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13 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Economic data coming up in the European session 14 Aug

Economic data coming up in the European session 14 Aug

Economic data risk coming up in this session 14 Aug
Greetings one and all.
A new week and potentially some new scenarios.
Data/event wise today it’s very quiet so let’s see what the geopolitical backdrop brings to keep things ticking over.

13 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bitcoin (BTC/USD) Breaks Above 4000

Bitcoin (BTC/USD) Breaks Above 4000

 
Bitcoin (BTC/USD) Weekly/Daily

Bitcoin (BTC/USD) continued surging higher over the weekend, smashing above the psychologically key whole figure resistance level of 4000.  4000 coincides with an upside target previously estimated by taking the height of the prior flag pole of roughly 1000, and adding it to the point of breakout above flag/channel resistance 2 weeks ago at 3000ish.  With the weekly and daily RSI and Stochastics overbought, the weekly and daily MACD could begin tiring in the next few days.

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13 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on What game theory tells us about Trump’s ‘madman’ approach to North Korea

What game theory tells us about Trump’s ‘madman’ approach to North Korea

U.S. President Trump might be intentionally seeking criticism as part of his North Korea strategy, the FT reports.

13 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The worse North Korea acts, the more cash aid it gets

The worse North Korea acts, the more cash aid it gets

North Korea’s nuclear aggression buys the country billions in aid money, according to Tufts University professor Sung-Yoon Lee.

13 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on USD/JPY pops to a fresh session high

USD/JPY pops to a fresh session high

Yen crosses too

No fresh news crossing, just appears to more of the same for the session – nth Korea tensions apparently subsiding a little flowing into a better mood for ‘risk’ and less demand for the ‘safe haven’ yen (USD/CHF also higher)

13 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Data and Clean Data

Data and Clean Data

Quandl states: “With Quandl no one wastes time searching for, cleaning or transforming data.”

Anybody know if this applies to their free data, e.g.,

“Free Wiki EOD Stock Prices
End of day stock prices, dividends and splits for 3,000 US companies, curated by the Quandl community and released into the public domain.”

In general is it true that if you want data as cleaned as it gets in…

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13 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: Yen crosses higher to start the week

ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: Yen crosses higher to start the week

Forex news for Asia trading Monday 14 August 2017
Weekend:
The week kicked off in Asia with some yen weakness.
While the intensity of rhetoric surrounding North Korea has diminished only slightly there have been comments from US officials trying to ease fears. For example, CIA head Pompeo, and US national security adviser McMaster both said over