European Central Bank President Mario Draghi is speaking at a press conference Thursday following the institution’s decision to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged.
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Central Banks to Increase Gold Buying for First Time Since 2013
Central banks are set to increase their purchases of gold in 2018 for the first time in five years as eastern European and Asian countries seek to diversify their reserves.
Spot WTI Crude Technical Analysis October 24, 2018
Crude oil suffered heavy losses in the previous day and closed near the day low. The sudden bearish breakout turns the trend into bearish. Fortunately, no lower low printed on weekly basis, the price needs to move below $64.40 to print a lower low.
Spot Silver Technical Analysis October 24, 2018
The price of silver maintains its bullish winning after previous day bounce. The precious metal expected to continue moving upward to test $15.00.
Spot Gold Technical Analysis October 24, 2018
We have an early celebration on the gold jump in the previous day. Unfortunately, the precious metal drifted lower before the close of the day and settled just at $1,230. It means no breakout and today the bull has trouble to break the resistance level.
How HDFC Life, SBI Life, ICICI Prudential differed in their Q2 results
The September quarter (Q2) saw different shades of performance by life insurance companies and the pressure on their unit-linked products was patently visible. In terms of profitability, HDFC Standard Life overshadowed its peers ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and SBI Life in performance.
Popularity of India Stocks Over Past Decade Adds to Outflow Risk
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Monsoon season may be over, but India’s investors are at risk from a different kind of flood. — Indian stocks have been the biggest emerging-Asian beneficiaries of the wave of liquidity that swept over world markets in the wake of the global financial crisis, That may also make them the most vulnerable, now that the waters are receding.
China Adds to Stimulus Drip-Feed as Markets Stumble Again
China is responding to the slump in its stock markets and the slowdown in the economy with a trickle of stimulus to stabilize, rather than rejuvenate, investor sentiment. The central bank plans to give 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) to China Bond Insurance Co. to provide credit support for debt sales by private enterprises
Bears Embrace Asia as Stock Benchmark Sinks 20% From Record High
Asia’s main equity gauge is poised to succumb, joining four major regional benchmark indexes into bear-market territory. the MSCI Asia Pacific Index slipped 0.5 percent to 149.68 as of 10:10 a.m. in Hong Kong, taking its slump from a Jan. 26 peak to 20 percent.