Trade business cycles for a universe of profit August 29, 2011 GLOBAL financial markets, like weather patterns, are governed by macro and micro cycles and these cycles are definable and predictable. This may come as a surprise, but each financial asset class forms part of a larger constellation, much like a constellation of planets, and can be seen to move in a similar orbital way. All [...]
FED COULD BE STIMULATED BY NON-FARMS August 29, 2011 EQUITIES staged a decent recovery last week, despite the release of further poor economic data from the US, Europe and China. Last week’s trading was a return to the behaviour we became so used to over the past few years, and which has been less in evidence over the last couple of months. This is [...]
Four patterns every trader should know August 29, 2011 THE financial markets can be a fickle beast. After all, you can attempt to model and predict every possible outcome, but prices are driven by human decisions, with traders staying in a position longer than they know is wise, or panic buying in a rally. But armed with a knowledge of some common chart formations, [...]
THE TIPSTER August 29, 2011 MINER Glencore has had a real fall from grace since coming to the market back in May at over £5. In fairness, as with any high beta stock, when the market falls, they generally follow suit. One thing is clear, it is still are very ambitious and acquisitions are still the aim of the game [...]
FTSE ends in the red as hopes of intervention from Fed wane August 25, 2011 BRITAIN’S FTSE 100 fell yesterday, snapping three days of gains as investor hopes dwindled that Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke would signal more stimulus measures and a rumour about a German short-selling ban triggered profit taking. The blue chip index fell deep into the red on talk a short selling ban may be enacted in [...]
Market falls ahead of Bernanke speech August 25, 2011 US stocks fell yesterday as investors raised cash ahead of a critical speech from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, hoping he will give them a clearer picture of the Fed’s plans for the struggling economy. Several negatives contributed to the market’s weakness after three days of gains. Jitters over a sharp drop in German stocks and [...]
Miners and energy firms push FTSE to week’s highest close August 24, 2011 Strong miners and energy stocks helped drive Britain’s top share index to its highest close in a week yesterday in choppy trade as investors jostled for position ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday. Traders pointed to continued speculation that the Fed could unveil a further round of US quantitative [...]
US markets make strong comeback August 24, 2011 US stocks posted strong gains for a second day yesterday as investors jumped back into beaten-down financial shares and backed away from safer assets like gold in volatile trading. The stock market swung back and forth as investors anticipated a key speech from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday. There had been hope the [...]
Where savers should turn to protect their wealth August 24, 2011 MANY in the UK look upon the peripheral economies of Europe – living on borrowed money and reliant on the kindness of tourists to keep them from falling back into the dark ages – with disdain. However, the UK’s facade of economic power is also crumbling – the East is in the ascendancy, with India [...]
Three ways to get the trading edge August 24, 2011 IN the high-frequency forex-trading sphere, it is latency of executions that grabs the headlines – that is the delay between an order being sent to a venue, and the venue executing that order. But as Dan Hubscher, industry marketing manager for Progress Software points out, investing in low latency trading execution systems is simply your [...]
