Dec 122017
 
FOREX-Dollar holds breath before Fed meeting; sterling, krone rise

Investors will be watching for the Fed's assessment of the health of the economy as that might change the market's views on the future path of borrowing costs. Bond markets anticipate two further rate hikes next year but Fed forecasters expect three. “Although we do not expect (Fed chair) Janet Yellen to …
See Original Article

Gold worries about getting replaced by Bitcoin

The market wasn't all that fixated on Tuesday's run of economic data, with currencies confined to tight ranges and US equities contemplating the latest pullback off record highs. This put the spotlight on the price of gold, with the yellow metal coming under intense pressure on worry over getting replaced …
See Original Article

Video: Couple puts life savings into mining Bitcoin

I was on CBC's national news broadcast yesterday talking about Bitcoin. We spoke for 30 minutes about all the ins-and-outs of Bitcoin and crypto and naturally it gets trimmed down to a 15-second clip, but that's the nature of TV news.
See Original Article

FOREX-Dollar firms after US jobs data, but off highs due to wages

The euro reduced losses versus the dollar, but still traded weaker at $1.1757, down just 0.1 percent. ======================================================== Currency bid prices at 9:12AM (1412 GMT) Description RIC Last U.S. Close Pct Change YTD Pct High Bid Low Bid Previous …
See Original Article

 Leave a Reply

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

(required)

(required)