Cable, four-hour Having made a fresh three-month high around $1.275 overnight, the pound has now retreated somewhat against many currencies today including the dollar. More news of the UK’s lockdown being eased is awaited, and a general weakening of “risk on” so far today has weighed on the pound somewhat. No real progress was made…
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LR: According to you, what are some of the issues in the financial sector at the moment (let’s discuss banking and payment solutions, for example)? One of the main problems facing existing and new brokerages is that they cannot set-up accounts with tier 1 banks to manage payments. They are forced to use tier 2…
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The relationship with other indices As with all indices, market sentiment is crucial in driving the value of the ASX 200. It is important to monitor that public sentiment when trading in ASX 200 futures, with the IG online trading platform providing up-to-date analysis on whether traders are generally adopting long or short positions on the…
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Sector Symbol YTD Change1 Monthly Volume Change2 Esports & Gaming ESPORTS +12% +221% Big US Tech FAANG +10% +176% Biotech BIOTECH +8% +201% Chinese E-Commerce CHN.ECOMM +8% +45% Chinese Tech CHN.TECH -1% -52% eMini Dow Futures US30 -19% --- Past Performance is not an indicator of future results. 1 Year-to-date (YTD) figures calculated using FXCM’s closing bid price from…
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The rallies after bear markets make up most of the gains over the years. You have the advantage of “convexity” which is a fancy way of saying that the recovery is a much bigger percentage than the loss – for example if the market sells of by 1/3 (33.3%) and then you invest, you make…
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The following article was submitted by Michael Stark, market analyst at Exness. Markets are now entering their fourth week of ‘panic mode’ as the coronavirus and measures to tackle its spread seem set to cause a recession around the world this year. This week’s most important regular data is claimant count change from the UK…
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The following article was submitted by Michael Stark, market analyst at Exness. Some of the most important events in markets this week are the meetings of the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of Canada. A number of countries around the world will also release annual and quarterly data on GDP growth. Finally there’s…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for February 26, 2020. Once again markets are a sea of red this morning as investors seek safe-havens as concerns grow over the coronavirus outbreak. European markets have fallen sharply again and US futures are pointing towards more…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for February 25, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: EUROPEAN SHARES European equities initially ticked higher after yesterday’s sell-off. However, this initially bullish move was short-lived as most markets dipped shortly after the opening bell, leading prices close to yesterday’s lows.…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for February 24, 2020. Markets are down heavily across the board this morning as investors seek safety due to a rise in coronavirus cases outside of China. Outside of Asia, we had seen markets almost carrying on with…
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