Analysis Topic: Currency Market Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Cryptocurrency: Money or Asset? / Currencies / BlockChain
By: EconMatters
Some of the hypes and speculations surrounding bitcoin and cryptocurrency is that central banks may create their own digital currencies thus replacing fiat money altogether. A G20 draft communiqué already states cryptocurrencies “lack the traits of sovereign currencies” and seeks cryptocurrency regulation recommendations by July 2018. The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) also published a report last month entitled “Money in the digital age: what role for central banks?” stating:
“… while cryptocurrencies may pretend to be currencies, they fail the basic textbook definitions. Most would agree that they do not function as a unit of account. Their volatile valuations make them unsafe to rely on as a common means of payment and a stable store of value.”Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Bitcoin Elliott Wave Analysis Looking for Short Term Recovery / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: ElliottWave-Forecast
Bitcoin Elliott Wave Analysis in the short term is showing an interesting corrective structure suggesting a recover to take place after it finishes the current move.
The digital instrument is correcting the cycle from 03/18 low in 3 waves as a Zigzag structure which reached the 100% – 161.8% Fibonacci extension area $8093 – $7520 from where it’s expected to resume a new cycle to the upside or at least bounce in 3 waves as long as it remain above $7320 low.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Staying Away from the Bitcoin Crypto Bubble / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Harry_Dent
The crypto ship is sailing in rough seas at the moment. My advice? Stay away for now. Preserve your capital for after the major crash, and then pick winners from the bones.The bitcoin and cryptocurrency trends seem to be following the path the internet took back in the very late 1990s. That bubble came at the end of the tech bubble, and expanded by more than 8 times between late 1998 and early 2000. Then it crashed 93%.
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Friday, March 23, 2018
One Change the Bitcoin Posse Is Unlikely to See / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Mike_McAra
“Bitcoin will reach the moon,” they said. “$20,000 is only the beginning,” they pressed. The harsh reality of the recent move is that appreciation has been nowhere in sight. Harsh, that is, if you haven’t been positioned properly. Are Bitcoin traders bound to be left with their teeth clenched, watching Bitcoin fluctuate? No. There’s a possibility for some to grow the profits they already have on specific positions and for others to jump in during the next part of the move.
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Friday, March 23, 2018
Blaming the Fed for Weaker Greenback US Dollar / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Nadia_Simmons
Although the Federal Reserve raised interest rates yesterday, the forecast for two more hikes this year (instead of three) disappointed market participants who turned their backs on the U.S. dollar, triggering quite sharp selloff. But did anything really change in the technical picture of the greenback?
Before we analyze our currency pairs, let’s check what changed (and what has not changed) in the short-term picture of the USD Index after yesterday’s news (chart courtesy of http://stockcharts.com).
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Bitcoin, Verge, Ethereum and Ripple - The Crypto Market Conundrum / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Avi_Gilburt
By Ryan Wilday : In my last article I stated that we had the potential for a lasting bottom in the crypto market, starting with a low in most coins on February 6th. However, in that article I also gave the conditions for that bottom to fail.
Those conditions, unfortunately, became reality. We have since seen both Ether and Verge, highlighted in that article, slide to new lows below the February 6th low. Bitcoin and Ripple did not fall below their February 6th levels, but did confirm the unlikelihood of that low marking the beginning of an impulsive wave.
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Monday, March 19, 2018
Can Bitcoin Price Rally Continue After Paypal Fake FUD Attack? / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The Bitcoin price has bounced back strongly after it's recent wobbly following the apparently fake PayPal 'Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt' FUD attack last Friday with the price recovering from a recent low of $7,350 to currently stand at $8,400, that has the Bitcoin community breathing a huge sigh of relief believing today's rally to mark the end of the pain of the past 3 months that has witnessed the Bitcoin price collapse from a high of $20,000 to a low of $6,600.
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Putin Flip-Flops Like A Drunken Whore On Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Legalization / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Jeff_Berwick
Whenever I am asked, “How should governments treat cryptocurrencies” my general response is the following. Who cares?
You might as well ask me what the Japanese Yakuza or Mexican cartels should do about cryptos. I don’t really care.
Not that the Yakuza or the cartels are anywhere near as bad as governments. I apologize to them both for even making that insulting insinuation.
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Saturday, March 17, 2018
Bitcoin Price Trend Forecast, Paypal FUD Fake Cryptocurrency Warning / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Before we get to my technical take on the prospects for the Bitcoin price, apparently the crypto currencies were subject to a FUD attack on Friday, where FUD stands for 'Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt', that seems to be the automatic response of the crypto crowd to any bad news. So what happened to trigger this avalanche of FUD panic? Well Friday morning warnings popped into the email box of millions of PayPal customers including myself warning of dire consequences if we did not " Cease any activity that results in the trading or transfer of cryptocurrency", the full text of which follows below:
Friday, March 16, 2018
Has Bitcoin Bought It? / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Mike_McAra
Punch-drunk from a series of crunching blows, dazed and confused, staggering for the ropes. It’s hard not to get the image of Bitcoin being pummeled by the market, getting the wind knock out of it. But is this picture true? Instead of focusing on what swirls around in the media, a cautious investor would instead reach out for what might drive their profits.
