Maria Iacob

USA equity indexes sell off sharply on fears that valuations are too high

Morning Roll Call

As earnings season officially begins in the USA concerns that valuations are sky high, in particular on the heavily tech invested NASDAQ market, caused jitters that reverberated across global markets. The dollar also fell versus the majority of its major peers, falling to a five-month low against a basket of peers on speculation a drop […]

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Australia’s unemployment falls to 5.8% as Greece finally returns to the debt markets after nearly four years of absence

Mind The Gap

Despite a lot of criticism with regards to the steering of the economy by the socialist government French industrial production has improved, according to the latest data available the improvement was by 0.3% in February. Australia produced a very healthy shock to the markets, causing the Aussie to rise versus the majority of its major

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Main bourses in New York rise as some Fed officials doubt the pace of interest rate rises

Morning Roll Call

The main indices in New York rose sharply towards the end of the trading sessions as the FOMC meeting minutes were released, due to passages within the minutes which appeared to contradict many analysts’ thoughts regarding the pace of interest rate rises. The Fed appears to be backtracking on earlier protestations and is now suggesting

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German exports have risen by 4.3% whilst the UK’s trade deficit comes in at -£9.1 billion

Mind The Gap

Japanese equities were in bearish territory after any hopes for monetary stimulus faded, whilst the rest of Asia-Pacific was up after Wall Street staged a relief rally on Tuesday. Japan’s losses were driven by comments from central bank governor Haruhiko Kuroda. On Tuesday he acknowledged that last week’s increase in the national sales tax was

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Why new traders often find themselves on the wrong side of the market and how to prevent it

Between the lines

There are several reasons why we simplify the wording and concepts in our weekly “is the trend still your friend?” article for our readership. The main one being that we have to create an article appealing to all abilities with particular attention being focused on new traders. There’s little point in us over complicating the

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Is the USA consumer tapped out and relying more and more on credit?

Morning Roll Call

There were slightly conflicting and concerning reports published on Monday concerning the USA consumer; firstly consumer credit rose by 6.4% in February mainly for college loans, auto purchases and home mortgages, secondly the amount Americans reported spending each day in March averaged $87 for the month, identical to February. While spending remains relatively high, this

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