Shares and Indices
Monitoring Volatility and Spotting Trading Opportunities
US Markets With relatively sound fundamentals driven by strong earnings growth so far in this earning season, US equity markets have continued their bullish trend. The S&P500 bounced back strong from its 100-day moving average in early July, and...
Read MoreDollar Index Treading on Familiar Ground
If you’re familiar with the US dollar Index, you might have noticed it has moved in a repetitive pattern for the past few years. You need to treat every six months as a cycle, at the end of this cycle (June, December), the Fed will generally rai...
Read MoreOpportunities in the Third Quarter – Equity and Currency Markets
By Deepta Bolaky STOCK MARKETS After a stellar year for the stock markets, investors were entertaining the idea that equities will outperform in 2018 even though a correction above 15% was expected at some point. The U.S equity markets showed impre...
Read MoreFirst Quarter Overview – Massive Swings and Volatility in Stock Markets
First Quarter Overview - Massive Swings and Volatility in Stock Markets By Deepta Bolaky First quarter of the year ended with markets experiencing massive swings and volatility. Higher bond yields, revised inflation expectations and a pot...
Read MoreAmazon on Track to Become a $1 Trillion Company
Amazon on Track to Become a $1 Trillion Company By Klavs Valters With Apple close to becoming the first company in the world to reach $1 trillion market cap, Amazon is also closing in. As one of the world’s largest online retailers it...
Read MoreAre we 5 weeks away from a US Government shutdown?
Are we 5 weeks away from a US Government shutdown? …and what does this mean for the markets? President Donald Trump has had a few admittedly less-than-stellar weeks. Topping off his widely condemned remarks following the Charlottesville, Vir...
Read MoreEurope’s Bond-Buying Program
The European Central Bank (ECB) engaged into a €2 trillion bond buying program to promote economic growth and drive inflation up in the Eurozone. It involves buying assets from commercial banks to inject more funds in the banking system. It is a no...
Read MoreUS Indices at Record Highs
US Indices at Record Highs US Indices have hit record highs in 2017 and are continuing to rally since the Trump presidency began back in January. The recent rally in the US Indices is mainly due to big number of companies reporting stronger performa...
Read MoreTrading The HK50 Index
You might have heard about Hong Kong in the news, recently they celebrated twenty years of “return to the motherland”. Before we discuss the HK50 index, it’s let’s briefly review the historical and political situation. You might be asking you...
Read MoreUS Dollar Index Futures with GO Markets
US Dollar Index Futures with GO Markets For stock traders, trading indices is a cost-effective way to gain exposure to many different companies in one single transaction. Similarly, the US Dollar Index acts as a benchmark to currency traders. The ind...
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