Day: December 18, 2017

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  Trump to declare China as a 'strategic competitor' to the US

  His speech will lay out an official national security strategy targeted at China This according to senior administration officials, as reported by Bloomberg. Copyright 2015[...]
  2017-12-18 20:47:15

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  What's on the economic calendar to start the week

  US housing data due later If you were hoping to ease into the final real trading week of the year, then the is good news. economic[...]
  2017-12-18 20:47:15

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  Canadian Oct international securities transactions +$20.81B vs +$16.81 billion prior

  Canadian October international securities transactions - Prior was +$16.81B This report measures foreign net buying of Canadian securities. Copyright 2015 Forexlive.com
  2017-12-18 20:47:15

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  Cable wipes out Friday's slide

  Cable up 80 pips on the day There has been a lot of this type of back and forth over the past few weeks. It's[...]
  2017-12-18 20:47:15

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  US tax reform vote coming soon but it sounds like it's a formality

  Collins and Corker will support the bill The S&P 500 hit a record and futures point to another 10 points higher at the open. The[...]
  2017-12-18 20:47:15

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  South Africa ruling party to select new leader shortly

  Vote due at 5 pm local time Results of the ANC's leadership vote are due at the top of the hour. The ruling party has[...]
  2017-12-18 20:47:08

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  US stocks open with strong gains

  Major indices race higher on tax reform confidence The major stock indices have strong gains in the first 1/2 hour of trading; The gains are[...]
  2017-12-18 20:47:08

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  NAHB housing market index 74 vs 70 expected

  Housing sentiment survey from the National Association of Home Builders - Highest since 1999 - Prior was 70 (revised to 69) I think US housing is[...]
  2017-12-18 20:47:08

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  Ramaphosa appears to win ANC leadership in South Africa

  Media reports Opposition leader tweeted "it's a boy!" in the contest between Ramaphosa and rival candidate Dlamini-Zuma, who was the ex-wife of Jacob Zuma. Copyright[...]
  2017-12-18 20:47:08

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  The accountants are already finding loopholes in the tax bill

  Forget about that $10,000 cap on deductions in state and local taxes Workarounds are in the works for the $10,000 limit on state and local[...]
  2017-12-18 20:47:08

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