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House price growth to slow
Rising interest rates and weaker first home buyer activity will lead to slower house price growth in 2010, a leading economic forecaster says.
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Homebuilders, Banks Selloff Despite Risk Rally
The broader rally for riskier assets, which is pushing equities markets and commodities prices higher in trading today, has failed to spur demand for shares in the embattled homebuilder and banking sectors.
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Strong New Zealand Dollar Makes Alan Bollard Unhappy
The New Zealand dollar extended its rally today, making Alan Bollard, the governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, unhappy as he worries that the strong currency impedes the economic recovery.
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Forex Trading Journal: Trade Update and New Trade Setup
Last Friday I ended with a trade on the Gbp/Jpy and I ended up Losing -18 pips on the trade but I am up a total of +250 pips. This was a great trade because there were some lessons to be learned and now we all get to learn. I know that it sounds
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EU Morning Report – US Retail Sales disappoint the markets c
Markets on Friday saw volatility pick up across the board with the EURUSD’s trading range over 100 pips. Retail sales on Friday came in weaker than expected for the month at -1.2% however this is not expected to have a great impact on underlying
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US Market Update – 6/14/10
US equity markets opened higher this morning, following broad strength in Asian and European markets. It has been a quiet session so far, with no earnings or economic data releases on the calendar, investors’ better appetite for risk continues to
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Copper up 2% as euro, equities recover
Copper rose two per cent on Monday as risk aversion receded in the wider markets, with the euro recovering and equities and oil also bouncing strongly. Three-month copper on the LME was trading at $6,600 a tonne at 0740 GMT compared with $6,479 a
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Dollar may fall under pressure!
The Euro broke the resistance 1.2127 which we said that it “will be very positive for the short term”, and successfully reached the first suggested target 1.2176, confirming the “break of the downtrend” which we talked about on Friday. There is n
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Positive Forecasts for Pound Brought Currency Higher
The Great Pound strengthened today, erasing its losses against the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen, amid the speculations that the central bank will raise the interest rates after forecasts promised that the economic growth would accelerate and
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USD pares gains on construction spending surge
USD traded at a 15 month high Tuesday supported by European debt worries and bank concern and in reaction to weak PMI data from China. There are rumors circulating that ratings agencies may downgrade France and Italy’s sovereign debt ratings.
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Top fund veteran's take on euro woes
Europe once offered relative safety to investors with an international appetite. Lately, however, the seemingly familiar terrain has become shaky ground. Emerging markets in South America and Asia seem stable by comparison.
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EURUSD: Risk Opens Up Towards 1.2353/1.2771.
EURUSD saw a respite the past week halting its strong medium term declines and triggering a recovery higher to close the week at 1.2110.


