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Explainer: what are financial conditions and why they matter for traders?
This explainer looks at what determines financial conditions, the impact they have on markets and the real economy, along with the indicators you can watch to monitor how they’re evolving.
ASX200 Afternoon Report September 21st Sep 2022
The ASX200 trades 105 points lower (-1.54%) at 6701 at 3.00 pm Sydney time.
What is a fragmented market?
A fragmented market is a sector that has no single clear leader – instead, lots of players fight out for supremacy. Learn all about fragmented markets, and whether they present trading opportunities, here.
New Year, same old themes?
This is my first note of 2017, and after 2.5 weeks off, forgive me if I am a little rusty. I’m hoping a fresh blast […]
DAX: Stock market sell-off overdone?
European equity markets fell sharply this morning and are only modestly off their earlier lows at the time of this writing. Traders responded to yesterday’s […]
Stocks: Growth concerns send equities skidding again
After a relatively quieter start this morning, European stocks started to roll over again around mid-morning and were near their session lows as went to […]
FTSE leaps as commodities rebound
The UK’s FTSE 100 is up a good 1 per cent at the time of this writing and is up for the third consecutive day, […]
FTSE: UK stocks gearing up for big move in this key week?
The European equity markets are trading mixed to slightly lower this morning. Stocks are consolidating their recent advances ahead of a busy week of data […]
FTSE extends drop as commodities weaken; ECB eyed
After a slightly firmer start, the FTSE has turned lower along with the wider European stock markets. This slight weakness looks to be driven by […]
DAX: double bottom reversal or bull trap?
There are contradictory technical signals to be observed when looking at the daily chart of the DAX index, which means that both the bulls and […]
Stocks: European markets recover; outlook remains uncertain
European stocks opened lower first thing this morning, before turning mixed by midday. The euro has correspondingly lost its earlier gains, and this has boosted […]
USD/CHF: Two Short-Term Levels to Watch Ahead of a Busy Data Week
Last week was characteristically quiet and lackluster in global markets, with the US dollar edging slightly higher as traders tried to soak up the last […]
Update: who will hike first the BOE or the Fed?
We produced a piece of research a few weeks ago that showed how the market expects the Fed to start hiking interest rates ahead of […]
Greece gets a deal…
The unexpected news of the day is that Greece managed to secure a bailout worth between EUR 86-87bn over three years, according to Germany’s Angela […]
Update: Greece votes no to Europe, now for the moment of truth
So Merkel and Hollande have decided not to go it alone on Greece and instead have called a leaders summit now that things are getting […]
Quick thoughts on Greece: don’t trust unnamed EU officials
The markets had a 2 minute bout of volatility at approx. 1120am, apparently EU officials said two contradictory things, one said that Greece’s latest reform […]
EUR unfazed as Greece negotiations go to the wire
The Greek PM delivered a sour message earlier today when he said that Athens’ creditors had rejected the latest Greek proposals. After optimism about a […]
FX: The dollar is King for a day
The dollar is back in vogue today as the EUR sells off. It seems like good news is bad news for the single currency, which […]
Greece: the latest
So, the all-important Eurogroup meeting has been and gone, and there is still no formal resolution to Greece’s problems. The latest headlines come from the […]
Hope springs for Greece
The saga continues, today is now considered D-day and the last possible date for an agreement to be reached so that Greece avoids default and […]
The Greek summit and why we won’t give up on the EUR
So, the Eurogroup meeting ended without an agreement for more bailout funds for Greece. There were rumours that the EU and ECB would extend its […]
ITV, Liberty unlikely to connect just yet
Liberty Global for ITV? Many of us are all too familiar with recurrent talk doing the rounds of markets for at least a year saying […]
Stimulus Optimism capped by weak European PMI data
European markets saw an early surge following hopes for further Federal Reserve Stimulus and Policy easing in China after weak data, however, gains ebbed away […]
