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With a light calendar of releases, the U.S. Treasury market is expected to remain flat ahead of two key measures on the economy coming out later in the week. A report due Thursday is expected to show retail sales in the U.S. climbed 0.6 percent in May, up from the 0.1 percent gain in April....

ETF Outlook for Tuesday, June 3, 2014: iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (NYSE: FXI) The May HSBC manufacturing PMI rose to a four-month high last night in China when it came in at 49.7. A reading above 50 represents expansion and the May number is getting close to that level once again...

ETF Outlook for Wednesday, May 28, 2014 iShares MSCI Germany ETF (NYSE: EWG) A 1.9 percent rally in the price of EWG helped the ETF close at the best level in over six years. All year the ETF had struggled to close above $32 after coming close several times. The entire Eurozone rallied to...

U.S. stocks declined for the second straight day after investors and traders digested disappointing earnings from retailers and economic reports were disappointing. The Dow suffered a triple-digit point loss and declined one percent after the retailer giant Wal-Mart failed to "wow" investors....

U.S. stocks declined as tensions continue to mount in Ukraine. Russia requested an emergency session with the United Nations Security Council over a recent operation conducted by Ukraine where at least seven people were killed in the town of Slavyansk. Ukraine's interim President Oleksandr...

The eurozone's economy is showing some vitality, after several stunning years of financial setback. Eurostat, the European Union's statistics office, reports the euro area's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 11.8 percent in March. That figure has remained stable for the last four months...

You knew it was coming. Even if the company didn't indicate it on its conference call, after Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced a $30 billion increase in its buyback program and an eight percent increase in its dividend, there was no doubt the company would head back to the debt market. The...

U.S. stocks declined for the second straight session on little market-moving news. The Nasdaq index was hit harder than other major indices with investors and traders selling off otherwise solid performers like Facebook, Google, Tesla, Keurig Green Mountain and others. "These are all stocks...

The next several weeks could be a critical and historic time for U.S. and European economic ties with Russia, as linked to the ongoing crisis in Crimea and Ukraine. On Monday,The White House outlined its first sanctions against Moscow, following Russia's de facto occupation of Crimea and Sunday...

Positioning Open short at eur/usd at current price targeting long-run technical level 1.3521 (50.00 percent of Fib. retracements 2009-2010 and 2011-2012 two highest and lowest levels repsectively). The currency is trading in the highest price since Nov. 2011. Technically, under the stochastic...

U.S. stocks traded lower as investors worry Russia's next step in its use of military force in Ukraine. The Dow saw its worst day in a month while other major indices finished noticeably lower. Investors moved away from equities and found what is believed to be a safe haven in gold and other...

U.S. stocks finished the day almost unchanged as investors and traders were presented with a mixed bag of data today. A better than expected report on the service sector negated another report that showed that companies added fewer employees to their payrolls than anticipated in January. The...

The euro remained above $1.36 on Wednesday morning, despite foreign business investment data which confirmed that the region's recovery was patchy. The common currency traded at $1.3658 at 4:45 GMT. The  The Wall Street Journal reported that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development...

Major indices reversed Monday's losses and posted strong gains following a better than expected retail sales report and a luke-warm start to earnings season. Related: Stocks Higher, But Dollar Indecisive After Retail Sales Release Philidalphia's Fed chief Charles Plosser said that he wants QE...

Major indices finished Wednesday's trading session relatively flat as the Fed's minutes released had no impact on the markets. Minutes released from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting re-affirmed that many members on the committee wanted to proceed with caution in trimming the $85 billion...