CNBC Comment: Don’t expect oil respite from Iran or Iraq June 16, 2014 IT’S A busy fortnight for oil traders. First, there was the Opec meeting in Vienna last week. Hot on its heels came the unexpected crisis in Iraq, the second largest Opec producer, which resulted in nine-month highs for West Texas Intermediate and Brent Crude prices on concerns over supply disruption. And there will be no [...]
DailyFX Tips & Picks: How traders can handle geopolitical risk in the markets June 16, 2014 WITH uncertainty comes strong market moves – the latest example being the tense situation in Iraq. The effect on oil markets has not been delayed, and we have already experienced a strong price surge. And oil prices could rise even higher, given market panic. This is the effect of geopolitical risk. The other geopolitical risk [...]
DailyFX Tips & Picks: Analyst’s pick June 16, 2014 CURRENCY STRATEGIST CHRIS VECCHIO My pick: Waiting for euro-dollar, euro-yen range breaks Expertise: Fundamental and technical analysis with risk management Average time frame of trades: A few days to a few weeks Despite a cascade of geopolitical headlines over the weekend – civil war sweeping across Iraq and Russian company Gazprom shutting off gas supplies [...]
How to succeed in a job interview: Dos and don’ts on the big day June 16, 2014 Keeping cool, calm and on track during an interview needn’t be impossible. But when the stakes are so high, and nerves are inevitable, it’s little wonder that 92 per cent of people told Everest College’s 2013 Job Interview Anxiety Survey they feared at least part of the interview experience. There are ways to deal with [...]
Letters to the Editor – 17/06 – Tale of two markets, Best of Twitter June 16, 2014 Tale of two markets [Re: Will the Bank of England’s new powers to tame the housing market be effective? yesterday] The UK is two distinct property markets. Outside London is domestically driven, so domestic policy matters to property prices. The ratio of average house prices to average incomes will track average mortgage to income ratios [...]
Sturridge: I’ll be happy to see Suarez in crunch clash June 16, 2014 WITH Uruguay striker Luis Suarez having declared himself fit for Thursday’s win or bust clash with England, his Liverpool strike partner is relishing their head-to-head but has warned the two-time World Cup winners are by no means a one-man team. Suarez played no part in his country’s surprise defeat to Costa Rica due to recent knee [...]
Golf Comment: Kaymer’s 72 and 69 just as good as his pair of 65s June 16, 2014 NOT since the height of Tiger Woods’s dominance have we seen a Major victory as extraordinary as Martin Kaymer’s eight-shot win at the US Open on Sunday. The German loves the challenge of being out in front. Kaymer led from the start in claiming the Players Championship last month, and did it again in incredible [...]
World Cup: Muller magic puts Portugal to the sword June 16, 2014 GERMANY 4 PORTUGAL 0 GERMANY forward Thomas Muller believes the experience of playing in two major international tournaments set him up perfectly to shake off first day nerves and bag a hat-trick against 10-man Portugal. Having finished the 2010 World Cup as joint-top scorer with five goals, the Bayern Munich star struck three more at [...]
Schumacher out of a coma June 16, 2014 SEVEN-TIME Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is out of a coma and has been moved to a hospital in Switzerland. The development, announced yesterday by his management, is the most encouraging indication of recovery since he suffered life-threatening head injuries while skiing in France late last year. Schumacher’s camp said the 45-year-old German, who retired [...]
World Cup in brief June 16, 2014 Mexico have plan to stifle Brazil MEXICO captain Rafael Marquez is confident his team can cope with Brazil’s holy trinity in tonight’s second Group A match. He said: “It will surely be a very difficult game, we know the talent of Neymar, Oscar, Hulk, but we will train in ways to handle them.” Russia have [...]
