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• US stocks jump on Fed; terror fears weigh in eurozone

  18-11-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street stocks marched higher Wednesday, greeting US Federal Reserve meeting minutes that suggested a likely interest rate increase in December based on greater confidence in the economy.
  
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• Deal news and bank gains send stock market solidly higher

  18-11-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. stocks notched their best day in nearly four weeks on Wednesday as investors welcomed new hints pointing to a Federal Reserve interest rate hike in coming weeks. Trader were also encouraged by more corporate deal news.
  
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• Wall Street rallies after Fed minutes solidify Dec. rate hike bets

  18-11-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. stocks closed higher on Wednesday and investors appeared positively inclined toward higher rates after minutes from the Federal Reserve October meeting showed a solid core of officials rallied behind a possible December rate hike. "I think the market is ready and comfortable for an increasing Fed funds rate," said Alan Rechtschaffen, portfolio manager at UBS Wealth Management Americas in New York. "We just have to turn this aircraft carrier around, get out of this zombie-like economy which
  
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• US DOLLAR Technical Analysis: USD Holds Support on FOMC Minutes

  18-11-2015 22:26
  
  The US Dollar remains a buy-the-dip currency as the US Dollar sits atop the G10 after the FOMC Minutes.
  
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• WTI Crude Oil Price Forecast: What Now That $40bbl Broke?

  18-11-2015 22:05
  
  Crude Oil Technical Strategy: Focus on Testing YTD Lows of $37.73
  
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• Is There Another Recession Around the Corner?

  18-11-2015 21:22 via rocketnews.com
  The real estate market is up for the first time in years and banks are becoming more willing to lend money. However, this may not be the case for long. Stocks have fallen about 10 percent, leaving them just 10 percent shy of the mark that defines a recession. There have also been several warning signs to indicate that we might be experiencing a peak before another recession.
  In fact, according to a prediction using the same model that successfully predicted the 1987 crash, another recession was
  
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• Refusing to Wait, Paul Ryan Gets Ready to Push Tax Reform

  18-11-2015 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Newly ensconced House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-WI) signaled over the weekend that he may be a short-timer as the top leader in Congress. Asked during an interview with Scott Pelley of CBS’s 60 Minutes program how long he imagines being speaker, Ryan replied: “Fourteen months for now is what I know – for the rest of this term.”  While many assume he will be sticking around for a lot longer than that, Ryan clearly is a man in a hurry with a big policy agenda to promote
  
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• Apple, health stocks boost U.S. indexes; Fed minutes awaited

  18-11-2015 19:00 via rocketnews.com
  By Abhiram NandakumarREUTERS – Wall Street was higher on Wednesday, boosted by Apple and healthcare stocks, as investors treaded water ahead of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s October meeting that could help clarify the central bank’s position on a December rate hike. Apple’s shares were up 2.6 percent at $116.65 after Goldman Sachs added the iPhone maker to its “conviction buy” list, saying it sees potential for the stock gaining as much as 43 percent from
  
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• Apple, health stocks boost indexes; Fed minutes awaited

  18-11-2015 18:59 via rocketnews.com
  By Abhiram Nandakumar(Reuters) – Wall Street was higher on Wednesday, boosted by Apple and healthcare stocks, as investors treaded water ahead of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s October meeting that could help clarify the central bank’s position on a December rate hike.
  Apple’s shares <AAPL.O> were up 2.6 percent at $116.65 after Goldman Sachs added the iPhone maker to its “conviction buy” list, saying it sees potential for the stock gaining as much a
  
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• EUR/USD Risks Fresh Monthly Lows on Hawkish FOMC Minutes

  18-11-2015 17:35
  
  EUR/USD may extend the decline from earlier this month should the FOMC Minutes boost expectations for a December rate-hike.
  
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• Price & Time: USD/CAD – It’s Showtime

  18-11-2015 16:25
  
  USD/CAD faces near important timing test and the 1.3460 price level remains a critical area for the cross.
  
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• GBP/USD Ranges Ahead of FOMC Minutes

  18-11-2015 16:10
  
  The GBP/USD is consolidating in a 56 pip range ahead of today’s FOMC meeting minutes. Learn today’s pivot trading values with the Chart of the Day.
  
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• Target raises earnings forecast after profit rises

  18-11-2015 15:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nandita Bose CHICAGO (Reuters) - Target Corp on Wednesday reported a bigger-than-expected increase in quarterly profit and raised the low end of its fiscal-year forecast as revenue got a boost from strong demand for products at the center of the retailer's turnaround plan. Under Chief Executive Officer Brian Cornell, Target has focused on promoting a narrower set of products, or "signature categories," that include apparel and items for children, babies and health and wellness. "The third qua
  
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• President Xi Warns That China Faces Considerable Downward Pressure

  18-11-2015 14:49
  
  Chinese President Xi Jinping may have just given the world a warning sign of what is to come.
  
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• GBP/USD: according to trend

  18-11-2015 14:40 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics:  Current trend At the beginning of November, the GBP/USD pair fell sharply amid strong US statistics and a growth in the demand for the USD. For several months, the demand for the US currency has been fueled by expectations of a hike in the US interest rates. Favorable labour market statistics strengthened these expectations. At the same time, before interest rates are raised, 2% ...
  
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• FOMC Minutes Later Today - USD Set for October 28 Redux

  18-11-2015 14:00
  
  The details of the change in the Fed's calculus could prove to be a driver of US Dollar strength.
  
