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FOMC Implements ‘Operation Twist’ in Attempt to Lower Interest Rates; Dollar Broadly Higher on Risk Aversion

The Federal Reserve announced a plan to implement Operation Twist yesterday (a plan to drive down interest rates on 10 year treasury bonds) but markets were relatively unimpressed as investors were apparently looking for a more far reaching strategy even with the large size of asset purchases (400$ worth of long term treasuries) the plan is set to make.  The plan will be funded by sales of short term bonds which will occur before the middle of next year.

 

As expected, there…

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Added by Henry Daniels on September 22, 2011 at 3:06pm — No Comments

FOMC Rate Decision to Guide Sentiment Today; Canadian CPI Seen Rising to 2.9%

Market attention will shift from the Eurozone to the FOMC policy meeting today as the Fed rate decision and accompanying statement will be released.  There is a certain amount of dissent amongst the FOMC board members, so the possibility exists for some surprises in the Fed’s final statement.  Most analysts side with the argument that the Fed will pursue no new accommodation measures and instead choose to remain “data-dependent” given the Eurozone debt crisis and the possibility that any new…

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Added by Henry Daniels on September 21, 2011 at 8:37pm — No Comments

Anti-missile defense talks between Russia and USA: possible consequences

As reported by Market Leader (US)

Russia and the US are getting ready to have another round of anti-missile defense talks. It happens so that the topic became the major one in the Russia-US bilateral relations. Moscow is really concerned about the USA’s anti-missile defense in Europe.
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Added by Evgeny on September 21, 2011 at 5:38pm — No Comments

S & P Downgrades Italy’s Credit Rating; RBA Policy Minutes Confirm a Neutral Bias

Overnight, Standard and Poor’s downgraded the long term credit rating in Italy from A+ to A (one level lower), with a negative outlook, on the argument that growth rates are expected to weaken and contagion effects have not been fully contained. Political impasses are also seen as an obstacle as legislation to reduce debt will not be met with a clear majority vote.

 

This downgrade will increase concerns in the Eurozone as a whole and force regional finance ministers to…

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Added by Henry Daniels on September 21, 2011 at 10:41am — No Comments

Greece: A burden to the eurozone? Pros and cons

As reported by Market Leader (US)

A few months ago any talk about the possibility of Greece's withdrawal from the eurozone was a taboo. Only independent experts and analysts could discuss it. But everything has changed. More and more opposing politicians and common people want Greece out of the eurozone.
 
For example, Christian Linder, general secretary of Free Democratic Party of Germany,…
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Added by Evgeny on September 20, 2011 at 4:20pm — No Comments

Authors’ forex indicators: unsolved secrets of trading classics are revealed

As reported by Market Leader (US)

Forex news. Recently, as a part of teaching internet project of Masterforex-V Forex International Academy and Futures Trade and Stock Exchange, a new long-expected by many traders free webinar has been held.
 
Similarly to all previous sessions of… Continue

Added by Evgeny on September 19, 2011 at 5:32pm — No Comments

Markets Focus on Greece’s Troika Impasse; Euro Gaps Lower to Start the Week

The Euro followed equity markets and gapped lower to start the week on Monday as the Asian session focused on the escalating problems with the Greek bailout agreement.  Risks of default are increasing as the Troika withheld 8 billion Euros from the current loan allotment and Greece’s available cash approaches emergency levels.

The Greek Prime Minister (Papandreou) was forced to cancel a scheduled trip to meet with the US government to arrange talks with the Troika.  Currently, the…

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Added by Henry Daniels on September 19, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Forex: broker licenses. Should traders trust them?

As reported by Market Leader (US)

Many traders pay attention to broker licenses when choosing a broker to open a real-money account with. There are dozens of such licenses. Let’s find out the difference between them and why some of these licenses don’t guarantee fair brokerage.

 

The world’s most respected international…
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Added by Evgeny on September 16, 2011 at 11:37am — No Comments

Markets See Some Lift as Additional EU Data is Awaited; RBNZ to Hold Its Policy Meeting Later Today

The US Dollar saw some selling pressure for the first time in the last few sessions as markets focus on the next major headline to determine trading bias.  European equities are seeing a modest move higher but whether or not this is a true bullish move remains to be seen.

