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After leaping decisively into positive territory in July, home builder sentiment pulled another surprise in August. …

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Home builder confidence surges despite slower sales

One of the concerns for investors is how markets keep powering higher despite all of the geopolitical turmoil: The grinding Syrian civil war that has spilled into Iraq, the clash between Israel and Gaza, the Crimea annexation and now the confrontation between Russia and Ukraine. That thinking get…

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War Does Nothing for Your Investments

The financial crisis was so traumatizing, people haven’t been able to stop worrying that it could happen again very soon. Questions like “when’s the next crash?” or “when will be the next bailouts?” have been talked about basically non-stop since 2009. According to Goldman, another real bust (by…

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Goldman: Here’s The Simple Reason We’re Probably Not About To Have Another Huge Crash

Foreign investors reduced their holdings of Canadian securities by $1.1 billion in June, following investment totalling $31.6 billion over the previous two months. Canadian investors continued their moderate investment in foreign securities by adding $2.0 billion to their portfolios in June. This…

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Canada’s international transactions in securities, June 2014

Russia’s foreign minister said talks on the conflict in Ukraine haven’t produced a resolution, with the only progress made being on humanitarian aid deliveries. The crisis, in which government troops have been battling pro-Russian separatists for months in the nation’s easternmost regions, can on…

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Ukraine Talks Stall as Russia Sees Only Progress on Aid

GBP/USD is trying to bounce near the key support at 1.6693 (see also the 38.2% retracement and the 200 day moving average). Hourly resistances stand at 1.6844 (13/08/2014 high) and 1.6893 (01/08/2014 high). In the longer term, the break of the major resistance at 1.7043 (05/08/2009 high) calls f…

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GBP/USD – Bouncing near the 200 day moving average

The bosses of Britain’s 100 biggest listed companies are earning on average 143 times more than their staff, according to data that exposes the growing imbalance between how the nation’s workforce and its business leaders are rewarded. The pay gap is widest at Rangold Resources, where boss Mark B…

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UK CEOs earning 143 times more than company averages, pay study shows

The BoE’s Governor Carney is certainly keeping Capital Market’s on its toes when it comes to signposting a potential shift in U.K interest rate policy. In overnight price action the pound gained ground against both the EUR (€0.8000) and USD (£1.6734) fueled by a Carney interview report over the…

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Governor Carney’s Chameleon Efforts Lift GBP

Russia on Monday said all objections to it sending a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine had been resolved but said no progress had been made in Berlin talks toward a ceasefire between government and rebel forces in the east of the country. Following the talks between Russia, Germany, France and Ukra…

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Russia says agreement reached on aid to Ukraine but not on ceasefire

Russia on Monday said all objections to it sending a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine had been resolved but said no progress had been made in Berlin talks toward a ceasefire between government and rebel forces in the east of the country. Following the talks between Russia, Germany, France and Ukra…

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Russia says agreement reached on aid to Ukraine but not on ceasefire

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Bundesbank doesn’t see turn in German economic fundamentals

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Bundesbank doesn’t see turn in German economic fundamentals

There has been lot’s of debate in the press and in academic circles over the last week or so about whether Italy’s latest contraction constitutes a triple dip recession or simply a continuation of what’s been going on over many many years. This is an interesting theoretical nicety, but in fact what…

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The Italian Runaway Train

There has been lot’s of debate in the press and in academic circles over the last week or so about whether Italy’s latest contraction constitutes a triple dip recession or simply a continuation of what’s been going on over many many years. This is an interesting theoretical nicety, but in fact what…

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The Italian Runaway Train

The first estimate for the euro area1 (EA18) trade in goods balance with the rest of the world in June 2014 gave a €16.8 billion surplus, compared with +€15.7 bn in June 2013. The May 20142 balance was +€15.4 bn, compared with +€14.6 bn in May 2013. In June 2014 compared with May 2014, seasonally …

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Euro area international trade in goods surplus €16.8 bn

The first estimate for the euro area1 (EA18) trade in goods balance with the rest of the world in June 2014 gave a €16.8 billion surplus, compared with +€15.7 bn in June 2013. The May 20142 balance was +€15.4 bn, compared with +€14.6 bn in May 2013. In June 2014 compared with May 2014, seasonally …

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Euro area international trade in goods surplus €16.8 bn

Scottish nationalists pressing for a Yes to independence in a referendum one month from today can add historical precedent to opinion polls that suggest the campaign to keep the U.K. intact will prevail. The CHART OF THE DAY shows analysis by Alan Renwick of Reading University of voting patterns…

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Referendum Record Points to Scotland No

Scottish nationalists pressing for a Yes to independence in a referendum one month from today can add historical precedent to opinion polls that suggest the campaign to keep the U.K. intact will prevail. The CHART OF THE DAY shows analysis by Alan Renwick of Reading University of voting patterns…

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Referendum Record Points to Scotland No

Swiss FX bank Dukascopy has set a new maximum order amount for its off-exchange binary options business, with a limit across all trading acconts having been set on Friday to be the equivalent to $1,000 in respective currencies. The company added binary options to its offering in February this yea…

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Dukascopy sets binary options maximum order limit to $1,000

Mario Draghi’s promise of cheap cash for banks betting on the euro-area revival is losing its allure. Economists in the Bloomberg Monthly Survey cut their estimate of the take-up of funds under a program designed to boost bank lending. The reduction signals concern that the outlook for the curre…

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Why Draghi’s Cheap Cash Offer to Banks May Lack Appeal