International Business News - alerts http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/alerts.rss All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 120 30 http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/alerts.rss http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The precious metal shows a historical high at 1169.62 dollars mper ounce. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091123/gold-historical-high-15-10-cet.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091123/gold-historical-high-15-10-cet.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:22:38 EST The U.S. central bank is monitoring the declining value of the dollar closely as part of its commitment to both jobs growth and price stability, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Monday. In a rare commentary on the value of the dollar, Bernanke drew a link between its current weakness and inflation risks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091116/feds-bernanke-watching-dollar-drop-closely.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091116/feds-bernanke-watching-dollar-drop-closely.htm Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:28:31 EST The Fed's President, Ben Bernanke, hasn't said anything new so far at his conference in Boston. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091023/bernankes-comments-14-50-cet.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091023/bernankes-comments-14-50-cet.htm Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:56:27 EDT The US factory orders came in under expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091002/us-factory-orders-16-00-cet.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091002/us-factory-orders-16-00-cet.htm Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:11:25 EDT The pair has kept a clear downwards trend during the month, even though it has now found support at 91.91 (0.00%). The pair is now trading at 92.88 yens per dollar. For the rest of the session we'll be paying attention to the supports at 92.60 and 92.00, while the resistances are at 93.00 and 93.36. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/11-40-cet-usdjpy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/11-40-cet-usdjpy.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:46:36 EDT The aggressive measures taken by the US government resulted in the end of the financial system collapse, as well as an improvement in the housing market, which is more stable by the day. We can't say the same thing about the labor market, though.The business activity is rising as well as the consumer confidence. If we add to this an improvement in the ISM expectations, we can see the economy is improving. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/12-45-cet-continuation-optimism-needslower-unemployment.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/12-45-cet-continuation-optimism-needslower-unemployment.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:44:14 EDT The Canadian unemployment rate came in better than expected, but the labor sector is still weakening. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/13-03-cet-unemployment-rate-canada-better-than-expected.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/13-03-cet-unemployment-rate-canada-better-than-expected.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:35:10 EDT Aussie has fallen during the day breaking below 0.8400 and is now trading near the Support region 0.8350-30. As mentioned earlier we expect this Support region to hold in the US session. Note that the projected Max-Low for the day is 0.8338. However a break below this Support region might pull it down towards 0.8270-50 which is a significant Support region seen on the downside. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/fx-thoughts-evening-i.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/fx-thoughts-evening-i.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:56:16 EDT 08:15 (CET) - RBA kept interest rates at 3,0% http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/08-15-cet-rba-kept-interest-rates-at0.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/08-15-cet-rba-kept-interest-rates-at0.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:54:08 EDT The German retail sales came in better than expected at the annualized rate. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/08-15-cet-german-retail-sales.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/08-15-cet-german-retail-sales.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:52:46 EDT The Swiss SVME purchasing managers index came in better than expected. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/09-25-cet-swiss-svme-purchasing-managers-index.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/09-25-cet-swiss-svme-purchasing-managers-index.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:51:35 EDT The manufacturing PMI from the Eurozone beat expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/10-10-cet-manufacturing-pmi-from-eurozone.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/10-10-cet-manufacturing-pmi-from-eurozone.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:49:56 EDT The German unemployment rate came in better than expected. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/10-20-cet-german-unemployment-rate.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/10-20-cet-german-unemployment-rate.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:47:56 EDT The UK's manufacturing PMI came in under expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/uks-manufacturing-pmi.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/uks-manufacturing-pmi.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:46:15 EDT The UK's mortgage aprovals came in lower than expected. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/10-50-cet-uks-mortgage-aprovals.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/10-50-cet-uks-mortgage-aprovals.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:44:44 EDT After the lower than expected readings from the UK's manufacturing PMI and mortgage approvals, the Sterling lost some ground against the dollar, euro and yen. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/sterlings-reaction-data.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/sterlings-reaction-data.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:37:55 EDT The European stocks are lower, losing the gains from the early session, due to the worries about the rally in the US DJ Stoxx 600, that reached the six years high. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/european-stocks-lower.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/european-stocks-lower.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:35:39 EDT After the worse than expected Canadian GDP reading yesterday, the UsdCad reverted the trend and is now trading lower. Right now, and watching the crude evolution in the US, the loonie could benefit only with the deman for high yielders, given the good results from today and yesterday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/usdcad.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/usdcad.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:32:32 EDT The gold rally continued in today's trading session rising to $912oz, approaching the 50 day moving average. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090424/precious-metals-analysis-gold-prices-continue-rise-as-dollar-loses-ground.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090424/precious-metals-analysis-gold-prices-continue-rise-as-dollar-loses-ground.htm Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:56:55 EDT