Analysis Topic: Currency Market Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, February 19, 2018
Could Stellar Lumens be a Challenger to Bitcoin for International Payments? / Currencies / BlockChain
By: Boris_Dzhingarov
Bitcoin has clearly cemented its position at the top of the cryptocurrency pecking order.
The last few years have seen its status grow immensely, to the point where many people (wrongly) see cryptocurrency and Bitcoin as inseparable.
In the last year or so, Bitcoin’s price has skyrocketed and many new investors have benefitted hugely. If you’d bought a single Bitcoin at the start of 2017, you’d now be about $7000 better off.
Friday, February 16, 2018
Bitcoin as Poison / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Mike_McAra
The views on Bitcoin among various investors are quite polarized. The whole spectrum includes both people directly owning the cryptocurrency and those who seem to hate it. We have read analyses suggesting that a surprising percentage of hedge fund managers own digital coins. At the same time, Warren Buffett's investment chief, Charlie Munger, called Bitcoin “noxious poison.” Do such words mean that Bitcoin is doomed? In an article on the Guardian website, we read:
Bitcoin is heading towards $10,000 again, despite comments from the US billionaire Charles Munger who described the digital currency as “noxious poison”.
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Speaking at the annual meeting of the US publishing firm Daily Journal, which he chairs, in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Munger said: “I never considered for one second having anything to do with it. I detested it the moment it was raised. It’s just disgusting. Bitcoin is noxious poison.”
Friday, February 16, 2018
U.S. Dollar Bull and Bear Markets / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
The idea of endlessly repeated cycles is a very old one. This is how the ancients perceived time: not as linear sequence of events, but as replaying patterns of dark and golden ages. Although the Judeo-Christian culture changed the way we view time, we like to see the market as an area of constant struggle between bulls and bears, and the resulting upward and downward trends.
Since the end of the Bretton Woods system back in the early 1970s, the U.S. dollar has also moved in trends and cycles. Due to data availability, the chart below shows the trade weighted index of the greenback against the currencies of America’s major trading partners from 1973 until January 2018, with bull and bear markets marked with green and red arrows.
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Thursday, February 15, 2018
Bitcoin and Crypto Currencies Steady Within Range / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: New_Forex_Trends
In the early parts of 2018, we have already seen a strong injection of volatility in the financial arena as a whole. The VIX volatility index has risen to levels that we have not seen in a very long time, and this is starting to push many new investors out of the stock market space. The clearest alternative at this stage still appears to be the crypto currencies, as they have already been shown to benefit a great deal more from these types of situations.
Most of the analysis tends to pin itself on the trends that are seen in BTC, which has fallen off sharply over the last few weeks. After hitting highs near 20,000 Bitcoin has reversed and erased a large amount of stakeholder value in the process. But this has not eroded market interest, as the crypto space is still one of the biggest volume trading gainers of the last year.
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Monday, February 12, 2018
How To Profit From The Bitcoin Bloodbath / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: OilPrice_Com
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Friday, February 09, 2018
Banks Ban Bitcoin Purchases Using Credit Cards / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: EconMatters
Bitcoin was at $15,000 when I wrote this post before Christmas warning against getting involved in the bitcoin or any cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin has crashed to $8,000 today losing about 50% of its value in two months.
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Wednesday, February 07, 2018
US Stock Markets & Cryptos Crashing… Is This The Big One? / Currencies / BlockChain
By: Jeff_Berwick
After the 666 point drop on the 33rd day of the year on Friday, which I said likely was a signal that things were going into play, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) lost as much as 1,597 points by mid-afternoon on Monday.
The Dow ended up closing down 1,175 points, or 4.6% which was the largest single-day decline for the blue-chip index on a points basis in history.
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Monday, February 05, 2018
“Strong Dollar,” “Weak Dollar,” What About a Gold-Backed Dollar? / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Antonius_Aquinas
The recent hullabaloo among President Trump’s top monetary officials about the Administration’s “dollar policy” is just the start of what will likely be the first of many contradictory pronoucements and reversals which will take place in the coming months/years as the world’s reserve currency continues to be compromised. So far, the Greenback has had its worst start since 1987, the year of a major stock market reset.
The brief firestorm was set off by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin who said in response to the dollar’s recent slide, “Obviously, a weaker dollar is good for us, it’s good because it has to do with trade and opportunities.”* Mnuchin backtracked a bit as international financial leaders criticized the apparent shift in policy while Administration officials sought to clarify the Secretary’s remarks. President Trump weighted in on the matter saying, “Ultimately, I want to see a strong dollar” and added that Mnuchin’s comments were “taken out of context.”
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Monday, February 05, 2018
Bitcoin Crypto Currencies Crash 2018, Are We Near the Bottom? / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Bitcoin's $20,000 bubble mania peak of Mid December that valued the crypto currency at $320 billion has long since been left in the dust as Bitcoin has crashed well below $10,000, wiping out $170 billion of the value of participants holdings. All whilst the crypto coin gamblers obsessed by all things block chain have largely remained in a state of denial, focused on bitcoin soaring to over $50,000 despite its real inverse trend trajectory as tends to happen at the end of market manias.
