Finding The Edge

Finding The Edge

The global market-place had been holding is breath all week for the Thursday FOMC decision on rates and the statement from Yellen which was sure to follow it. The mountain of speculation that preceded it had distilled by the early trading session on that day to two...
Markets In Waiting

Markets In Waiting

No one needs to be reminded that the focus this week, not to mention the speculation rests on the decision of the FOMC. Ladies and Gentlemen, place your bets. Yes indeed a lottery to be avoided. Markets are in a state of balance and the camps are equally strong on...
Finding A Trading Edge

Finding A Trading Edge

As we moved through yet another week of volatility and increasing unpredictability, the contrast between the US and its steady even if not impressive progress towards recovery and that of the world economies becomes more defined than ever. Speculation on the...
Balancing Risk In The Forex Playground

Balancing Risk In The Forex Playground

Another week or market swings  saw big drops and equally big corrections, risk-on disappeared on Monday to produce the biggest down day in the US equity market since August 2011. Come Thursday it swung back to risk-on as the markets regained their appetite. From...
Be Prepared For Pips!

Be Prepared For Pips!

The third week of August saw a significant shift from the grayer area of risk sentiment to a clearer focus of risk aversion. Stocks plunged on Thursday and Friday with the S and P losing 500 points for two days in a row, the biggest drop for four years . Oil has...