As the lyrics say in Yazz’s famous song “The Only Way is Up” many an economist would have you believe the same is true of US bond yields. Money printing leads to inflation which leads to higher interest rates they will tell you. Read more >>
Etoro, one of the world’s leading FX platforms, has introduced CopyTrader the first social networking trading application. Copy trader lets you piggy back off the trades of the most successful eToro traders. Read more >>
The EURO, which has been batted against other major cross currencies, has been given a reprieve after the European Union announced it was going to bail out the Greek economy for the second time. The second bailout is again expected to top 100 Billion EUROs. Read more >>
There have been lots of articles doing the rounds this week about Central Banks diversifying away for the US dollar. Read more >>
As markets have gotten increasingly volatile in recent weeks and talk of Global Financial Crisis (GFC) Mark II gets louder once again with a default by Greece being likened to Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008, I ponder whether the safe haven status which the USA enjoyed back in 2008 and 2009 would be repeated a second time around. Read more >>
Last week I pondered Europe’s multitude of troubles and the effects it would have on the Euro currency and further whether this may offer the possibility of a profitable trade in shorting the Euro. Read more >>
The Meta Trader 4 (MT4) trading platform has become the most popular online trading platform. Most of the better FX operators are compatible with MT4. Read more >>
As the famous German mathematician Carl Jacobi used to say “Invert, always invert”. And so this week I ponder the somewhat rhetorical question of what’s stopping me from an all out bet against the Euro? Read more >>
As Chris from FX Strategy pointed out in one of his most recent videos, the EUR/CHF pattern looks very bearish. Read more >>
By: Friday Fundamentalist My inspiration for this week’s article is thanks to Jeremy Gratham’s April 2011 Letter which carried the title “Time to wake up: Days of abundant resources and falling prices are over forever.” Read more >>