And so it has been the case since I published my opening Bitcoin forecast of the year over a month ago when the crypto was trading at USD 14,000, warning that the Bitcoin price was likely to continue crashing towards $5,000, a forecast that was met with denial from many in the bitcoin community.
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Sunday, February 04, 2018
Dow Falls 666 Points As Cryptocurrencies Crash And Krugman Emerges From His Van / Currencies / BlockChain
By: Jeff_Berwick
On Friday, the Dow Jones fell 665.75 points. Or, if you round it, 666 points. Also known to many as the “mark of the beast”. It was also the sixth worst point drop in US stock market history.
This also happened on the 33rd day of the year. 33 is the most important number in Freemasonry.
This is noteworthy because it is the first serious drop in the US stock markets on a weekly basis in two years.
But are the numbers 666 and 33 just a coincidence?
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Friday, February 02, 2018
Unbearable Fall of Bitcoin / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Mike_McAra
There rarely is a more interesting time to be observing the Bitcoin market than what we see now. In an article on CNBC, we read:
Digital currency bitcoin fell Tuesday as the 20 largest digital currencies by market capitalization all declined, according to CoinMarketCap.
Bitcoin traded 12 percent lower near $9,817 as of 1:19 p.m. ET, according to CoinDesk's bitcoin price index, which tracks prices from digital currency exchanges Bitstamp, Coinbase, itBit and Bitfinex.
Thursday, February 01, 2018
How To Identify The Right Forex Broker / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Kavinesh_A
Those who have been into forex market would certainly understand that your success or failure in the trading market would depend to a large extent on the kind of broker you choose. In a real life situation, you will be giving all your trading capital the forex dealer. You will trust him fully and expect that he will trade well with it and give you some handsome profits at the end of the day. You could be an expert in forex with the best of experience and strategies. However, if you have a dubious forex dealer, you could end up losing your hard earned money and you could be in dire straits. Hence you must be careful when it comes to choosing the right forex dealer. This is not an easy task given the fact that there are dozens of forex dealers. We give below the list of a few tips to be kept in mind when it comes to choosing the right broker.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Bitcoin’s $10,000 "Line in the Sand" / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: EWI
The cryptocurrency's trends continue to be fueled by investor psychology
On January 23, Bitcoin fell below $10,000. That's the second time in recent days that prices dipped below this psychologically important threshold. The headlines picked up on the drama:
"Bitcoin tumbles below $10,000 and is now down 25% on the year..." (CNBC, Jan 23)
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Investors Can Make Huge Money Through Forex Trade / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Kavinesh_A
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
USD/CHF – C Is for Consolidation / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Nadia_Simmons
Looking at the daily chart of USD/CHF we can summarize the recent days in one word: boredom. But behind the current consolidation there may be something more than we think at first glance. Read today's alert and you'll find out what we mean.
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Saturday, January 27, 2018
US Dollar Shocker Plus Gold’s Mutiny Equals Epic Opportunity / Currencies / US Dollar
By: P_Radomski_CFA
In yesterday’s alert, we wrote that the situation could change quickly and that in such a case, we would send another alert. Six minutes after yesterday’s opening bell, we already posted the second alert. And for a very good reason. The USD Index took a deep dive and metals were not even close to reacting in a normal way. They were actually a bit lower. We know an extremely bearish signal when we see one and that was definitely the most bearish development for the PMs that we’ve seen this year.
Let’s take a look at what happened. This time we’ll start with the short-term USD Index chart (charts courtesy of http://stockcharts.com) as we want to show you the action of yesterday’s session.
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Friday, January 26, 2018
Bitcoin In a Bearish Place / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
We’re hearing a lot about Bitcoin these days. The stories range from fortunes made on the currency to the idea that this is the biggest bubble in history. What we’re not seeing much of are analyses of the Bitcoin market, and even less so of Bitcoin users. Now, in an article on the Fortune website, we read:
Nearly 60 percent of Americans have heard or read about the world’s largest cryptocurrency, according to a joint SurveyMonkey and Global Blockchain Business Council poll of more than 5,700 adults conducted in January. But only 5 percent of people actually own the digital coin.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
USD/CHF Under Long-term Support! / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Nadia_Simmons
Earlier today, the greenback declined to the lowest level against the Swiss franc since mid-September 2017, which resulted in a small drop under the long-term support line. Is this a sign of bigger move to the downside or just a trap?
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Bitcoin Crashes Below $10,000. What's next? We have Answers… / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: EWI
Dear Reader,
"Wild" doesn't begin to describe Bitcoin's price action.
Less than 12 months ago, it traded as low as $1,200. By early December, it hit a high of $19,891 – and on the CBOE, Bitcoin futures topped $20,000.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Bitcoin Market Crashing: Is this the end of Bitcoin or a pause before the next Bull Run? / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Sol_Palha
For greed all nature is too little.Seneca
Whenever the masses fully embrace a market, trouble is usually close at hand, and that's what occurred with bitcoin; the masses were completely enamoured with Bitcoin. The masses were euphoric and were expecting bitcoin to soar to the next galaxy. Wild targets of $100,000 were being issued that sounded more like the ravings of a lunatic than of an expert. In an article published on the 4th of December 2017 we made the following comments:
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