Stocks Mixed As Investors Await Earnings Figures

April 8, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Asset – Citigroup Stocks in Asia traded mixed throughout the early trading session today. Investors within the region are keenly awaiting the results of the Bank of Japans two day policy meeting which should conclude tomorrow. Stocks in Japan did disappoint today with their regional index […]

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Technology, Consumer Shares Pull Down US stocks

The U.S. stock market seemed to be on good footing headed into spring, but the slide that began last week continued as technology and consumer shares dropped before the start of corporate earnings season, according to Bloomberg. Stock options traders need to be on the lookout for clues as to which way major company earnings reports […]

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Daily Market News: April 8, 2014

April 8, 2014 – Daily Market News Today’s Hot Assets: USD, GBP  Selling of high-growth stocks continued yesterday. Investors continued to ditch technology shares, following sentiment which began on Friday. Consequently, markets fell sharply in the U.S.; at the session close the S&P 500 was 1.08% lower, ending below its key technological level of 1,850, […]

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US Dollar Slips As American Stocks Plumed

April 8, 2014 – Forex News Hot Asset For Today: GBP/USD EUR/USD The pairing in all intents and purposes has remained flat with hardly any movement at all throughout this morning’s Asian session. Traders and investors, for quite some time now have been waiting to see whether the European Central Bank will take measures to […]

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World Indices Down

April 8, 2014 – Indices News Yesterday we witnessed a down movement induced by a drop in many technology companies. Later that day, following an escalation in tensions between U.S. and Russia over the Ukraine drove a further bearish movement. The U.S. accused Russia of instigating the storming of government offices in eastern Ukraine. European […]

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Comment: Markets Anxious On Geopolitical Tensions; Eyes Shift To US Earnings Season

European equities pare early session gains to trade lower Tuesday, pressured by fresh geopolitical drama together with declines on Wall Street overnight where tech stocks continued their descent amid worries about inflated valuations – Amazon, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn all registered fat losses. European tech shares fell sharply in the previous session as the declines […]

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Markets Mostly Higher; Ukraine in Focus

European markets have opened mostly higher today. Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions in Ukraine escalated following reports of violence in eastern Ukraine on Sunday. Closer home, investors will focus on economic data which is expected to show that industrial production in the UK continued to rise in February. The NIESR GDP estimate data due later today will […]

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Facebook And Netflix Set For An Active Week

April 7, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Assets – Facebook & Netflix Stocks in the U.S. have opened trading slightly lower. Stocks look set to suffer today as a result of negative data released on Friday. Investors are also skirting around the market at the moment, as they await the start of the […]

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Indices Down On Technology Sell-Off

April 7, 2014 – Indices News Asian stock finished in red numbers and started the week negatively after Friday’s Non-farm payrolls. Japanese Nikkei 2245 dropped by 1.69% mainly due to plunge in Telecommunication field which slid by -3.92%. We should not forget that this week will start first quarter corporate earnings season. European stock has […]

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Binary Options Weekly Outlook: April 7 – April 11

April 7, 2014 – Weekly Outlook EUR/USD Last week the EUR/USD pair first slightly increased due to worse-than-expected pre-NFP data. However, on Wednesday we already saw the pair erasing its previous gains as more and more investors speculated over possible ECB’s increase of interest rate. On Thursday, once ECB announced that its fiscal policy has […]

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Daily Market News: April 7, 2014

April 7, 2014 – Daily Market News Today’s Hot Asset: USD Friday’s Nonfarm Payroll report showed that 192,000 jobs were created during the month of March which was slightly below expectations. The Unemployment rate also disappointed as it remained at 6.7% instead of falling to an expected 6.6%. U.S. stocks initially opened higher and reached […]

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The USD/JPY Declined Before BoJ Meeting

April 7, 2014 – Forex News Hot Asset For Today: EUR/USD EUR/USD The pairing has seemed to have climbed down from its recent highs to the detriment of the euro drifting to a monthly low against the dollar. At first glance European Central Bank President Mario Draghi showed a certain keenness in favor of quantitative easing […]

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Comment: European Markets Track Wall Street Losses

Friday’s solid US nonfarm payrolls data triggered a late selloff on Wall Street as traders viewed the reading as confirmation that the Federal Reserve will not change course on tapering of the bond-buying programme which will mean interest rates will increase this time next year. That prompted Asian markets to decline overnight with traders showing […]

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Markets Track Wall Street Losses

European markets have opened lower today, tracking losses in US markets on Friday. Closer home, investors keep an eye on Lloyds’ employment confidence data for March due later today. Market participants also await data from Sentix GmbH which is expected to show that the Eurozone investor confidence index rose to 14.2 in April from 13.9 […]

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Indices Rise After Unexpectedly Worse NFP

April 4, 2014 – Indices News Asian markets rose early in the session despite worse than expected US today yesterday. The main impetus for this climb was anticipation about today’s Nonfarm Payrolls report – which many investors thought would be better than expected. Thus, in light of the Chinese government’s plan to revitalize the economy […]