Google has moved to ban Bitcoin-related adds. This shouldn’t be particularly surprising, given the fact that there’s been precedent in the form of Facebook pursuing similar actions. In an article on CNBC, we read:
Bitcoin prices briefly fell below $8,000 on Wednesday following news that Google, the world's largest online ad provider, plans to ban cryptocurrency advertising.
Facebook, the second largest online ad provider, took similar action in January.
Friday, March 16, 2018
PayPal Cease Trading Crypto Currency Bitcoin Warning Email Sophisticated Fake Scam? / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Nadeem_Walayat
A warning popped into my email in box from PayPal a few hours ago, warning of dire consequences if I did not " Cease any activity that results in the trading or transfer of crypto currency". the full text of which follows below:
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Friday, March 16, 2018
EUR/USD – Something Old, Something New and… Something Blue / Currencies / Euro
By: Nadia_Simmons
Since the beginning of the month all battles between bulls and bears run in a fairly narrow area, which unfortunately doesn’t create good investment opportunities. In today's alert, we looked at the broader perspective of EUR/USD and the USD Index itself, and we already have our own types where we will likely open next positions. If you do not want to miss the levels that we think about, take a look at our analysis today.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
DasCoin: A 5-Minute Guide to How It Works / Currencies / BlockChain
By: Anwar_Hossain
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Canadian Dollar Relief Rally After Trump Steel Trade Tariff Exemption / Currencies / Canadian $
By: ElliottWave-Forecast
By EWFHendra : Canadian Dollar had a relief rally last week after the U.S. excluded Canada and Mexico from steel and aluminum tariffs. President Trump’s administration enacted these tariffs under section 232 Trade Expansion Act of 1982 on the ground of national security. President Trump said that the importation of steel and aluminum was “in such quantities and under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security of the United States.”
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Bitcoin BTCUSD Elliott Wave View Calling for Rally toward $15,000 / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: ElliottWave-Forecast
Since all time high in December 2017, Bitcoin BTCUSD ( Value in US Dollar ) dropped 70% before finally bottoming around $6590 on the 6th of February 2018. The big decline drove fear into the digital market as many new investors / traders lost their money during that period so they decided to stay away and avoid further losses because the mainstream media was again calling Bitcoin as a busted Bubble even though they were amazed by the Rise of Cryptocurrencies in 2017.
During the recent 2 months , Bitcoin daily confirmed transaction has been dropping significantly hitting 2 years low despite a +90% bounce seen in BTCUSD since February low. Data from different brokers show that current consumer desire to ‘hodl’ on to one’s bitcoins and watch the market, rather than cash out or convert into currencies.
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
J.P. Morgan’s Executive Director Shares Her Secret for Investing in Emerging Markets / Currencies / Emerging Markets
By: John_Mauldin
By Patrick Watson: At the Strategic Investment Conference 2018, Gabriela Santos, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, compared the potential of the US and international markets in terms of equity returns.
J.P. Morgan projects 5.5% annualized for US equities over the next 10 years. Meanwhile, Japan is projected to return 6% and emerging markets (EM) around 8%. But that’s assuming today as a starting point.
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
An Introduction to Online Forex Trading / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Kavinesh_A
Forex stands for foreign exchange, the currencies. Forex trading is the process of buying and selling of foreign exchange or currencies. Statistics indicate that the online forex trading is increasingly getting more popular and that the forex market has grown at least 20% in the last five years. Grab more information about trading from the Admiral Markets.
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Friday, March 09, 2018
Riding the Bitcoin Wave / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Mike_McAra
In a move surprising to some, the SEC has announced that a number of cryptocurrency exchanges must register with the agency. Without naming names, the race has begun to determine if a specific platform meets the definitions put forward by the SEC. As our readers are aware, this is actually not surprising at all. In fact, it is only one small step in a broader trend recognizable in the Bitcoin market. How this specific event translates into the current trading conditions is what’s most interesting from a trader’s perspective. And we have indeed seen one specific change which may influence your profits.
Thursday, March 08, 2018
Is the Bitcoin Bull Market Dead or Just Taking a Breather? / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Sol_Palha
For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still.John Maynard Keynes
Despite the heavy beating Bitcoin has taken, the sentiment has not turned bearish, and Bitcoin experts are still enthusiastically issuing wild targets of $100K and beyond.
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Monday, March 05, 2018
US Dollar at the Start of Multi-Year Downtrend / Currencies / US Dollar
By: ElliottWave-Forecast
Since the US Dollar trades freely in the 1970s, on average it has rallied and declined in a period of 7.5 years. The chart below shows short term and long term US Dollar cycle:
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