According to BofA, investor cash allocation has just dropped to a record low of just 10%, while investor equity exposure is rising at the fastest pace in 10 years as the euphoric buying euphoria forces everyone to go all in.Read full newsRead More

Over the last five years the (negative) correlation between USDJPY and Gold has risen and risen to its highest on record - as USDJPY rises, gold sinks and vice versa... so why did today's Kuroda-driven crash in USDJPY not spark a precious metal bid?Read full newsRead More

(Updates prices, adds details on Mexico)By Bruno FederowskiBRASILIA, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Brazilian markets extended a rally on Friday as traders bet leftist former President Luiz In??cio Lula da Silva would be barred from running in this year's election after an appeals court upheld his conviction for corruption.The Brazilian real closed up 0.6 percent, a gain of 1.91 percent during the week. The b...Read More

* MSCI world stocks index rises for 10th week* Dollar buckles again* S&P 500 posts biggest daily pct gain since March 1 (Updates with closing U.S. market levels)By Caroline ValetkevitchNEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Strong earnings from Intel and other companies drove Wall Street indexes to record closing highs on Friday, while the U.S. dollar remained weak after recent comments by the U.S. Trea...Read More

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Friday it sold $2 billion in notes due in 2029 with a coupon of 5.75 percent a year from its subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance BV.The company said investor income will be 5.95 percent per year, with payments starting Aug. 1, 2018. It cited the issue price of 98.402 percent of the principal amount.Pe...Read More

FTSE 100 holding good gainsUS Q4 GDP misses forecasts UK growth stats beat estimatesBarclays and Lloyds up after Deutsche noteThe FTSE 100 closed adjacent to its intra-day high with a dozen of its constituents notching up gains in excess of two per cent.The FTSE 100 closed at 7,666, up 50 points, despite sterling rising once more against the dollar, which is regarded as bad news for the...Read More

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK:FLSmidth and Goldcorp are the joint winners of the Mining Magazine Editor's Award 2017 for developing EcoTailsTM, a new mining system that improves tailings and waste rock disposal while recovering as much as 95% of the tailings waterFLSmidth and Goldcorp, one of the world's largest gold mining companies, have been named joint winners of Mining Magazine's annual Editor's Award...Read More

(Adds comment, details, table, byline)By Gertrude Chavez-DreyfussNEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Speculators' net short dollar bets rose in the latest week to their largest amount since mid-October, according to calculations by Reuters and Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.The value of the net short dollar position, derived from net holdings of International Monetary Market...Read More

Traders and investors that follow gold and the US dollar were participants in a virtual roller coaster ride this week as conflicting versions of the current administration's policy on the US dollar surfaced. Statements made by Stephen Mnuchin the Treasury Secretary on Wednesday sent gold prices sharply higher, and the US dollar index sharply lower. The dollar index lost roughly 1% in value, and go...Read More

Traders and investors that follow gold and the US dollar were participants in a virtual roller coaster ride this week as conflicting versions of the current administration's policy on the US dollar surfaced. Statements made by Stephen Mnuchin the Treasury Secretary on Wednesday sent gold prices sharply higher, and the US dollar index sharply lower. The dollar index lost roughly 1% in value, and go...Read More

Stocks managed to finish the week on a positive note, with all three indexes ending in the black and touching fresh record highs during intraday trading. Gains were mostly driven by strong corporate earnings, with Intel(INTC) leading the charge, and a healthcare rally also added to stocks' upward momentum. As such, traders seemingly shrugged off a weaker-than-expected reading on fourth-quarter gro...Read More

* Q4 advance GDP expands 2.6 pct vs 3 pct forecast* Intel jumps after strong earnings, bullish forecast* Starbucks falls after weak-holiday qtr sales* Dow up 0.84 pct, S&P 500 up 1.18 pct, Nasdaq up 1.28 pct (Updates to market close)By Chuck MikolajczakNEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The latest round of strong earnings reports, including from Intel and AbbVie, along with continued weakness in the...Read More

TORONTO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Friday, led by shares in Bombardier , which closed up 15 percent after it won an unexpected trade victory against U.S. planemaker Boeing Co .The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed up 35.21 points, or 0.22 percent, at 16,239.22. Nine of the index's 10 main groups ended higher. (Reporting by Matt Scuf...Read More

NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The latest round of strong earnings reports, including from Intel and AbbVie , along with continued weakness in the dollar lifted each of the major Wall Street indexes to closing records on Friday.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 221.23 points, or 0.84 percent, to 26,614.02, the S&P 500 gained 33.54 points, or 1.18 percent, to 2,872.79 and the Nasdaq Composite...Read More

(Updates data, quotes, chart)* U.S. Q4 2017 GDP grew 2.6 percent, below forecasts* Two-year note yield hits nine-year high* Bank of Japan governor sees signs of inflation By Kate DuguidNEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields rose Friday following data showing the nation's economy grew 2.6 percent in the final quarter of 2017 and the governor of the Bank of Japan said inflation is finall...Read More

* U.S. economic growth slows in Q4 on surging imports* Yen up on BoJ's Kuroda comments on economy, inflation (Updates prices, market activity, adds comment)By Saqib Iqbal AhmedNEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The dollar remained weak against a basket of currencies on Friday, bruised by comments by senior U.S. officials this week backing a weak dollar, and was on pace for its worst weekly fall since Ju...Read More

Coincheck told authorities that it had lost 500 million NEM cryptocurrency coins in today's cyberheist, which at the current exchange rate amounts to roughly $400 million!Read full newsRead More

(Adds details, analyst comments, updates markets)* Fourth-quarter GDP rises at a 2.6 percent rate* Consumer, business spending contribute to GDP growth* Trade, inventories subtract from growth* Core capital goods orders fall 0.3 percent in December By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth unexpectedly slowed in the fourth quarter as the strongest pace of consumer spen...Read More

NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Speculators' net short dollar bets rose in the latest week to their largest since mid-October, according to calculations by Reuters and Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.The value of the net short dollar position, derived from net holdings of International Monetary Market speculators in the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc and Canadian a...Read More

Overstock.com Inc (NASDAQ:OSTK) is tentatively scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings after next Monday's close. Below, we will take a look at how OSTK stock has been faring on the charts, and how options traders are speculating on the blockchain name.Looking closer, Overstock.com has had an astounding run recently, gaining more than 344% over the past six months and touching an all-time high...Read More