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3rd Quarter Growth Ends Recession in Canada
As expected, Canada’s third quarter real Gross Domestic Product showed positive growth of 0.1 ...
Investors Turning to the Swiss Franc
Investors are turning their attention to the Swiss Franc and are using US dollars to fund the purcha...
Dubai Will Not Cover Dubai World’s Losses
Abu Dhabi – Dubai’s largest stock market – lost a record 8.3 percent after Dubai&#...
Dubai not distressed, Dollar gets dumped!
Is that it? Dubai World’s problems are just a blip on our confidence radar. Is ther...
VIX is up 21% on this shortened trading day
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Canada’s Current Account Gap Grows
Statistics Canada said this morning that Canada’s current account deficit increased in the thi...
UK to Reveal Recession Worse Than Expected
Chancellor Alistair Darling said yesterday that “new data has shown that most economies, ours ...
Dubai World Debt Scare Jolts Markets
Markets in Asia and Europe opened lower this morning as fears continue to grow over the potential fa...
Dubai Debacle drives Dollar Higher
While giving thanks yesterday, North American consumers watched world equity indices plunge into a Ã...
Euro/Usd takes out stops at 1.5000, carry trades unwinding on Dubai news, Euro/Jpy below 130.00 now.
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Dubai World continues to rattle risk appetite on reschedule of debt repayments
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Japan’s Gov’t Says Action May Be Needed to Stem Rise in Yen
Japan’s Finance Minister, Hirohisa Fujii, said today that the government is “very closel...
Oil Falls Over Demand Uncertainty
Oil prices fell to $77.36 a barrel in mid-day trading in Europe today as concern grows over demand f...
Dubai World Debt Problems a Concern For Markets
Dubai World – a state-controlled investment company specializing in massive infrastructure pro...
Dollar gets a get out of jail card, temporarily at least
Holidays are supposed to be boring for markets. However, last night was a different matter. It seems...
Minutes Show FOMC Worried Low Rates Could Boost Speculation
Publically, the Federal Reserve has been consistently on-message with its assertion that interest ra...
US Weekly Jobless Claims Under 500,000
For the first time since mid-September, 2008, the US weekly new jobless claims came in under 500,000...
A 1.4800-1.5100 exotic Double No Touch option is slated to roll off next Monday
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Consumer Spending Increases More Than Expected
Consumer spending rose more than expected in October gaining 0.7 percent over September. Federal Res...