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There is nothing more important to a business than the strength of its marketing plan and companies spare no limit when it comes to using creative and often outrageous techniques in order to sell their products.

The year 2013 has ended with a bang for stock markets, with both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average posting annual jumps not seen since the 1990s. While equity traders patient enough to sit out the roller coaster ride saw record gains on their investments, the flow of investors moving out of equity trading to safer ground continued throughout the year.

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Derek Frey came from pursuing a career as an Olympic athlete to trading and developing his own custom Forex tools. He applies the same high standards and results-oriented approach as an elite athlete to his chosen speciality, "?Harmonic" patterns in Forex. Huzefa Hamid, DailyForex.com Senior Analyst, spoke to him about his fascinating journey into the markets.

Friday's Non-Farm payroll report contained surprised many economists. U.S. job growth remained solid in November and the unemployment rate fell to the lowest level in five years, dropping 7 percent, one signal of stronger U.S. economic growth.

Dramatic price fluctuations in the bitcoin market have the trading world abuzz, especially following the spikes earlier this week, and the subsequent crash to nearly half that much.

The DailyForex team is excited about the launch of the new Daily Forex mobile application. The previous application, which went live back in March 2012, has been very useful, and the new mobile app is designed to be more efficient and to fix some of the bugs that were present in the original app. The new app offers everything the old one did as well as some new features.

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