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NZD/USD Signals Bullish Continuation after the RBNZ Rate Hike …

RBNZ Raises OCR from 2.75% to 3.00%The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) was expected to raise the Official Cash Rate (OCR) from 2.75% to 3.00%. This is the 2nd rate hike from the 2.50% OCR that persisted since March, 2011. The RBNZ statement noted inflationary pressure several times, so it might pay to pay extra attention to inflation data […]

The Stock Market Could Be Your Last Chance For A Happy Retirement

There was a time when cash was king, but it lost its crown in March 2009 when the Bank of England slashed base rates to 0.5%.If you had saved £10,000 in cash five years ago, and earned an average return of 2% a year, your money would have grown to just £11,041.At that rate of return, cash can’t guarantee you […]

Morning technical analysis – 18 February 2014 | Alpari Newsroom …

Morning technical analysis – 18 February 2014February 18, 2014 by Craig Erlam in Technical analysisEURUSDThe euro is creeping higher against the dollar again this morning but once again, the pair is clearly running into resistance near those previous highs of 1.3739 and the 61.8 fib level, 27 December highs to 3 February lows. The pair could be showing overbought signs […]

HomeTrust Bancshares & Jefferson Bancshares Deal: Another …

Lately, small regional and community bank stocks have been written on as the ‘Trade of the Decade. ‘
In the aftermath of the real estate and credit crisis, bank stocks collapsed in value and many of the smaller ones were valued at a fraction of their tangible book value. As regulators rushed to close the barn door (after the horse got […]

Buy ZJO to gain junior oil stock exposure: National Bank | Financial …

North American junior oil stocks are on the rise and could provide double-digit gains from current levels, says a new report from National Bank Financial.Pat Chiefalo, the bank’s exchange-traded fund strategist, said the Dow Jones North America Select Junior Oil index recently breached 4,600 after several attempts, setting up a potential upside for the benchmark of 10% to 15%.“The index […]

Why You Should Buy Businesses, Not Forecasts | Benzinga

As the New Year gets under way there has been lots of predictions, discussion, ruminations and outright guesses about what will happen in the stock market over the next 12 months.
The truth is that this is unknowable in advance. There is a lot that can go right, as many global economies are showing signs of improvement, but there is also […]

usdjpy-forecast-for-the-week-of-december-30-2013-technical-analysis

Get Forex buy/sell signals directly to your email and by SMS. To learn more click hereThe USD/JPY pair rose during the balance of the week, closing above the 105 level. This was an area that we’ve been targeting for some time now, and it appears that we are free to go much higher at this point. We would expect a […]

WFE World Stock Market Capitalization – Business Insider

Carpe DiemIt’s well-known that the U.S. stock market breached all-time record levels repeatedly in recent months.
But what about the rest of the world?According to new data from the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the combined market cap of the world’s major stock markets hit an all-time high in November.We first read about this on Professor Mark Perry’s Carpe Diem blog. […]

BreakingTT: Trading suspended on OCZ stock, price frozen at $0.63 …

Today it appears that the ongoing saga of OCZ’s roller coaster ride on the stock market has finally came to an end. Earlier this morning, weeks of ups and downs in the company’s share price as well as rumors of massive financial troubles finally came to a head when trading was halted on the SSD manufactures stock.
Trading was suspended […]