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After reporting a sharp increase in new residential construction in the previous month, the Commerce Department released a report on Tuesday showing that U.S. housing starts pulled back by much more than expected in March. The report said housing starts tumbled by 8.8 percent.

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Japan posted a merchandise trade surplus of 754.985 billion yen in March, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday - up 237.9 percent on year.

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Alone in studio, Merlin takes a look at the inconceivable market rally which refuses to acknowledge a poor earnings season, and economic data. This transitions to a trade setup and analysis for the platinum futures, offering insight into risk management techniques.




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Ever wonder what it takes to be a successful market speculator? The first answer that usually comes up is the mastery of chart reading, or another common perception is that one needs to gain lots of information about the companies or markets that he or she chooses to trade. The former is known as technical analysis, while the latter is referencing fundamentals. While it doesn’t hurt to understand both ways of looking at the markets, what I most commonly see that poses the biggest challenge for

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The unemployment rate in New Zealand climbed to a seasonally adjusted 5.7 percent in the first quarter of 2016, Statistics New Zealand said on Wednesday.

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Employment in the U.S. climbed by much less than expected in the month of April, the Labor Department revealed in a closely watched report on Friday. The report said non-farm payroll employment rose by 160,000 jobs in April compared to economist estimates for a jump of about 200,000 jobs.

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If you are like most people, the savings earmarked for your retirement may be scattered among several different places. Today we’ll look at a few of those possibilities and discuss some alternatives.The point of this discussion is to help you to see the entirety of your retirement asset base as a whole, but one with multiple components; and to think about ways to maximize the overall rate of return.The first thing to do is to categorize those retirement assets that you currently own.


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An exit from the European Union posed no positive outcome for the U.K. and the fallout from such an event would be "pretty bad to very, very bad", International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Friday.

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If you’re someone who has ever considered telling your boss to “shove it,” before jacking in the day job to pursue a career as a stay-at-home trader, in your slippers, then you’re in good company! Unfortunately, the shocking and ironic truth for those who do go ahead and make the leap of faith and quit their 9-5 job to trade from home is that they end up blowing up their trading account and shattering all dreams and aspirations...


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The strong criticism faced by the European Central Bank in recent weeks could be the response to some of the bank's stimulus measures blurring lines between monetary and fiscal policy, ECB Governing Council member and Bundesbank Chief Jens Weidmann said.

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