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Sensex Trades In Red; DLF Cracks 5%

Sensex Trades In Red; DLF Cracks 5%

After opening the trading day on a flat note, share markets in India are trading well below the dotted line in the morning trade. Sectoral indices are trading on a mixed note, with stocks in the software sector and stocks in the banking sector witnessing maximum buying interest, while stocks in the capital goods sector are leading the losses. The BSE Sensex is down down […]
May’s Struggles Weigh On Pound

May’s Struggles Weigh On Pound

The British pound hit an eight-day high on Friday to trade at $1.3229, but retreated early on Monday after forty members of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party committed to signing a letter of no-confidence in her. The pound was down 0.52 percent to $1.3117 as of 2:35 p.m. HK/SIN on Monday. The currency […]
Macro Mondays: Hedge Funds

Macro Mondays: Hedge Funds

What is a ‘Hedge Fund’? Hedge funds are alternative investments using pooled funds that employ numerous different strategies to earn active return, or alpha, for their investors. Hedge funds may be aggressively managed or make use of derivatives and leverage in both domestic and international markets with the goal of generating high returns (either in […]
EURUSD: Return To The 45th Degree Expected

EURUSD: Return To The 45th Degree Expected

Previous: On Friday the 10th of November, trading on the euro/dollar pair closed slightly up. The US dollar showed some mixed dynamics against the majors before the weekend. It dropped against the pound and euro while rising against the rest. The dollar came under pressure due to uncertainty over the US’s tax reform program. It received […]
The S&P 500 Falls Back From New Records In Week 2 Of November 2017

The S&P 500 Falls Back From New Records In Week 2 Of November 2017

On Wednesday, November 8, the S&P 500 (SPY) closed at an all time new record high closing value of 2594.38, before going on to fall back a bit to end the week at 2582.30. Along the way, the index set an all new intraday high on Tuesday, November 7 of 2597.02. The new highs marked a now one-year […]
S&P 500 And Nasdaq 100 Forecast – Monday, Nov. 13

S&P 500 And Nasdaq 100 Forecast – Monday, Nov. 13

S&P 500 The S&P 500 initially fell during the day on Friday but found enough support underneath to turn around and form a hammer again. Ultimately, this is a market that has been finding buyers every time we pull back, but I think this can only go on for so long. At this point, it’s […]
Sterling Is Struggling – 4 Reasons For The Downfall

Sterling Is Struggling – 4 Reasons For The Downfall

The British pound is falling some 100 pips against the US dollar and the picture is not much brighter for Sterling against the euro or the yen. Political developments over the weekend dominate the scene, but there are other reasons for the drop as well. Here are four reasons for the fall of the pound […]
Crude Oil Prices Eye OPEC, EIA Reports To Inform Global Glut Bets

Crude Oil Prices Eye OPEC, EIA Reports To Inform Global Glut Bets

Crude oil prices continued to mark time below $58/barrel absent a clear-cut catalyst to establish direction on Friday. The deadlock may be broken as OPEC issues its monthly assessment of compliance with cartel-led production cuts while the EIA publishes US drilling productivity statistics. Taken together, the two reports ought to inform on global glut reduction prospects. Gold prices edged down a […]
On The Fly: Top Five Weekend Stock Stories – Monday, Nov. 13

On The Fly: Top Five Weekend Stock Stories – Monday, Nov. 13

Catch up on the weekend’s top five stories with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Alibaba (BABA) announced that $25.3B of gross merchandise volume was settled through Alipay on November 11, or Single’s Day, an increase of 39% compared to 2016. Mobile GMV settled through Alipay accounted for 90% of total GMV. “More than […]
China’s Central Bank Governor Warns Of ‘Minsky Moment’ Risk

China’s Central Bank Governor Warns Of ‘Minsky Moment’ Risk

The world is coming to the end of probably the greatest financial bubble ever seen.  Since the financial crisis began in 2008, central banks in China, the USA, Europe, the UK and Japan have created over $30tn of debt. China has created more than half of this debt as the chart shows, and its total debt […]