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In the absence of market moving news, out of Europe or North America, global markets have continued to stew on the weekend’s Chinese data. However, as before, the US stock market is taking any negative news in its stride as the Dow only closed down 0.2% having...
Futures Trading Education
Markets can be fickle! We wait a whole month for the US Payrolls to provide guidance – it turns out to be good – and then some very poor Chinese trade data over the weekend changes the story. Its a lesson in the fact that you can never ever be sure or...
Futures Trading Education
The Crimean Peninsula tensions developed another leg yesterday with the local pro-Russian legislature calling for self-determination. A vote on whether to join the Russian Federation to be held next week, on March 16. The Ukrainian leadership called this illegal and...
Futures Trading Education
The Ukraine-Russian tensions continued on for another day with the situation seemingly contained albeit frosty on the ground in the Crimea as US Secretary of State, Kerry and Russian Prime Minister, Lavrov met in Paris. There was still more than enough verbal jousting...
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Notwithstanding the remnants of the Mexican standoff between Russia and the Ukraine, global risk markets did an about turn yesterday, with stocks higher in Europe and the US whilst Oil and Gold prices fell along with the US Dollar. The US VIX (Volatility Index) fell...
Futures Trading Education
Markets are on edge watching the headlines and waiting to see how the escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia play out. Amidst this situation, equity markets ended the day lower across the board led by the DAX which fell by over 3%. The Dow and S&P ended...
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