Notes You Need for April 13: Google and right to be forgotten, Amazon, BA, rig count, Uber, USPS, NFLX, gold ETFs

Notes You Need for April 13: Google and right to be forgotten, Amazon, BA, rig count, Uber, USPS, NFLX, gold ETFs

In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. This item from today is a representative example of an entry: “This morning the Trump administration issued an executive order setting up a task force to examine the operations and finances of the U.S. Postal Service. Section 3 says “The Task Force shall conduct a thorough evaluation of the operations and finances of the USPS, including:  (i)    the expansion and pricing of the package delivery market and the USPS’s role in competitive markets.” Think that could mean Amazon’s (AMZN) contract for package delivery?”

Trump administration pushes a weak dollar at Davos

Trump administration pushes a weak dollar at Davos

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin gave the markets a green light to push the U.S. dollar lower in remarks at Davos. Currency traders, already on board the lower-dollar train, didn’t waste time before pushing the throttle. The Dollar Spot Index (DXY) is down 0.86% as of noon New York time to 89.347. Traders have been eyeing the 90 level on the index to see whether support would hold at this level or if the index would break below 90 and set up a move lower.