US stocks up ahead of Fed’s statement March 12, 2012 DEFENSIVE names rallied in an otherwise flat day for Wall Street yesterday as investors paused after recent gains and looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy statement. Investors will eye today’s statement from the US central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee to see whether the Fed will cool down expectations of more easing of [...]
Avoiding rotten luck trading pairs March 12, 2012 PICKING out individual stocks from a sector can be a tricky business. Even if you think that a particular equity is ripe for the picking, it could be dragged down by a fall in the sector as a whole. This is where pairs trading can come in to help you. “Pairs trading is an often [...]
US GROWTH MEANS THE DOLLAR-YEN BREAKOUT SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY March 12, 2012 DIRECTOR OF CURRENCY RESEARCH, GFT IS THE North American region the last bastion of global growth? After last Friday’s strong US non-farm payrolls (NFP) and this weekend’s disappointing Chinese trade data, it certainly appears to be the case. In February, the US was able to record its third consecutive month of more than 200K new [...]
The growing trend of active traders March 12, 2012 THE last 15 years or so have seen a sea change in how people manage their investments and approach financial markets. For anyone much under the tender age of 40 it’s probably taken for granted that real time prices, charts and news are all part and parcel of a trading or investing account. Of course, [...]
Analyst picks for 13 March 2012 March 12, 2012 FOREX STRATEGIST JOEL KRUGER My pick: Buy dollar-yen from ¥80.00 Expertise: Technical analysis Average time frame of trades: 6 months The market is doing a good job of showing the potential formation of a major cyclical bottom after closing above the weekly Ichimoku cloud for the first time since July 2007. We could be in [...]
Twin products for the skilled trader March 12, 2012 MARKET volatility is often a problem for investors. But some, with the talent and bravery to turn turbulence into a boon for their portfolios, make good use of a pair of derivative products – contracts for difference (CFD) and spread betting. How should you choose which to use? Functionally, they are more similar than different. [...]
THE TIPSTER March 12, 2012 GLOBAL food and beverage company PepsiCo announced plans to install former Wal-Mart executive Brian Cornell to head its largest and most profitable unit. This is seen as a positive move which could shake up positions within the company, as existing chief executive Indra Nooyi has been unable to bring the share price back to its [...]
US announcements will top and tail the week March 11, 2012 TODAY With no major economic or corporate announcements in the UK, one would assume that trading will be fairly quiet. But the market has plenty to digest from the tail end of the previous week. Non-farm payroll and unemployment numbers are likely to dictate trading activity across most asset classes for a couple of days. [...]
The unfolding story of London’s iconic bicycle March 11, 2012 ANDREW Ritchie, founder and technical director of Brompton Bicycle brought his folding bike to market through perseverance and a little help from his friends. Talking with him in the company’s factory in Brentford, where every Brompton bike is made, it is instantly clear that he realises that success, and the accolades that followed, weren’t a [...]
GENERATING A BUSINESS OUT OF GOOD IDEAS March 11, 2012 PEOPLE have brilliant ideas every day. That eureka moment that makes you stop and think, if I could invent a solution to this problem, I would make millions. But where do you go from there? Unsurprisingly, most people grind to a halt once they have had that all important light bulb moment and do not [...]