The Traderszone Network

The Commonwealth Bank has increased fixed interest rates on investor and interest only home loans
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Said the hike was to ensure it continued to meet regulatory requirements

Yesterday we highlighted an article written by the Chicago Tribune’s Deputy Editor for Digital News, Kurt Gessler, which provided a fairly compelling set of facts to suggest that Facebook’s ‘fake news’ filter was suppressing the distribution of articles from media sources which undoubtedly consider themselves “legitimate new outlets” (with the definition of ‘legitimate’ left solely to the discretion of Facebook execs, of course).

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All that cheap credit and rising house prices I guess 😉

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Meanwhile, China steel stocks are higher this morning, despite US President Trump signing Thursday an executive order on looking into whether foreign steel imports hurt national security

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday confirmed plans for his newest company, called Neuralink Corp., revealing he will be the chief executive of a startup that aims to merge computers with brains so humans could one day engage in “consensual telepathy.”
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Research firm Stifel Nicolaus has upgraded Starbucks to a buy, seeing grow over next four quarters.

The euro held steady below a three-week high against the dollar on Friday.

President Donald Trump, adding to strong criticism of the Iran nuclear deal voiced by his administration, said on Thursday that Tehran is “not living up to the spirit of the agreement.”
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