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Google Shares Jump Following Split

April 4, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Asset – Google Stocks in Asia traded mixed throughout the early session this week. Investors within the region are awaiting the key economic data to be released in the U.S. later in the day. This data should create a delayed reaction amongst Asian stocks when the […]

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Daily Market News: April 4, 2014

April 4, 2014 – Daily Market News Today’s Hot Assets: USD The EUR/USD pair on the back of the the European Central Bank’s decision to keep rates unchanged at their meeting today, moved upwards for a very brief moment in time. Nevertheless euro zone inflation was on the back of the minds of all traders and […]

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The EUR/USD Bearish Before US Job Data

April 4, 2014 – Forex News Hot Asset For Today: EUR/USD The EUR/USD has declined a little bit since the start of the day due in part to the content of ECB President Mario Draghi’s statements yesterday. Suffice it to say, he was extremely dovish, and thus the Euro has been under downward pressure since. […]

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Markets Waiting on Nonfarm Payroll Figures

All eyes today are on the US Nonfarm Payroll figures, with economists predicting a rise of between 200-235 thousand jobs. Low payroll numbers earlier in the year were blamed on harsh US winter weather, but poor results for March would be a lot harder to explain away. Increased volatility in indices, commodities and forex is […]

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Markets Waiting on Nonfarm Payroll Figures

All eyes today are on the US Nonfarm Payroll figures, with economists predicting a rise of between 200-235 thousand jobs. Low payroll numbers earlier in the year were blamed on harsh US winter weather, but poor results for March would be a lot harder to explain away. Increased volatility in indices, commodities and forex is […]

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US Non-Farm Payrolls Data Eyed

European markets have opened higher today, as traders await US non-farm payrolls data which is widely expected to show that US job growth accelerated in March. Closer home, data from Halifax indicated that on a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, house prices in the UK dropped 1.1% in March, compared to a revised 2.5% rise in […]

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Stocks Stumble Following Weak Data

April 3, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Asset – Google Stocks in Asia traded mainly higher during today’s early session. Investors were relieved, as they witnessed the Chinese government unveil plans for new stimulus measures. This news is starting to ease concerns regarding the economy within the region and therefore it is allowing […]

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Indices Await ECB Decision

April 3, 2014 – Indices News American markets went up slightly yesterday as US employment data was received positively. US indices are currently floating around their all time highs, and due to market fatigue they are unlikely to rise further in the short term. However, in the long term, equities may continue to rise as […]

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Daily Market News: April 3, 2014

April 3, 2014 – Daily Market News Today’s Hot Assets: EUR, USD The U.S. stock market pushed higher after the release of ADP Nonfarm Employment Change. The ADP said private-sector employers added 191,000 jobs last month, up from 178,000 in February and although slightly below expectations was taken as bullish for the market. Taken with […]

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Comment: Spain; the euro zone’s star-performer but falling prices pressures ECB to act

European stock indices inching up from opening levels as the risk-tone remains well-supported but market participants adopt a wait-and-see approach ahead of the ECB; FTSE100 up 15 points while EuroStoxx50 up around 5 points – FX markets stable; EUR/USD still flirting around the 1.38 level. Gold prices decline while safe-haven core government bonds edge lower, […]

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ECB Policy Meeting Takes Centre Stage

European markets have opened mostly unchanged today, as investors look ahead to the European Central Bank’s interest rate decision later today. Meanwhile, the IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has asked the ECB to ease monetary policy further to combat cooling inflation. Closer home, investors await economic data which is expected to show that the nation’s […]

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Indices Rise On Good US data

April 2, 2014 – Indices News Asian markets have climbed today after US Manufacturing data yesterday showed an expansion in the sector – renewing investor confidence in the world’s largest economy. Since the US is a large consumer of Asian goods, Asian equities rose. Furthermore, Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s comments about the necessity of keeping […]

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Are Bank Stocks Sending an SOS Signal?

If you turn on CNBC first thing in the morning, you hear a lot about market indicators. Consumer behavior, GDP numbers, the Fed, interviews with CEOs — it’s all in the mix. Instead, Steve Hochberg of Elliott Wave International looks at important indicators that mainstream finance often overlooks. For example, consider this insight from the […]

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US Dollar Little Changed Before Pre-NFP Data

April 2, 2014 – Forex News Hot Asset For Today: EUR/USD EUR/USD Despite disappointing manufacturing PMI data, the Euro managed to continue its upwards movement slightly. European Central Bank Vice President, Vitor Constancio indicated that he did not see deflation prospects in the Euro-zone but at the same time warned that the economy could face a protracted period […]

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Stocks In Japan Reach Three Week High

April 2, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Asset – BMW Stocks in Europe have opened today trading mixed to higher. Comments made by the chairwoman of the Federal Reserve in the U.S. Janet Yellen seemed to be supporting equities. However, investor caution ahead of the European Central Bank policy meeting tomorrow is holding […]

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