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• Silver Price Is Targeting Its Yearly Low

  18-11-2015 13:46
  
  Silver price slides below last week’s low and triggered a sell signal in line with our outlook
  
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• EUR/USD: ahead of FOMC minutes

  18-11-2015 12:09 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: Current trendYesterday, the EUR/USD continue declining despite of weak Industrial Production statistics, released in the US. Today, the pair is gaining back its losses, but expectations of FOMC minutes may halt the growth in the pair.Market participants are turning their attention back to the difference between Fed and ECB monetary policies. While the ECB is getting more likely to extend its ...
  
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• Tencent’s WeBank looking to raise $1 billion in funding round – source

  18-11-2015 12:03 via rocketnews.com
  HONG KONG (Reuters) – WeBank, the online finance arm of Chinese tech firm Tencent Holdings Ltd <0700.HK>, is looking to raise about $1 billion to expand its lending business and other financial services, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. WeBank, launched in January, plans to hold discussions primarily with private equity investors over the next couple of months, said the person, who declined to be identified as the matter has not been announced. WeBank did not
  
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• Tencent’s WeBank looking to raise $1 bln in funding round -source

  18-11-2015 12:00 via rocketnews.com
  HONG KONG, Nov 18 (Reuters) – WeBank, the online finance armof Chinese tech firm Tencent Holdings Ltd, is looking
  to raise about $1 billion to expand its lending business and
  other financial services, a person with knowledge of the matter
  said on Wednesday. WeBank, launched in January, plans to hold discussions
  primarily with private equity investors over the next couple of
  months, said the person, who declined to be identified as the
  matter has not been announced. WeBank did not reply to
  
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• USD/JPY: will BoJ cut its interest rate?

  18-11-2015 10:28 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: Current trendRecent macroeconomic statistics, released in Japan, indicated that GDP declined in the third quarter. The country is facing a slowdown both in its economy and inflation.Tomorrow, the Bank of Japan announces its interest rate decision. The Regulator is likely to be pressed to add more stimulus to support the country's economy that will affect the national currency.Today, ...
  
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• FTSE 100: Commodity Markets Wants to See The FTSE 100 at 6040

  18-11-2015 09:35
  
  Commodity markets worked great to predict last week's losses. And they have not improved as the FTSE 100 has rallied. The currently imply that the FTSE 100 should be trading closer to 6040.
  
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• DAX 30: Momentum Slows Down, FOMC Minutes on Tap

  18-11-2015 09:17
  
  Swing traders which have been long will probably book profits near the current levels, while traders expecting a Christmas rally will keep their positions.
  
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• US Dollar May Extend Gains as Fed Minutes Foreshadow Rate Hike

  18-11-2015 07:33
  
  The US Dollar may find fuel for another push upward as minutes from October’s Federal Reserve policy meeting foreshadow an interest rate hike at next month’s sit-down.
  
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• Copper Surplus Faces Falling Premiums; Gold Slides before Fed Minutes

  18-11-2015 07:15
  
  USD strength and fundamental weakness prolonged commodities rout. Copper slid as stocks build, while gold lost favors before Fed’s minutes
  
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• News of the day. Wednesday 18.11.2015

  18-11-2015 07:12 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: Today, the main suppliers of macroeconomic data are going to be Switzerland, Canada and the US. At 12:00 pm (GMT+2), November’s ZEW Survey Expectations is due in Switzerland that serves as an indicator of economic optimism and measures the ratio of optimists and pessimists in business community. The indicator has been growing or three months already and its further increase will strengthen the ...
  
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• China Real Estate Market Recovery Slows in October

  18-11-2015 05:32
  
  The Chinese real estate market recovery slowed in October as 27 of the 70 cities that are monitored showed price inflation as opposed to 39 in September.
  
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• Traders Not as Confident of Fed Hike as Markets, Economists

  18-11-2015 04:25
  
  A hawkish outlook for the Fed is gaining serious traction in the market, but not everyone is convinced. Will the speculative ranks hold the Dollar back…or perhaps fuel the next bull leg?
  
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• EUR/GBP Technical Analysis: Euro Drops to 3-Month Low

  18-11-2015 04:15
  
  The Euro resumed its decline against the British Pound after a brief bout of sideways consolidation, dropping to the lowest level in over three months.
  
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• Dollar Unmoved After China Treasury Holdings Hit a 7 Month Low

  18-11-2015 03:41
  
  The US Dollar showed a tepid reaction after TIC flows suggested foreign countries are preparing for a rate hike by the Fed as early as next month.
  
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• Asian shares tentative, dollar shines on Fed outlook

  18-11-2015 01:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian share markets were cautious on Wednesday as another bomb scare in Europe days after the deadly Paris attacks left investors in a contemplative mood, giving a boost to safe-haven U.S. bonds and the dollar. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan were little changed, while a softer yen helped Japan's Nikkei rise 1.0 percent. Wall Street shares ceded earlier gains to end almost flat on Tuesday after German authorities called off a soccer g
  
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• Hedge fund Achievement Asset to shut down after energy losses

  18-11-2015 00:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hedge fund Achievement Asset Management is shutting its doors after suffering losses on energy market bets this year, becoming the latest investment firm to return capital to clients in a year many managers have struggled to make money. The Chicago-based firm, run by Joseph Scoby, plans to return $875 million to clients by the end of the year, according to published reports in Crain's Chicago Business and the Wall Street Journal. The fund lost roughly 7 percent this year as its bets on corporate
  
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• NZD/USD Technical Analysis: Short Trade Activated Sub-0.65

  18-11-2015 00:30
  
  The New Zealand Dollar broke through another level of chart support, hinting that a move below the 0.64figure against its US counterpart is in the cards ahead.
  
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