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Stock Price Momentum Turned Down

Gold, Silver, and Copper confirmed a bullish trends by rising above highs of the previous 7 or more weeks. U.S. dollar ETF (UUP) confirmed a downside correction by falling below the lows of the previous 7 weeks. The S&P 500 Composite (SPX: 1,318.43) fell 0.57% on Thursd... Full story ›


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Jan 29 2012

ETF Rewind – Dollar Pullback | Week 4 | 01.27.12

Equities took an expected breather last week, but ultimately leaving the S&P 500 (SPY) down just a tenth of percent. Perhaps more interesting was the U.S. Dollar (UUP) pullback, leaving Commodities (DBC) commensurately overbought. Small Caps (IWM), Real Estate (IYR), Materials (XLB) and the Trans...


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Jan 28 2012

Investing with A Dovish Fed

By Charles Rotblut Earlier this week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to keep its interest rate target unchanged through at least late 2014. Just last month, the FOMC listed mid-2013 as the possible date for the first rate increase. Behind the decision were worsening... ***This is ...


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Jan 28 2012

OpenBook Traders Parlay U.K. Borrowing News...

We looked on OpenBook to see how our Sterling traders fared with the mixed bit of news on U.K. net borrowing, which was released earlier today. Sterling guru santosh has closed quite a few hedged positions in the GBP/USD pair over the past 24-hours, with a long closed out following the news relea...


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Jan 28 2012

Global Monetary Policy Week in Review - 28...

By Central Bank News The past week in monetary policy saw 2 central banks cutting interest rates (Israel -25bps to 2.50%, and Thailand -25bps to 3.00%), and 1 bank cutting its reserve ratio (India cut CRR 50bps to 5.50%). Meanwhile 7 central banks held rates unchanged (Japan 0.10%, India... ***Th...


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Jan 28 2012

U.K. Edges Closer to Double Dip and OpenBook...

News that the U.K. economy is edging closer to a double-dip recession is putting pressure on the Pound Sterling, which fell against the U.S. Dollar to 1.5581. On the OpenBook, traders are primarily short the GBP/USD. Guru santosh, who is generally very attune to the U.K. economy, only managed to ...


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