Facebook Inc. announced better-than-expected results during the third quarter of this year, but revenue and the number of active users failed to meet estimates. The results of the business of the company that owns the social networking site revealed that the net profit amounted to 9.19 billion dollars in the …
Read More »Oil Prices Fall Amid Fears of a Global Economic Slowdown
Oil prices continued to decline for the second day in a row, after the strong gains they achieved at the end of last week’s trading. Pressures on oil prices increased at the beginning of this week after a number of reports were issued by investment banks and institutions warning of …
Read More »Turkish Lira Recovers
The Turkish lira jumped more than 1.5 percent on Tuesday in its biggest rally since mid-June, recovering from its biggest-ever drop the previous day, as Ankara and its Western allies weathered a potential diplomatic crisis. Ten foreign embassies said on Monday that they are committed to foreign agreements of non-interference …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session 25-10-2021
Gold prices, Monday, sum up the whole market scene in terms of market sentiment and risk appetite. The yellow metal rose about 1% as a retreat in U.S. bond yields and persisting worries about inflation lifted the safe-haven asset ahead of major central bank meetings later on during the current …
Read More »Will Evergrande become an electric carmaker?
China’s Evergrande is starting to pay its overdue debt and restart some of its stalled real estate projects, but it is signaling that it wants to move away from housing and focus on building electric vehicles.According to Chinese state media, Chairman Xu Jiayin announced that the firm wants to make …
Read More »Gold prices rise as bond yields retreat
Gold prices rose about 1% on Monday, as a retreat in U.S. bond yields and persisting worries about inflation lifted the safe-haven asset ahead of major central bank meetings this week.The U. S. dollar rebounded and closed up on the day, but that failed to impact the rally in the …
Read More »EUR/USD retreats on Eurozone economy expectations
The EUR/USD has been trading on a bullish trend throughout the last two weeks, with an increase from 1.1520s to 1.1660s, although this climb was more of a reaction of the larger downtrend, and it seems to have ended now.The US economy is speeding up again, as it enters another …
Read More »Why is IFO Business Index for Germany Disappointing?
The IFO Institute’s Business Climate index for Germany declined to 97.7 in September, which is significantly below expectations of a 98.2 result. The unexpected drop in business sentiment was the fact that the August reading for the index released in September was revised slightly upward to 98.9 from 98.8.This forex …
Read More »U. S. Shares continue surging on corporate earnings
U.S. stocks rose as traders watch earnings reports from technology heavyweights including Facebook, while keeping in mind inflation-related concerns and rising Covid-19 risks. Energy and materials sectors are on the lead of the S&P 500 higher after the index whipsawed traders at the start of Monday’s U. S. session. PayPal …
Read More »Fed member: U. S. community banks under threat
Regulation and low profits pose threats to the U. S. community banking sector according to Michelle Bowman; member of the Federal Reserve Board.Speaking to a community bankers’ symposium at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Bowman noted that only 44 new banks had been chartered in the last decade.Bowman said …
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