Short selling, a help or a hindrance? I am not talking about individual traders who enjoy the ability to short sell shares, I am referring to the existing shareholder. Whilst existing holders may not want anyone shorting their shares on a certain level, if the shares are shorted, and the shareholder has done their homework, [...]
Back in the summer of 2008 Mervyn King gave the startling news that the average family’s standard of living would ‘stagnate’. This is hardly news as the same thing happened (pretty much) last year and the year before. The huge rise in personal debt is evidence that many people have been financing any increase in [...]
With the world in recovery mode, many people are still questioning how the markets got so out of control. They are also questioning something a little closer to home; their own finances.If we were to be honest with ourselves, then we should probably accept that we can improve on at least a couple of the [...]
When you have been trading futures, options, stocks and commodities for over 20 years, it can be easy to forget what it was like starting out. In this article I will share with you some of my secrets that I wish I had known when I started trading.
Much of what you read about Financial [...]
As the world slowly recovers from the credit crunch and we look back at what went right and what went wrong, people are increasingly looking to take control of their finances.If we were to be honest with ourselves, then we should probably accept that we can improve on at least a couple of the following; [...]
Gold has had a tremendous year. The flight to the perceived safety of gold, as well as the US Dollar weakness, has pushed the metal straight through the $1,000 per ounce mark and up to $1,200.However, it has not been a smooth upward journey. Investors should be aware that ‘pull backs’ in gold can be [...]
In the past, trading on the movement and price direction of financial markets was largely the preserve of major banks, high net worth individuals and sophisticated investment houses. However, the advent of online applications like the Internet has now made it possible for retail investors with limited capital to trade worldwide financial markets in exactly [...]
Gold has experienced a spectacular rise recently. I say recently, the metal has been trending upwards for months.With limited supply, the pressure should always be easier to apply to the upside. However, if this were the only argument then precious metals prices should never really fall.Perhaps the market is not particularly overbought at the moment [...]
If you are trading the forex markets then a big concern will be growth forecasts and indications of when the various central bank stimulus packages will end. Growth has returned to the US, mainland Europe and is expected to return soon to the UK.Looking the forex markets, the US Dollar has been out of favour [...]
In a recent statement, Simon Denham of London-based Capital Spreads said, “Sterling remains popular for the moment and it is difficult to be too negative on a technical viewpoint as the downside is definitely an unproductive area for the moment. “The Euro continues to hold, in the main, to its gains over the last few [...]