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  1. HSBC slashes jobs as it shifts focus back to Asian roots

    by , 06-09-2015 at 11:06 AM
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    LONDON (AP) — HSBC Holdings, Europe's largest bank by market value, will cut up to 25,000 jobs around the world to reduce costs and shift its center of gravity back toward the fast-growing Asian economies where it started operations 150 years ago.

    The bank, which is currently based in London, said Tuesday it is "undertaking a significant reshaping of its business portfolio" and "redeploying resources to capture expected future ...
  2. Will Asian currencies get creamed?

    by , 11-07-2014 at 05:40 AM
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    Currencies across Asia are set for a beating, buffeted by a combination of the G3 central banks, a stronger U.S. dollar and newly volatile Chinese yuan, HSBC said.

    "It will be slim pickings in terms of which Asian currencies to like next year. Even the yuan will be predisposed to bouts of higher volatility, which could further upset the region's currencies," HSBC said in a note Thursday. "While we had expected most Asian ...
  3. Identifying Forex Market Bias and Picking Your Trades Wisely

    by , 05-16-2014 at 10:49 AM
    Identifying the bias of the Forex market at the beginning of each trading week is an important thing for every Forex trader to do. It is really important to simply sit down on Sunday at some point and take 30 minutes or so to figure out in your mind what you think the market has the greatest potential to do during the upcoming week. As you do this you should make some notes; record in your Forex trading journal what you see on the charts and use that information to explain your bias. Now, obviously ...