This weekend, Saudi Arabia will be hosting an Oil Summit in the city of Jeddah, located on the coast of the Red Sea. They have invited executives from oil companies, leaders of nations and the world’s largest oil producers.

The big question for markets is whether or not Saudi Arabia can drive down the price […]

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It was a busy night in the currency market! The levels that we have been watching for weeks were tested and in some cases broken. The US dollar fell to record lows against the Euro and came within FOUR pips of parity against the US dollar. The dollar is weaker across the board […]

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