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Europe pays farmers to destroy food hit by Russian ban

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Europe pays farmers to destroy food hit by Russian ban

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Last week EUR/USD was sidelined between its 1.3336/33 current August lows and the upper pennant line at 1.3419, notes Commerzbank. “The near term risk is still for a corrective rebound towards the three month downtrend line at 1.3452 to unfold. A daily close below 1.3333 is needed to trigger furt…

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EUR/USD: Await Breakout; AUD/USD: Sell Into 55d AVG – Commerzbank

Last week EUR/USD was sidelined between its 1.3336/33 current August lows and the upper pennant line at 1.3419, notes Commerzbank. “The near term risk is still for a corrective rebound towards the three month downtrend line at 1.3452 to unfold. A daily close below 1.3333 is needed to trigger furt…

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EUR/USD: Await Breakout; AUD/USD: Sell Into 55d AVG – Commerzbank

Last week EUR/USD was sidelined between its 1.3336/33 current August lows and the upper pennant line at 1.3419, notes Commerzbank. “The near term risk is still for a corrective rebound towards the three month downtrend line at 1.3452 to unfold. A daily close below 1.3333 is needed to trigger furt…

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EUR/USD: Await Breakout; AUD/USD: Sell Into 55d AVG – Commerzbank

London home sellers cut asking prices by the most in more than six years this month, adding to signs that the property market in the U.K. capital is coming off the boil. London values fell 5.9 percent from the previous month to an average 552,783 pounds ($922,300), the biggest drop since December…

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London Home Asking Prices Plunge Most in More Than Six Years

London home sellers cut asking prices by the most in more than six years this month, adding to signs that the property market in the U.K. capital is coming off the boil. London values fell 5.9 percent from the previous month to an average 552,783 pounds ($922,300), the biggest drop since December…

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London Home Asking Prices Plunge Most in More Than Six Years

London home sellers cut asking prices by the most in more than six years this month, adding to signs that the property market in the U.K. capital is coming off the boil. London values fell 5.9 percent from the previous month to an average 552,783 pounds ($922,300), the biggest drop since December…

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London Home Asking Prices Plunge Most in More Than Six Years

Dukascopy CEO, Alain Broyon, is leaving his post as CEO of Dukascopy Bank due to what is being described as “private and personal reasons.” The timing of the change occurs as Broyon and Dukascopy had mentioned to Forex Magnates’ representatives in May of the brokerage achieving record volume results…

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Alain Broyon Stepping down as CEO of Dukascopy Bank

Dukascopy CEO, Alain Broyon, is leaving his post as CEO of Dukascopy Bank due to what is being described as “private and personal reasons.” The timing of the change occurs as Broyon and Dukascopy had mentioned to Forex Magnates’ representatives in May of the brokerage achieving record volume results…

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Alain Broyon Stepping down as CEO of Dukascopy Bank

The S&P 500 could hit 2,500 within the next 18 months to two years, Barron’s reported on Sunday, citing its interview with Stephen Auth, chief investment officer, equities at Federated Investors. Auth oversees a staff that runs about $50 billion in assets. A robust U.S. economy growing at an a…

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Federated Investors sees S&P 500 at 2,500 in two years: Barron’s

The S&P 500 could hit 2,500 within the next 18 months to two years, Barron’s reported on Sunday, citing its interview with Stephen Auth, chief investment officer, equities at Federated Investors. Auth oversees a staff that runs about $50 billion in assets. A robust U.S. economy growing at an a…

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Federated Investors sees S&P 500 at 2,500 in two years: Barron’s

The S&P 500 could hit 2,500 within the next 18 months to two years, Barron’s reported on Sunday, citing its interview with Stephen Auth, chief investment officer, equities at Federated Investors. Auth oversees a staff that runs about $50 billion in assets. A robust U.S. economy growing at an a…

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Federated Investors sees S&P 500 at 2,500 in two years: Barron’s

“The United States stock market looks very expensive right now.” And with that, Yale professor Robert Shiller is at it again, telling us to worry. He’s got plenty of company these days among those who fear this bull market can’t possibly keep going. Shiller’s particularly uncomfortable about the …

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Robert Shiller tries to understand why stocks are ‘very expensive’

The past week saw a dynamic in financial markets that, not long ago, would have been deemed quite unusual: Prices of all kinds of assets, from safe government bonds to risky stocks, rose together. German bunds and U.S. Treasuries gained, pushing yields lower, as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index…

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Why Are Bonds and Stocks Acting Strangely?

In his opening statement at the Inflation Report press conference of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday, August 13, Bank of England (BoE) Governor Mark Carney painted a fairly positive picture of economic growth, while still having to admit problems with wages and productivity, but…

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Carney’s tightrope walk, too much slack on the line

For over two weeks now, EURUSD has frustrated both bears and bulls. After shedding 300 pips in July, the pair has now been contained to just a 110-pip range for over half of August. The recent price action has been particularly exasperating, but a developing technical pattern suggests that we may…

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EURUSD: Coiling for a Potential Breakout This Week

which showed how Bill Ackman had accumulated a massive 9.7% stake in AGN stock through call options, making him the largest stakeholder of the company. What happened after this fervent accumulation spree, driven by Ackman’s advance knowledge that Valeant would submit a bid for Allergan, is that n…

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Is The SEC Asking These Hedge Funds For An Explanation Why They All Rushed Into Allergan Last Quarter?

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose two points to 55 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for August, released today. This third consecutive monthly gain brings the index to its highest level since January. “As …

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Builder Confidence Rises Two Points in August