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No Bad Compromises Says Germany Today German Chancellor Angela Merkel proclaimed Greek Diplomatic Offensive Is Failing. Merkel’s Christian Democratic-led bloc in parliament has agreed not to...

Talking Points: US Dollar Chart Positioning Continues to Warn of Downturn S&P 500 Remains in Consolidation Mode Under 2100 Figure Crude Oil May Be Readying to Turn Lower Anew Below $59 US...

Looking at the upcoming Thursday session, it is apparent that the only real announcement of interest will be the Bank of England interest-rate decision. That being the case, we could get a little bit...

EUR/USDToday’s support: -1.1307, 1.1285 and 1.1255(main),where correction is possible. Break would give 1.1230, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.1205. Break of the latter would...

The Hoot Actionable ideas for the busy trader delivered daily right up front Thursday uncertain. ES pivot 2034.00. Holding below is bearish. Rest of week bias uncertain technically. Monthly outlook:...

The price of Crude Oil collapsed by more than 8 percent on Wednesday, and a decision by the European Central Bank has Greece at the precipice of a complete and total financial meltdown. What a...

I'm bullish on stocks and gold here. I'm bullish on stocks because there has been an onslaught of "gurus" who are suddenly bearish on stocks. Whenever you see that many ducks lined up and start...

The consensus headline figure for Friday's NFP release is 234K, but I will be paying far less attention to that number than the Average Hourly Earnings figure which will be released at the same time....

The halt of government bond issuance by Danmarks Nationalbank does not seem to have been the magic bullet in terms of easing DKK appreciation pressure. We expect further easing will be needed, which...

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) today cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial banks by 50bp effective from 5 February. For the largest bank the RRR will fall from 20.0% to...

Over the past hour or so, there has been an announcement about the Greek debt situation. I am not going to provide any explanation because I don’t really follow it. I am more concerned about...

Only one day after the RBA cut its benchmark interest rate, China’s central bank has also joined the easing factions by lowering their reserve requirement ratio by 0.5% down to 19.5%. The easing...

To add insult to injury on a tough day of trading, the ECB decided to make a news announcement regarding Greece in their debt negotiations. According to the announcement that came at 3:35 pm, Greece...

Financial markets let out a sigh of relief when they learned that the new Greek leftist government led by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has put aside its earlier demands that a large share of its debt...