~1.40 level is definitely key long-term

Brexit deal '90% agreed', says Ireland's deputy PM Simon Coveney

Shame on someone, alright. Don’t think it’s the headline writer tho..

Iran summons Western diplomats over parade attack killing 25

EU tries to drag Switzerland down to its level shocker.

Swiss canton banks, neutrality are sticking points in EU talks: paper cites fin min

Usually doesn’t pay to be cocksure in the markets. I myself can be wrong 10x a day, but I don’t let it kill me. Good trading to all.

US Dollar Surges, but Recent Gains Seem Exaggerated

Yep, democracy is overrated; what we need is some good strong leadership instead - folks knew what was going on in the 1930s, amirite?

Pound Slips to Lowest Since November Versus Euro on No-Deal Fear

Not that I really trade based on them these days yano, but this could be a perfect example of news at the end of an Elliott wave 2 - the general perception then is that the previous trend (rising USD) is back in force and the news plays to that - in ...

Is this the end of the road for the euro?

Jeez. Have they not seen what’s happened to the PIIGS? Scratch that - of course they have - it’s just the usual story of the local elite wanting to get in on the party and screw it if they napalm their own country in the process.

Bulgaria edges closer to joining euro

There are many ways to skin a cat. It’s widely acknowledged that most volume these days is traded by machines and - save for real-time machine-learning-driven analysis of press releases etc. - is technical.

Pound's unexpected robustness may point to underlying strength

“Pay protection” - Trump said it - imperial dues... Russia is nothing more than the bogeyman du jour. End NATO yesterday already and let’s crack on with our glorious new paradigm Eurasian future

Presidents have been trying unsuccessfully for years to get Germany and other rich NATO...

Bitcoin is back - or is it time to short again? edit: perhaps not quite yet

Bitcoin Is Back? Cryptocurrency Surges After Breaching $9,000

Aaaaaaand that's where I stopped reading... EDIT: those interested in the regulation of information & communications technology may find this book of interest

Al Franken Just Gave The Speech Big Tech Has Been Dreading

tl;dr: although there has as yet been no iceberg per se...

Revenge of the Experts

Weather forecasts are generally much more accurate than economic ones. As Nicholas Nassim Taleb points out, many economists affect to be scientists by mis-applying mathematical models that they don't fully understand.

How about a little accountability for economists when they mess up?

Monthly much more bullish l/t tho: url

Draghi says very substantial degree of accommodation is needed

Up against it - url

Draghi says very substantial degree of accommodation is needed

+1 for Sir Isaac Newton. Goes to show, if even a genius can come a cropper in the markets, the rest of us would be well-advised to avoid hubris and stay on guard.

In relief rally, bitcoin jumps more than 20% from June low

Well, I take the other side on this one - and here's why: you might think that a single country is easier to pick off, but at the end of the day, it comes down to politicians that you have to subvert. I say, the more, the harder to manage it ...

Schaeuble says U.K. would face 'open doors' if Brexit reversed

Stronger together - perhaps (wasn't this the unionist slogan in the Scottish IndyRef?). But in these days of "regulatory capture" by the Davos clique and nefarious Deep States, I tend to the opinion that a herd of cats is harder for the rotters to ...

Schaeuble says U.K. would face 'open doors' if Brexit reversed

buying opportunity

Sterling falls sharply on hung parliament in UK General Election

Bore off, Comey. The reason you should have been fired is for not fully investigating the untimely demise of probable source of the leaks, murdered DNC staffer, Seth Rich: url

Comey now believes Trump was trying to influence him, source says