Market commentators and analysts writing for the likes of the FT, Bloomberg and Reuters may want to try writing an economic news story with regards to weak data without ‘blaming’ Europe..”Oh, I see China’s economy has expanded at it’s slowest rate for two years, that’ll be those pesky Europeans and their banking crisis again..” is […]
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Amongst the many ‘therapies’ I developed in order to keep my trigger happy trading finger less active back in the early days of my FX trading was eBay sniping for bargains. I’d have a hit list of necessary items and once hunted down I’d set alarms and countdown the days and minutes and snipe for
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How Much? ¿Cuánto Cuesta? Do You Take cheques? ¿Toméis Los Cheques What can only be described as weary cynicism appears to have enveloped both the markets and market opinion. The next in a long drawn out series of macro economic meetings is scheduled for next Sunday, a summit at which the 27 EU leaders (in
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Despite the circuitous nature of the current macro economic events it’s becoming extremely difficult to keep up with the shape shifting events. For example, it’s not uncommon for commentators get confused as to who does what in this Comedy Of Errors Shakespearean farce. Whilst Trichet is about to exit stage left and take the bow
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“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” is a legendary philosophical thought experiment that raises questions regarding observation and knowledge of reality. Can something exist without being perceived? Is sound only a sound if a person hears it? The most immediate philosophical
Perhaps the USA senate needs to look up the meaning of the word “diktat” before attempting to issue the same versus one of its major trading partners. A diktat is a harsh penalty or settlement imposed upon a defeated party by the victor, or a dogmatic decree. The senate would have been better employed studying
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The US senate passed legislation yesterday to allow companies to seek compensation due to the USA administration’s perception that the weak Yuan is hurting the USA’s ability to export. Imported Chinese goods are also apparently costing too much due to the value of the Yuan. Would this include goods from Apple, such as the iPhone,
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What a spoilsport, just when the market had begun to buy the narrative from the Merkozy conjoinment along comes the chairman of euro zone finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker stating, (late in the evening during an Austrian television interview), that a compulsory write-down of 50 to 60 percent of Greek debt may be unavoidable. [quote]I do
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Apologies for mixing up two metaphors in the title, I did consider three, (Pandora’s box could have easily been slipped in) but two distinct ‘events’ over recent days have lit the touch paper..oops..there’s the third metaphor. One event moved passed jaw jaw into war war versus a specific economic malaise, the other remains deeply entrenched
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Ahead of the G20 summit scheduled for November EU ministers and policy makers will come under increasing pressure to create and ultimately ratify an agreement in relation to the direction and shape the overall Eurozone rescue package will take. Simon Maughan, head of sales and distribution at MF Global Ltd. in London, said in a
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