Global Market Round Up: 11/2/2013
Last week ended badly for the FTSE, after early signs that the rallying start to 2013 would continue. Markets around the world reacted to the political unrest in Spain and Italy, retreating after earlier advances. The situation became even more precarious over the weekend as it became clearer that Cyprus would almost certainly need a bailout of their More...
Coal is Rising from Temperature Falling in China and India
China and India are experiencing the coldest winter in decades. This is very bullish for the price of coal, which is the primary energy source in each country. The lower the temperature goes in India and China, More...
European leaders agree to cut spending by 3%
Leaders, policy makers and diplomats from across Europe finally exited 24 hour long negotiations this evening after coming to agreement over the seven year budget for the European Union, running from 2014 to 2020. More...
Burberry leads losses as FTSE stumbles
The FTSE 100 fell by 1% today on the back of comments made by the European Central Bank’s President, Mario Draghi. The President of the European Central Bank said he was concerned by the recent strength of the More...
10 things traders can learn from the sniper
In a recent article, “10 Front-Line Tips From Our Elite Shooters,” Staff Sergeant George Reinas, an instructor for snipers in the United States Armed Forces, detailed ten tips, “…his accuracy secrets…,” More...
The Currency War of the World
The onset of the Great Recession of 2008 proved to the world the un-sustainability of too much debt and too much leverage. The first phase of the crisis witnessed concerted and coordinated action by the Central More...
Asia contracts due to Eurozone sales data and political unrest
Asian stocks continued to fall shortly after the opening of the markets on Tuesday. The region’s indices had previously been sitting at its best position for just over 18 months but increasing concerns over More...
Paul Krugman – Iconoclast or Establishment Figure?
The battle between Keynesians and limited government advocates has been raging ever since the time of the Great Depression in the 1930s. The ongoing global economic crisis has given fresh impetus to the debate More...
TV junkies get their fix through Netflix
Question: How does one overdose on their favourite TV series’? Answer (up until now): Buy the DVD box sets or order them as premium customers off internet streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu Plus or Amazon. Everything More...
A tale of two metals at crossroads: gold and platinum in 2013
A balanced investment portfolio is a sine non qua for any investor, in any kind of economic climate. The first decade of the new millennium has been a time of intense market uncertainty and economic recession. The More...