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Is the trend still your friend? Trend prediction for the week beginning July 3rd 2013

As the SPX reaches record highs the NFP numbers disappoint, but the dollar remains bought. As if proof were needed that the Fed's continual commitment to monetary easing is fueling the rise in the main equities indices of the SPX, the DJIA and the NASDAQ, it came in the form of several disappointing news events […]

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Is the trend still your friend? Trend prediction for FX, indices, metals and commodities week commencing July 28th

If last week's high impact news events centered around the publication of the Markit Economics PMIs for services, then this week's fundamental high impact news is heavily geared towards the publication of Markit's manufacturing PMIs due on Thursday. Market analysts and commentators will be looking for any evidence (from those businesses polled) that the bedrock

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Mind The Gap; London Session Update Pre New York's Open

Dare we dream that Europe may be exiting recession?   In our Between The Lines article of this morning we emphasised the importance of paying close attention to the Markit Economics PMI data prints and how they could influence market sentiment, particularly if many of the individual publications relating to European manufacturing and service industry

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Is the trend still your friend? Trend prediction for the week beginning July 21st 2013

Forex markets currently appear to be driven by three main phenomena; .Continual market talk of Fed tapering and the timing thereof. .The sales of foreign assets by Japanese investors. .The liquidity squeeze of China and the slowing of the world's second largest  economy. The market consensus, after Ben Bernanke gave his two days of testimony

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Mind The Gap; Mid Morning London Session Update Pre New York’s Open

Many analysts have been scratching their heads due to the recent disappearance of the 'risk on – risk off' paradigm. The disappearance has been discussed extensively on sites such as Bloomberg and Reuters. At FXCC we've discussed many aspects of it in our Mind The Gap and Between The Lines sections. Quite why analysts have

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