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Oil Trading Alert: Is Recent Rally in Crude Oil Running Out of Steam?
April 14, 2014, 11:44 AMOn Friday, crude oil hit a fresh five-week high as better-than-expected U.S. macroeconomic data weighted on the price. Despite this improvement, light crude gave up the gains and reversed as day before. Is the recent rally in crude oil running out of steam?
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Gold & Silver Trading Alert: Silver Finally Outperforms – How Bullish Is That?
April 11, 2014, 5:13 PMSilver moved above the previous April highs yesterday and it finally outperformed gold and mining stocks (it was not hard to outperform the latter as miners declined). So... we saw a strong bullish signal (white metals sometimes lead the yellow one)... Or did we? In mid-March it was silver's outperformance that marked the final top and the beginning of a significant decline. You'll find our take on the situation in today's alert.
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Bitcoin Trading Alert: This Move Up in Bitcoin Might Be a Fake One
April 11, 2014, 5:13 PMBitcoin declined heavily yesterday. It went more than 15% down compared with the previous day’s close and there was an explosion in volume. This was a classic slump but today the price has gone up, recovering most of yesterday's losses. Is this a good time to go long? Read this alert to get to know our opinion.
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Forex Trading Alert: GBP/USD - Double Top or Further Rally?
April 11, 2014, 7:58 AMEarlier today, the greenback moved higher against the British pound after better-than-expected jobless claims data, which showed that the number of people filing for initial jobless benefits in the week ending April 4 declined to an almost seven year low. Will this drop in British currency trigger a bigger correction? What is the technical picture of cable? We invite you to read our today's Forex Trading Alert.
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Interest Rate Hikes on the Horizon? Not Likely.
April 9, 2014, 10:25 AMIn my previous essay I discussed the link between gold and real rates. Today I will focus on the rates themselves. From time to time we can hear that the rates are about to be raised, or that investors fear the "inevitable" interest rate hike. Just how inevitable can it be, if we have been hearing about it for years now and seen none at all? What does this have to do with gold? I invite you to read today's April-Market-Overview-based essay and find out.
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Bitcoin Trading Alert: Are We About to See another Move down?
April 9, 2014, 5:01 AMYesterday, the implications of volume were different for traders on BitStamp and BTC-e. Is this confirmed by the action today? What kind of short-term outlook prevails at the moment? Read our alert to find out.
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Oil Trading Alert: Important Resistance Broken. What’s Next?
April 8, 2014, 5:26 AMCrude oil gained 0.63% on Friday as solid jobs report and doubts over the oil export from Libya pushed the price higher. In this way, light crude broke above an important resistance level and closed the day above $101 per barrel. Will crude oil extend gains in the near future? If you want to know our take on this question, we invite you to read our today's Oil Trading Alert.
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Stock Trading Alert: Friday’s selloff – new downtrend or just a short-term pullback?
April 7, 2014, 8:30 AMS&P 500 has reversed lower after setting new record high. Technology stocks slammed hardest, as Nasdaq 100 lost 2.7% on Friday.
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Stock Trading Alert: Stocks continue long-term uptrend
April 3, 2014, 3:31 PMS&P 500, DJIA at new all-time highs. Investors hope for more gains.
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Forex Trading Alert: U.S. Dollar Extends Gains
April 3, 2014, 3:30 PMEarlier today, the U.S. currency moved higher against the euro as the European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged (at a record-low 0.25%) and later ECB President Mario Draghi comments weighted on the common currency. What happened with other currency pairs? What is their current outlook? If you want to know our take on this question, we invite you to read our today's Forex Trading Alert.
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Oil Trading Alert: Crude Oil Extends Losses
April 3, 2014, 5:51 AMOn Wednesday, crude oil lost 0.42% as fears about sluggish demand and talks between the Libyan government and protestors weighted on the price. Because of these circumstances, light crude declined for the third time in a row and closed the day slightly above $99 per barrel.
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Oil Trading Alert: Crude Oil Drops Below $100
April 2, 2014, 2:56 PMOn Tuesday, crude oil lost 1.84% as expectations for an eleventh straight weekly increase in domestic crude stockpiles weighed on the price. In this way, light crude declined below $100 a barrel for the first time in a week and closed the day at $99.69.
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Gold & Silver Trading Alert: Time for a Breather?
April 2, 2014, 2:56 PMGenerally, everything that we wrote in our previous alerts remains up-to-date – precious metals are likely to move lower in the coming weeks – and the thing that we would like to emphasize today is that even if we see an upward correction, it will likely not be anything more than just that – a correction. Why? Because of the confirmed breakouts and breakdowns. You'll find details in today's alert.
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Forex Trading Alert: U.S. Dollar Remains Mixed
April 1, 2014, 8:59 AMEarlier today, the U.S. currency moved higher against the British pound after data showed that U.K. manufacturing PMI fell to an eight-month low of 55.3 in March (from 56.2 in February), while analysts had expected an increase to 56.7. Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar declined against its Australian counterpart after the Reserve Bank of Australia left interest rates unchanged. Will today’s U.S. economic reports support the greenback later in the trading day? Before we know the answer to this question, let’s take a look at the current situation in major currency pairs. We invite you to read our today's Forex Trading Alert.
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Bitcoin Trading Alert: Moving up to $500 but Is This to Last?
April 1, 2014, 8:53 AMYesterday, Bitcoin moved up and down, finally stopping slightly below the previous close. The volume was relatively significant and the action yesterday seemed to indicate that a significant move was possible. Are we seeing such a move now? Read on to get to know our opinion on that.
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