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GBP/USD looking bearish – technical analysis | Forex Crunch

GBP/USD looking bearish – technical analysisForex News | Written By Dimitry Loukashov |

Created: Feb 24, 2014 17:30 GMT; Last Modified: Feb 24, 2014 17:32 GMT

The H4 trend has a bearish direction. Note that the likely potential for the movement will continue, until the price reaches the daily rising support line. At the moment, both ParabolicSAR and the RSI(14) confirm the […]

Stocks end higher but fall short of record high | Stock market | The …

Originally published February 24, 2014 at 6:27 AM | Page modified February 25, 2014 at 6:27 AM

NEW YORK — The stock market ended higher Monday, but a late fade kept it from closing at an all-time high.The market marched broadly higher most of the day, helped by optimism about the economy and more corporate mergers, only to slowly […]

Putting Privacy First in Big Data Technologies | Re/code

As big data has evolved beyond buzzword status to become a substantive force that is helping business, government and individuals gain helpful insights, the issue of data privacy has moved to the forefront. While the quest for insight has rarely been stronger or more necessary, concern over protecting the privacy interests of individuals has given many parties pause.Looking at health […]

Aaii sentiment survey: pessimism rises to highest level since august

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackny/Short-term pessimism among individual investors rose to levels not seen last since last August, according to the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Meanwhile, bullish sentiment fell for the fifth time in six weeks. Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, fell 4.3 percentage points to 27.9 percent. This is the lowest level of optimism registered […]

US stock rally will survive emerging market crisis: BMO – Financial Post

Fears over a growing emerging market crisis have hit stocks hard in the past month, but BMO Capital Markets is telling investors to relax.“To be sure, U.S. markets are likely to behave much better with emerging market strength, but we strongly disagree with the notion that higher U.S. stock prices require emerging market participation,” said Brian Belski, BMO’s chief investment […]

Why the only thing better than big data is bigger data – Quartz

For many businesses, big data is superfluous. Except, a recently-published paper on the mathematics of big data reveals, when it isn’t. It turns out there is a kind of data that, like black holes or evil wizards of Middle Earth, only becomes more powerful the larger it grows. What’s more, suggest researchers Enric Junqué de Fortuny, David Martens and Foster […]

Stock Market News for January 29, 2014 – Zacks Investment Research

A more optimistic outlook on emerging markets and promising consumer data helped benchmarks rebound to a positive finish after three consecutive sessions of losses. In fact, the Dow snapped its five-day rout and was 10 points short of a 100-point gain. Pfizer’s earnings beat also helped benchmarks buck the downtrend. Investors will now closely watch what the Federal Reserve has […]

Does High-Frequency Trading Change The Game? | Bankrate.com

As long as there have been markets, people have been driven by greed to make irrational investment decisions. When enough people get in on the action, valuations — the prices of securities — go haywire, soaring to obscene heights and then crashing in a shower of crushed dreams.Chasing performance, taking on excessive risk and selling at inopportune times are all […]

“The Worst Day of 2014″ – The Reformed Broker

Today was the first truly bad day of 2014 for the stock market. The Dow closed down 175, although off the lows, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 shed half a percent each. In the recent past, these have been shrugged off. But that was in the pre-taper environment, when dips were scarce and corrections were federally outlawed.
Today “felt” different […]

Should We Wallow In The Rising Stock Market? [SPDR S&P 500 …

by David John Marotta and Megan RussellKeynesian economists have cited the rising U.S. stock market as evidence that the economy is picking up steam. Then they’ve been surprised by the unemployment and lack of hiring. The stock market, despite record highs, is not correlated to the performance of the overall economy.The misery index is an economic indicator of unemployment plus […]