Futures Trading Education
Investors looking for clues on US Monetary Policy would have taken very different messages from Fed Chairman Bernanke’s prepared testimony and his subsequent Q+A session yesterday. The formal presentation warned that a premature tightening of Monetary Policy...
Futures Trading Education
One year ago the Nikkei 225 Index stood at 8800 with the Dow Industrial Average at 12,500. For a brief period before the markets opened yesterday the Japanese stock market was higher than its US counterpart having risen almost 80% over the last 12 months. Another 52...
Futures Trading Education
Currency markets are consolidating ahead of Fed Chairman Bernanke’s mid-week testimony on economic outlook. A comment from Japanese Economic’s Minister Amari, in which he said that if the Yen weakens further it will negatively impact peoples lives,...
Futures Trading Education
The US Dollar ended last week the same way it began – on the rise, with the US Dollar Index hitting the highest level in 6 years. The Dollar made some further gains against the Yen and held its gains against the Euro whilst the AUD/USD continued on the back foot...
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Weak data released in the US has taken its toll on risk assets with the S&P 500 now at least taking a breather if not entering a pull-back phase. Price action yesterday saw the S&P down by about 0.5% after rising modestly the day before, although the market...
Futures Trading Education
The equity market rally continued yesterday despite some poor economic data on both sides of the Atlantic. The S&P added 0.5% to reach yet another new record high. The Nasdaq is also up 0.25% to reach a 12-year high. On the data front, the Euro-Zone recorded a...
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