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The ECB made no change to policy settings when it met yesterday but stands ready to use quantitative easing (QE) to fight deflation. Expressing genuine surprise at the March Inflation estimate of just 0.5% President Dragi admitted that ‘there was a...
Futures Trading Education
Yesterday was another risk-on trading session albeit with little in the way of data releases and anything that did emerge had a positive bias. US data was good, China made its spending plans official and even Greece is considering re-entering the Bond market. The...
Futures Trading Education
Yesterday was a somewhat quieter day on the major financial news front with risk markets back in vogue again. European and US Equity markets closed higher with the S&P 500 closing up another 0.75% for a new all time high record close after a very choppy last...
Futures Trading Education
In her first public speech as Chair of the Fed, Janet Yellen spoke yesterday on ‘What the Federal Reserve is doing to promote a stronger job market’. Her talk caused headlines across news screens suggesting that she was implying that the Fed would maintain...
Futures Trading Education
Ahead of this morning’s March Euro-Zone CPI report and the ECB Meeting on Thursday, Spanish and German CPI reports for March were softer than expected. Spain, which is now in deflationary territory (-0.2%), hit the Euro before Germany released its CPI, which...
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Equity markets failed to gain any momentum yesterday with the US stock market closing flat having endured another wild trading session as yet again the market has managed to rally off earlier intra day lows. Citigroup shares plunged 6% after its capital plan was...
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