September 2017

WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 2/10-6/10|Could an extremely low NFP number take the markets by surprise?

It’s that time of month again; when the NFP number is published on the first Friday of the new month. For novice traders they may wonder what all the fuss is about, however, traders who were involved in the markets during the Great Recession, when NFP numbers could show a loss of over 700k jobs […]

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Brexit negotiations causes sterling and euro to whipsaw, as USA investors adjust themselves to inevitable rate rises and QT

Brexit was back on the international news agenda radar on Thursday, as the two leading negotiators met once again, in order to attempt to put together a road map for the UK’s final exit. How long the remaining EU27 can continue to suffer the UK’s obfuscation and time wasting, remains to be seen. However, Britain

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U.S. equities and dollar rise, as a consequence of fiscal tax stimulus hopes and Janet Yellen’s hawkish comments

Trump’s election tax pledge was back on the agenda on Wednesday, this potential reduction of tax, to a suggested 20%, from the current rate of circa 35%, was part of the reason U.S. equities rose sharply during the day. That planned and promised reduction is also the key reason equities have risen since Trump’s inauguration,

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EUR/USD continues its German election fall, GBP/USD falls over 2% during last three trading days, U.S. dollar holds firm

EURO Versus the majority of its peers, the euro sold off during Tuesday’s trading sessions. The prevailing concerns, with regards to the inconclusive German Federal election on Sunday past, still appear to be weighing heavily on investor sentiment. Allied to this, Eurozone inflation is forecast to remain under the target, which the ECB had provisionally

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Angela Merkel’s CDU party wins German Federal Election, whilst far right party AfD makes huge gains

A Pyrrhic victory is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor, it’s tantamount to suffering an actual defeat. Someone who obtains a Pyrrhic victory has been victorious, although the heavy toll negates any true sense of achievement, or profit. Whilst not (by definition) a Pyrrhic victory, Angela Merkel, the current and

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Angela Merkel’s CDU party wins German Federal Election, whilst far right party AfD makes huge gains

A Pyrrhic victory is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor, it’s tantamount to suffering an actual defeat. Someone who obtains a Pyrrhic victory has been victorious, although the heavy toll negates any true sense of achievement, or profit. Whilst not (by definition) a Pyrrhic victory, Angela Merkel, the current and

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