The French term Entente Cordiale, translated as “cordial agreement” or “cordial understanding”, was first used in English in 1844 to denote recognition of common interests between the United Kingdom and France. When used today the term almost always denotes the second Entente Cordiale, that is to say the written and partly secret agreement signed in […]
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Christine Lagarde, the recently appointed head of the International Monetary Fund, is actively encouraging various countries across the globe to work together in order to fix the European debt crisis, and stimulate economic growth. Lagarde warns that this unity urgently needs to stimulate economic growth or risk a return to the Great Depression. In a
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“A Man Is But The Product Of His Thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.” – Mahatma Gandhi In an earlier article we discussed the ideas behind the concept of choosing a trading strategy to match our personality type. The perceived wisdom is that if you’re an impatient ‘action junkie’ you should trade lower time frames,
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The euro steadied slightly in the morning session hovering at 13000 just off new 11-month lows on Thursday, with investors’ collective eyes fixed on the Swiss National Bank (SNB) meeting to consider its campaign of currency intervention, while a Spanish bond auction will offer more signs on the depth of Europe’s debt crisis. The prospect
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In November 1959, the Joint Chiefs of Staff created the DEFCON system so that a uniform readiness posture could be prescribed in the various military commands. Since the system was introduced, portions of the U.S. military have been placed at higher readiness levels on numerous instances. The DEFCON level is controlled primarily by the President
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As somehow who actively encourages forex speculation and experimentation (in all it’s forms) it pains me to criticise certain elements that have grown unchecked within our industry. For example I’m deeply suspicious of the benefits of trading rooms, we’ve discussed the issues of lag before; the time taken for the trading room operator to take
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Lingering tensions between Britain and France over the future of the EU will have intensified from Wednesday onwards after Nicolas Sarkozy accused David Cameron of behaving like “an obstinate kid” after Cameron stunned the EU by using the British veto at the European summit late last week. Cameron has indicated that he was prepared to
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There’s two diverse opinions on the subject of multiple currency pair trading, do or don’t, yes or no. The principal use and major benefit for engaging in a multi pair trading strategy is to hedge the overall risk, this can be done by observing the currency pair correlations that exist in the market place at
UK unemployment has hit a fresh 17-year high after the public sector shed thousands more jobs than anticipated and as many economists predicted the private sector failed to pick up the slack. Youth unemployment increased holding above the record high of over 1 million and the total number of unemployed people rose to 2.64m over
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There comes a time when we all begin to sound like our parents. As a father of three, with my teenage Daughter at university in the UK, I’m already a few years into my ‘metamorphosis’. I avoid coming across as a hypocrite and try not to lecture, instead I attempt to “gently persuade”. My eldest
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