The external factors to today’s trading are multiple. The US markets closed sharply up on Friday, with the S&P futures index growing steadily. Oil quotes are continuing to rise. Last Friday saw ...
The US dollar went through a sharp increase against its Yen counterpart on Friday, putting a stop to the four-day decay when the USD/JPY pair fell more than 4% due to the fact that investors turned to...
FTSE 100: How Much Higher Can It Trade? The FTSE 100 (FXCM: UK100) is up by 5.8% since Thursday of last week on a classic ‘risk-on’ rally as traders booked gains on short positions and on the U....
Last week again saw all of the major markets lose ground and the oil price continued to soften – but above the $30 mark. In Europe over the course of the week, the FTSE was down by 2.4%, it closed a...
The safe-haven trade remained in force during last week’s trading activity for the major asset classes, based on a set of proxy ETFs. Bonds were the clear winner for the five trading days through ...
After Friday closed with gains in Wall Street, Asian Stocks also delivered. Japanese Nikkei is trading 7% higher on the day after a week of steep losses. USDJPY which in directly correlated to stoc...
The bull market is on track to celebrate — barely — its seventh birthday next month. But many strategists and money managers believe that this old bull won’t see a cake with eight ca...
We just cannot wait for the next time either Abe or Kuroda utter the following string of words “[stimulus – insert any combination of equity buying, bond buying, money printing, and NIRP]...
We’re sharing this Total Wealth with you today because, although the markets are closed, that’s likely only a temporary break from the heavy selling that’s pushing stocks down righ...