profit, Strong Earnings for Airbus

Lloyd’s Banking Group has posted a £446 million loss for Q1 2015 after taking a £660 million hit due to its forced sale of TSB, with reports indicating that the cost of taking TSB off of Lloyd’s computer servers will run into the hundreds of millions. However, the bank was unsurprisingly keen to stress the […]

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Daily Market News: April 30, 2015

April 30, 2015 – Daily Market News During the early trading session, Asian stocks traded lower following weak U.S. data and poor earnings reports from the Japanese first quarter end. Yesterday U.S. reports showed that the GDP for the first quarter grew at a slower rate than expected. Furthermore, Japans Honda Motor company led losses […]

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U.S Markets Dropped Following FOMC Statement

April 30, 2015 – Indices News U.S markets declined as traders reacted to weak U.S GDP and an unexpectedly hawkish FOMC statement.  Last quarter’s GDP increased by 2.2% and as analysts recognized weakness in the economy, they had predicted the rate to drop and increase by 1%. The figure was more disappointing, however, and increased […]

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Positive Data Finally Released from the U.S

April 30, 2015 – Forex News Today’s Hot Asset: EUR/USD EUR/USD The EUR/USD rallied higher after U.S GDP disappointed markets and showed a bigger slowdown in the economy than expected. The figure, which represents output over the last quarter, showed an increase of just 0.2%. Traders took this information as negative and expected the FOMC […]

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Exxon Optimistic Before Earnings

April 30, 2015 – Stock Market News In an announcement yesterday, Exxon has decided to increase dividends to shareholders by 4 cents, bringing dividend per share up to $0.73.  It has also announced that capital spending will be cut, which has helped to boost its appeal among shareholders.  While yesterday’s movements were fairly small, with […]

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Daily Market News: April 29, 2015

April 29, 2015 – Daily Market News Japanese markets were closed today due to a public holiday, however, stocks in China closed higher as investors sentiment was boosted over expectations of higher returns on dividends. The index share average was led by gains in the Technology and computing software sectors. The Shanghai Composite Index was […]

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FOMC Statement Edging Closer

April 29, 2015 – Indices News U.S markets finished mostly higher yesterday. Markets shrugged off weaker than expected data including the U.S CB Consumer Confidence index which dropped to 95.2 but was expected to be 102.5. Traders appeared to be focusing on the upcoming FOMC statement. The statement is expected to be dovish and it […]

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