http://marketcut.com Stay up to date with all the latest market updates. Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:11:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://marketcut.com/blog/the-weekly-roundup/ Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:11:04 +0000 admin http://www.etoro.net/?p=16113 More >]]> http://marketcut.com/blog/gold-prices-continue-to-move-north/ Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:45:40 +0000 admin http://www.etoro.net/?p=16103 By Barbara Zigah With the U.S. Dollar slipping ever lower against most major currencies, gold and other precious metals are surging to new record highs.  In Thursday trading, gold sold at $1,375 an ounce, a gain of nearly 2%, and in trading today in London, gold continued to rise, selling at $1,377 per ounce, up .4%.  More >]]> http://marketcut.com/blog/can-the-u-s-real-estate-market-come-back-now/ Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:38:11 +0000 admin http://www.etoro.net/?p=16050 By Barbara Zigah The U.S. government is hopeful that the struggling economy will get a much needed boost from the all-important housing sector; historic low interest rates will encourage individuals buy and homeowners to refinance their existing property.  Indeed, in the U.S. housing sector, applications for refinancing of home mortgages increased in reaction to those historic More >]]> http://marketcut.com/blog/dolar-canadiense-llega-a-paridad-con-el-dolar-americano/ Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:44:07 +0000 admin http://www.etoro.net/?p=16047 More >]]> http://marketcut.com/blog/fx-volatility-soars-amid-qe-expectations/ Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:54:23 +0000 admin http://www.etoro.net/?p=16040 More >]]> http://marketcut.com/blog/canadian-dollar-hits-parity-with-the-greenback/ Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:47:38 +0000 admin http://www.etoro.net/?p=16001 By Barbara Zigah The Canadian Dollar today rose against its U.S. counterpart to the highest level in nearly six months, an indication that the U.S. Federal Reserve might soon be injecting additional liquidity into the faltering economy.  That the Canadian Dollar is up against the greenback is no great surprise; it’s been making regular consistent gains More >]]> http://marketcut.com/blog/dismal-unemployment-suggests-that-boe-must-decide/ Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:41:57 +0000 admin http://www.etoro.net/?p=15987 By Barbara Zigah Earlier this morning, data on the United Kingdom’s new jobless claims was released by the Office for National Statistics.  According to them, the number of new claims rose in September by 5,300 jobs,  higher than the 4,500 jobs forecast by polled economists; the total number of unemployed workers in the U.K. has now More >]]> http://marketcut.com/blog/market-daily-review-oct-13/ Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:08:55 +0000 admin http://www.etoro.net/?p=15977 More >]]> http://marketcut.com/blog/markets%e2%80%99-movement-reflect-anticipation-of-fed-minutes/ Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:20:20 +0000 admin http://www.etoro.net/?p=15952 By Barbara Zigah According to the results of a recent Wall Street poll, it appears that investor concern is more focused on the current high unemployment rate and restoring consumer confidence, than over what the Federal Reserve will or won’t do or who does or doesn’t get elected in the November elections.  Respondents commented that they More >]]> http://marketcut.com/blog/crude-oil-prices-higher-on-qe-speculation-not-demand-%e2%80%93-yet/ Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:27:58 +0000 admin http://www.etoro.net/?p=15925 By Barbara Zigah As the world’s number one user of crude oil moves irrefutably into the fall and winter seasons, both American consumers and global investors in crude oil are eager to know what this Thursday’s EIA oil inventories will bring. Last Friday, crude oil futures closed higher, up 1.3% on the week, driven not only More >]]>