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ECB Rate Increase fails to lift the Euro

The main theme from  this past week was a combination of worse than expected employment data out of the US and the tightening of European interest rates despite the back up in interest rates in the periphery of Europe and now Italy.  The Euro moved lower after pushing above the 1.45 level, despite generally hawkish [...]

Silver Takes the Spotlight in Volatile Week

The de-leveraging of the commodity market, spilled over into other riskier assets generated a round of liquidation of the markets.  Silver was in the spotlight for most of the week sliding close to 17 dollars per ounce, as high frequency investors quickly exited positions.  During the week, oil prices were also hammered sliding close to [...]

Dollar Slide Generates “Risk On” Trade

The US dollar is set to end the week on a whimper with the combination of month end selling and momentum taking the dollar to new lows. An acceleration of euro zone inflation reinforced the divide between the Fed and ECB policy and prompted the euro to move above $1.485, while the Swiss franc advanced [...]

The Periphery Remains in the Headlines

The euro zone periphery remains in the news with Moody’s cutting Ireland 2 notches to the lowest investment grade rating, and maintaining a negative outlook.  This followed Fitch’s removal of Ireland from credit watch yesterday.  Irish sovereign yields had generally been falling since the bank stress tests were announced at the end of March, but [...]

Using E Forex Gold Trading Online

There is a trend that tends to be going on in recent years of people that enjoy trading the Forex market who also start to enjoy trading in gold as well. This can bring a level of stability to a portfolio, and can really help you to build up a portfolio that may have seen [...]

The Future of Gold Trading – Where is it Headed?

Many of us have used the various commodities and currency markets in order to build up a portfolio for retirement. The unfortunate thing is, many of us have seen our portfolio dry up in the recent downturn and it can be difficult to know what to do whenever this occurs. During this time, many people [...]

Understanding How to Trade Gold Online

Many people have been looking to diversify their portfolio, either because they’re having a difficult time making money on the regular stock market or simply because they want to be able to make sure that they are covered in some way or another. One thing that you may want to consider is trading in gold, [...]

Trade in Gold with an Online Forex Platform

There are always going to be options open to you which will allow you to trade across a number of different platforms. Many times, you can combine two different things together and increase your portfolio without increasing the amount of different directions in which you’re going. A good example of this is when you have [...]

The Benefits of Gold Bullion Trading

Many individuals have become gun shy in recent years over the current status of the currencies and commodities markets. As a result of this, they have either pulled out of the market altogether or have started to diversify the way that they trade in order to build back up their portfolio in some way or [...]

Building up Your Portfolio with Discount Gold and Silver Trading

All of us would like to be able to build up a portfolio quickly, and it certainly is not out of the question. Something that you may want to consider, however, is the fact that discount gold and silver trading is not always going to be the best option for you. There are some things [...]

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