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Banks:  You can’t live without them;  You can’t shoot them.  But you sure wish you could.  I looked up “scandal” in the dictionary today.  It said, “see ‘Banks’”. The European Commission has revealed that it has issued a Statement of Objections to 13 different financial institutions, accusing them of colluding “to prevent exchanges from...

This pair continues in a strong bearish trend and it is expected to fall further this week. However, we must be very aware. The EURUSD continues forming a higher low pattern below the 200 day moving average and above the support at the 1.2992 level. If the pair manages to break this support, it is […]

Pound Sterling – it was a mixed week for the Pound as it began the week down against the US Dollar as it declined to its lowest-level in more than two weeks ahead of the sale of UK government bonds. Against the Euro, Sterling weakened for the first time in three days. On Tuesday it advanced […]

The FTSE 100 has been regaining some of the ground today that it had lost last week after investors over-reacted to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s announcement that it would be taking no immediate actions to adjust interest rates.  But the International Airlines Group (LSE:IAG) was not doing its part, as its share price declined 3.30 […]

The EURUSD continues to develop its bearish trend in the medium term. The formation of bearish patterns will be important to continue to consolidate in the current trend. This pair is forming a higher low pattern below the 200 day moving average and above the support at the 1.3048 level. If the EURUSD manages to […]

It’s a game of good news / bad news for Carpetright (LSE:CPR) shareholders this morning.  But investors have responded positively today, pushing the share price up 13.0 pence (2.15% ) to 618.50 upon release of the company’s full-year results ending 27 April. Reading the report, one senses that Neil Page, Finance Director, and Darren Shapland, […]

Early this morning Asda supermarkets announced that they would slash the price of unleaded and diesel by 2 pence per litre beginning Tuesday, 25 June.  It appears that Sainsbury’s (LSE:SBRY), Morrisons (LSE:WM) and Tesco (LSE:TSCO) will immediately follow suit. What was described as “a flurry of price cuts” is being promoted as big news by the […]

Pound Sterling – Despite an improving picture emerging for the health of the UK economy, this week was one of declines against the US Dollar. On Monday the Pound was little changed against the Euro and US Dollar due to an industry report showing that home sellers raised their asking prices for a sixth-straight month […]

It’s almost impossible to believe how much one economy, and one man at one central bank, can affect the entire world with one short speech about his financial strategy.  But Ben Bernanke got the world to play the game of “Ring Around the Rosie” by doing just that yesterday afternoon.  “We all fall down.” As […]

When every other stock market around the globe is having a sell-off for two consecutive days now, it is cannot be denied that the colour of the day is red. Since Uncle Ben Bernanke issued his statement yesterday, virtually every major stock market in the world was mired in red, as if also bleeding upon […]