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MarketPulseFX
Everything is fine in the world if you are holding mostly “bear” dominated positions. With global equities seeing red for the third-consecutive day, its longest losing stretch in two-months and market rumors rife, has investors again coveting t...
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In the strongest signal yet to reduce reliance in exports and capital spending in favour of consumption, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao set the pace for this year’s growth at 7.5%.
The announcement was made yesterday during the state-of-the-nation speech delivered to 3,000 lawmakers at the annual m...
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FxPro
Spending a few days in Asia is focusing my mind on the extent to which this region can detach itself from what is going on in Europe. It has successfully de-coupled from problems elsewhere (in 2007-08), but does the water that has passed under the bri...
Over the weekend, China announced a 50 basis-point cut in the Reserve Requirement Ratio.
This is essentially the proportion of cash that banks must set aside as reserves. The change will take effect on 24 February, and the figure will fall to 20.5% from 21%.
This is the second time in three mo...
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Swing Trader's Edge
Well if you want a catalyst, than here it is. I have always used the charts to guide me in my trading but I certainly do not ignore wider macro and fundamental issues. Tuesday's decision by the RBA to leave rates on hold will prove to be ...
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Commodity Trader
Fed meeting this week as well as any new developments out of Europe. My suggestion is to always look one-two weeks in advance for upcoming economic events when initiating trades. Just when it appears Crude was destined to move lower prices r...
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Forex Trading Blog
In the UK, a weaker than expected CPI figure and increased speculation about further quantitative easing by the BOE has seen the currency remain heavy in the past few trading sessions. The opportunity exists for a short EURGBP trade at leve...
Well it's been a while since I last posted anything on here and you may be wondering where I have been and more importantly how my spread betting has been going. Well about average as far as the spread betting is concerned. I've been really busy (and still am) with my personal life and unfortuna...
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Don Miller's S&P Trader Tank
This week’s Briefing continues following the theme discussed in recent issues related to short- to moderate-term expectations for the market and how we’ve structured client portfolios of varying risk profiles. To those new to the Bri...
There seems to be a lot of carrying on about momentum stocks imploding after huge runs, as if it’s something terrible and scary. Stocks like Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) and Netflix (NFLX) have plummeted over the last six months or so. ‘Oh my god, a momentum stock has fallen sharply’!...
Last week, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said that the global economy and financial system are at their most fragile state since the 2008 crisis, with the immediate outlook characterised by a high degree of uncertainty.
Not the most encouraging words for traders and investors to hear, but ...
Last week, 2 major central banks slashed their interest rates by 25 basis points each.
The Reserve Bank of Australia was the first to act, cutting rates from 4.75% to 4.5%. This was followed 2 days later by new ECB chief, Mario Draghi, who surprised everyone by cutting rates from 1.5% to 1.25%.
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Finance chiefs meet in Luxembourg this week.
The good news for the markets is that finance chiefs are meeting and discussing global issues more frequently. The bad news is that no concrete solution has been hammered out yet.
In the process, markets are continuing their free-fall.
The MSCI Asi...
We are officially in a bear market.
The bloodshed in the markets last week was breath-taking, with more than US$3.4 trillion (s$4.4 trillion) erased from equity values and over US $1 trillion in the US equity market alone.
Here’s a snapshot of some of the carnage:
1) The Dow Jones Industrial A...
Close to 8 trillion US dollars has been wiped off global equity markets since the S&P downgraded the US debt less than a month ago. Suffice to say, every trader would take this as a cue that the US dollar is weakening.
In the currency maket, the scenarios are played out slightly differently...
“The trend is your friend until it bends” goes the famous trading colloquial. Every trader worth his salt knows the importance of trading with the trend.
However, there is one indomitable force in the Forex Market that can temporarily over-ride the theory of trend. That force is known as Centra...
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