Market attention will now turn to the Merkel, Sarkozy and Papandreou meeting that will take place later today for any potential alterations to previous bailout speeches.  Earlier today, Moody’s gave a credit…

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Added by Henry Daniels on September 14, 2011 at 3:57pm — No Comments

2012 US presidential elections: possible impact on dollar and global economy

As reported by Market Leader (US)

The 2012 US presidential elections are round the corner. Barack Obama will represent the Democrats while Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, will be the Republican candidate.
The opponents have already been running their mobile election campaigns for a couple of weeks. The struggle is getting tenser. Barack Obama…
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Added by Evgeny on September 13, 2011 at 4:48pm — No Comments

Cyclic and Acyclic Nature of Financial Markets: How to Benefit

As reported by Market Leader (US)

We mention from time to time that a cycle is a cycle. This means the main trend has similar properties in all sectors with a cyclic model even though markets can often conceal this, adding their own motifs.
 
For example, when energy prices take this motif, markets will…
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Added by Evgeny on September 6, 2011 at 5:15pm — No Comments

William D. Gann: The future is but a repetition of the past

As reported by Market Leader (US)

The entry to the building of New York Stock Exchange has been adorned by a portrait of a standing man for a few decades in a row already. Who was honored this way? This man is William Delbert Gann, one of the most talented and famous traders of all times who lived in 1878-1955. However, few people know what singles out Gann among many other traders that made an equally large fortune… Continue

Added by Evgeny on September 5, 2011 at 6:07pm — No Comments

How to Achieve Consistent and Conscious Profit-Taking in Financial Markets?

As reported by Market Leader (US)

Our magazine already wrote about the Price Range Break Department within the Faculty of Flat Break; Automation; Auto-Trading. The Department recently turned one year old. What has it achieved? Alexei Morozov, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Head of the Department, speaks on…
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Added by Evgeny on September 2, 2011 at 1:20pm — No Comments

Will Fed Res manage to stabilize US Dollar and global economy?

As reported by Market Leader (US)

On August 26th 2011 all the markets around the world were looking forward to Ben Bernanke’s speech at Jackson Hole.

    What did Mr. Bernanke say during his speech?

He promised to take further steps aimed at stimulating the country’s economic development.…
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Added by Evgeny on August 30, 2011 at 6:11pm — No Comments

Warren Buffet: Who should pay more - the rich or the poor?

As reported by Market Leader (US)

Warren Buffet, one of the world’s most successful investors and richest persons (number 3 in the 2011 Forbes rich list - $50B) and the most generous philanthropist in history (he spent $37B on charity in June 2010) excited the public with his article in The New York Times called “Stop Coddling the… Continue

Added by Evgeny on August 29, 2011 at 6:37pm — No Comments

Anti-crisis pill for European Union: how to rescue the Euro zone?

As reported by Market Leader (US)



News of European Union. These days the world is shaken by negative news. It is either about a soon default of the USA and rating downgrade, or a crash of stock markets... and now it is hysteria around the possible dissolution of the EU. Some negative news is changed by others. And it is for several years… Continue

Added by Evgeny on August 26, 2011 at 4:19pm — No Comments

William Harrington says Moody's Investors Service is corrupt

As reported by Market Leader (US)

    The world’s biggest credit rating agencies are capable of influencing the economies of certain countries. This is what the former derivative products senior vice president of Moody's Investors Service William Harrington wrote in his claim against the rating agency to the SEC.

    According to Mr. Harrington, the raters should be unbiased “a…

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Added by Evgeny on August 25, 2011 at 3:42pm — No Comments

GBPUSD: volatility outlook for August 23rd 2011

As reported by Market Leader (US)

Yesterday’s trading session was not a good one for volatility buyers. The currency pair traded in a price range without any signs of sharp movements. There was almost no significant news yesterday. This was the main reason for the intraday flattish movement.  Everyone is looking forward to Ben Bernanke’s speech, which is to be made on Friday, to find out whether there will be QE3.  … Continue

Added by Evgeny on August 23, 2011 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Angela Merkel: no recession in Germany

As reported by Market Leader (US)

On Sunday in a TV interview Angela Merkel pointed out the stability of Germany’s economic indicators and denied the very possibility of an economic recession in the country.

    After touching upon the eurozone’s problems Merkel called upon tighter cooperation between the eurozone members: "The eurozone has to work even more closely together but…

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Added by Evgeny on August 22, 2011 at 4:29pm — No Comments

6EU1 and EUR/USD still have some strength

As reported by Market Leader (US)

The common European currency keeps rallying. However, it is not clear how much potential the currency has. Despite the fact that EURUSD updated the local high and neared July’s high around 1.4510, numerous analysts recommend selling as the situation in Europe is still uncertain and tense.    More…

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Added by Evgeny on August 18, 2011 at 5:15pm — No Comments

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