Aussie Rallies As Risk Appetite Returns
The Portuguese bond auction and relief that Belgium has pulled back from the brink by posting better than expected deficit figures, has relieved the market […]
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Canadian Dollar Continues to Look Strong
While most traders were busy watching the results of the Portuguese bond auction this morning, my focus was on the Canadian Dollar which I have […]
The Crude Oil Conundrum
Crude oil is crawling back towards the $90 per barrel price point, receiving a boost from yesterday’s Alaska pipeline closure. With the pipeline responsible for […]
Euro Defies Gravity!
The overnight trading session for the euro dollar was interesting for a number of reasons: first the pair had been trying to form an interim […]
Loonie remains out of step with US dollar – why?
One of the conundrums facing us all as currency traders, is in trying to make sense of the underlying forces which cause one currency to […]
Euro looks set to remain under pressure
Last week was a bad one for the euro, but an excellent one if you were short on the euro dollar, which finally broke below […]
Forecast and outlook for UK and US stock markets
If we start with the London market the recent bullish trend in the FTSE100 was signalled back in July 2010, where we saw a strong […]
Commodities forecasts for gold, silver and oil
Following the strong gains for commodities in 2010, much is expected for the major sectors this year, with metals and the energy complex expected to […]
Forex market forecast for the major currency pairs
With the holiday season now behind us at last ( thank goodness ) the markets are finally returning to some sort of normality, as the […]
The changing world of currency correlations
In the last twelve months we have seen many of the once traditional correlations in the currency market breakdown completely, as fundamental forces dictated the […]
Outlook for euro and major currencies in 2011
A muted end to forex trading for 2010, with the euro looking to set to finish close to recent lows and continuing to bounce off […]
Outlook for gold, silver and oil in 2011
One of the best performing markets in 2010 has of course been commodities, with many sectors developing strong bullish trends, particularly in the metals complex, […]
My stock portfolio update
As we head towards the end of another trading year, I thought it was time to review our portfolio of stocks that I suggested back […]
Forecast for the dow jones index
A week of steady, small gains, for the Dow Jones index, which closed on Friday at 11,491.91, having fallen 7 index points on the day, […]
USD index analysis and forecast
The USD index is now at a critical point from a technical perspective, having closed on Friday with a wide spread up candle, which broke […]
Forex market outlook for next week
The US dollar ended the week at it’s highest level since December 1st, and could be set for further gains in the run up to […]
Soft commodities weekly round up
The soft commodities sector ended the week in bullish mood, with March corn futures leading the way 9 cents per bushel higher on the day, […]
Oil Still Bullish
For regular readers of various specialist blogs will know, I have been bullish for some time on many of the major commodities and, in particular, […]