2 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australia – Services PMI (February): 49.0 (prior 54.5)
Australia – Services PMI (February): 49.0 (prior 54.5)
Australian Industry Group Performance of Services Index for the year’s shortest month
– A big fall in February, down 5.5 points and slips into contraction territory (last in contraction in September of 2016)
2 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on This year’s Masters may help disprove a bizarre conspiracy theory about the tournament and its flowers
This year’s Masters may help disprove a bizarre conspiracy theory about the tournament and its flowers
This year’s Masters is going to be decidedly less colorful than what we are used to and it will be the strongest evidence yet disproving what may be the strangest myth in golf.
2 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Greece approaches World Bank for cash
Greece approaches World Bank for cash
This is in POLITICO – for 3 hours ago, so not breaking
But getting a few headlines on the services now, so here it is:
Background:
– Negotiations resumed this week in Athens between the government and its eurozone creditors, the European Commission, International Monetary Fund, and European Stability Mechanism
And:
2 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fully automated futures trading
Fully automated futures trading
Here’s my trading journal. I’ve been running this system since April last year. It’s fully automated, futures trading, with a bias towards trend following.
Here is the p&l to date. I will do a more thorough analysis after a full year
![[IMG]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e3LEJZk4ZAQ/VNr7tnVRLGI/AAAAAAAAACQ/UAg847cOujY/s1600/plot.jpg)
Current positions (hope the codes make sense):
AEX 201502 1
2 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on White House Admits Kushner Had Previously Undisclosed Meeting With Russian Ambasador
White House Admits Kushner Had Previously Undisclosed Meeting With Russian Ambasador
Following The New Yorker’s report that President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner met with the Russian Ambassador in December, The White House has confirmed the senior administration adviser (along with Mike Flynn) had a previously undisclosed meeting to “establish a line of communications.”
2 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Currencies: Dollar hits 2-month high as Fed officials hint at March rate hike
Currencies: Dollar hits 2-month high as Fed officials hint at March rate hike
The dollar strengthened against major rivals on Thursday sending the ICE U.S.
2 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The president’s new clothes: Trump’s suits get a makeover for first speech to Congress
The president’s new clothes: Trump’s suits get a makeover for first speech to Congress
President Trump’s updated new look was unveiled when he stepped into the House of Representatives chamber Tuesday night.