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Dec 12, 13 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Main USA markets sell off due to monetary easing taper rumours whilst Greek unemployment rises to 27.4%
The DJIA and other main USA indices suffered quite a significant sell off during the later stages of the New York session on Wednesday due to the (you’ve guessed it) rumours of the infamous taper arriving sooner rather than later. And the ripple-effect...
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Dec 11, 13 •
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Mind The Gap •
Maria Iacob
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US budget negotiators late Tuesday night reached a deal to set spending levels until 2015, avoiding the latest debt ceiling deadlock in Congress. The agreement may herald the return of an era in which Congress can perform basic functions without the political...
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Dec 11, 13 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Volcker rule comes of age, E.U. banking union begins to take shape as Christine Lagarde defies the notion of a “jobless recovery”
In a relatively quiet day for high impact news events on Tuesday, potential fundamental policy decisions took centre stage. There were two banking regulation news events that flew under the radar and failed to ignite the interest of the mainstream financial...
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Dec 11, 13 •
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Between the lines •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on 200% account growth annually trading forex, is it realistically possible?
There comes a time, once new traders have overcome many of their (at times) self-imposed initial trading barriers, when their attention finally turns to the reason all of us enter the world of trading; profit. We then began to ask ourselves the key question;...
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Dec 10, 13 •
2282 Views •
Mind The Gap •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Sterling reaches a two year high versus U.S. Dollar as UK industrial production finds another higher gear
There was yet more promising data printed from the UK this morning with regards to the economic recovery of the country and unlike the data from sources such as Markit’s sentiment indices, this is as close to ‘fact’ as the UK can deliver....
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Dec 10, 13 •
2684 Views •
Between the lines •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Why bursting the bubble; discovering that there is no ‘Holy Grail’ of trading, finally leads to trader enlightenment
The term “Holy Grail” crops up regularly in trading discussions. The phrase has come to mean; the discovery of an infallible trading strategy and method that will lead to our trader unlocking a type of trading ‘code’, eventually...
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Dec 10, 13 •
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Morning Roll Call •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Greece experiencing record levels of deflation, Germany’s industrial output in surprise fall again, China’s yuan reaches twenty year high as the loonie falls to a 3 year low
Despite Monday being a relatively quiet day on Wall Street there were plenty of high impact news events published and the customary chatter regarding monetary easing took centre stage, on both sides of the Atlantic, providing one of the major debating points...
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Dec 9, 13 •
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Mind The Gap •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Chinese inflation data improves, Germany’s exports rise, whilst Europe’s Sentix falls sharply
According to the latest COT report currency speculators are still bearish yen, a position reflected in yen falling versus the majority of its major pairs in the overnight trading session. In early news Germany’s trade balance was published, as expected...
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Dec 9, 13 •
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Is The Trend Still Your Friend •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Trend trading analysis beginning Sunday December 8th
Sunday evening’s trading session sees a raft of information published from Japan, the final GDP figure is predicted to come in at 0.4%, with the final GDP price predicted to come in at -0.3%, bank lending should come in at 2% improvement. There is...
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Dec 6, 13 •
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Mind The Gap •
Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Economists expect USA NFP jobs to be up 185K, unemployment rate to fall to 7.2%. Germany revises GDP expectation in 2014 to 1.5%
Most traders’ eyes will turn to the USA jobs number this afternoon. Given that the other jobs metrics this week have come in very positive the number does have to opportunity to surprise, particularly as the economists polled will have been asked for...