The Traderszone Network

Emerging Asian currencies are likely to weaken against the dollar on expectations the Federal Reserve will start hiking rates, says a Reuters poll.

China’s economy faces increased downward pressure, the premier said, as the country prepares to announce first-quarter economic growth.

Looking for the explanation for Heinz’s pricey takeover of Kraft, we headed online. Here’s what we found.

The United States is planning to impose a major new regulation on offshore oil and gas drilling to try to prevent the kind of explosions that caused the catastrophic BP Plc (BP.L) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing Obama administration officials. The Interior Department could make the announcement as early as Monday, the paper said. The rule is expected to tighten safety requirements on blowout preventers, devices that are the last line of protection to stop explosions in undersea oil and gas wells, the Times reported.

read more

SAN FRANCISCO/PARIS (Reuters) – Customers preordering Apple Inc’s smartwatch on Friday will have to wait at least a month for delivery, a sign of strong early demand for company chief Tim Cook’s first new major product. People flocked to Apple’s stores around the world to get a close-up look at the Apple Watch, the tech company’s foray into the personal luxury goods market, with Apple predicting demand would exceed supply at product launch. “We view this as an indication of solid demand paired with very limited supply,” Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster wrote in a note to clients.

read more

It’s not easy finding a comprehensive and affordable plan. Some guidelines will make the quest less difficult.

The key is finding puts and calls likely to move less than their underlying stocks on the day profits are announced.