by Marc Walton | Dec 16, 2014 | Blog, Global Macroeconomics
Hi, the last 48 hours has been a wild ride in the markets and I have had a lot of emails asking “What the hecks going on in the markets”? On Sunday my co managing partner Fotis Papatheofanous did a presentation to members of our pro traders course: where...
by Judith Waker | Dec 15, 2014 | Analysis, Blog
When Black Gold turns into a Black Swan In one week a suspicion of changing sentiment with eyes fixed on falling oil prices as the cause, turned into a black swan event that caused a major rout in global equities. By tuesday morning it was clear that a shift in...
by Judith Waker | Dec 12, 2014 | Analysis, Blog
A dramatic week so far and on Monday signs were already there that sentiment in the market was shifting with equities falling across the board. This, following 2 major events last week both with their own implications, the Eurozone continuing its struggle with...
by Judith Waker | Dec 8, 2014 | Analysis, Blog
The Growing Gulf : The US v Global Gloom This week gave us perhaps the starkest picture of the growing contrasts between the ongoing struggles in the Eurozone to the impressive and unexpected upturn in US economic recovery seen Friday in the non farm numbers. Of...
by Judith Waker | Dec 5, 2014 | Blog, Global Macroeconomics
Like a lot of Forex traders, I started out with a technical approach to my trading. Learnt a method or two, spent a few hundred dollars on ‘systems’ that never really worked for me. Each time I at least learnt a new indicator but I kept abandoning the method and...
