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In Fed Chair Jerome Powell's appearance before Congress on February 11th, formerly known as The Humphrey-Hawkins testimony, he asserted that the U.S. economy was, "In a very good place" and "There's nothing about this expansion that is unstable or unsustainable." But compare Powell's sophomoric declaration to what Charlie Munger, Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett's longtime right-hand-man, had to say about the market and the economy, "I think there… Continued

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February 25th 2020: Global stock averages plunge with coronavirus fears increasing, with spread into Europe (Italy); Japanese Yen and US Dollar gain; BUT corrective activity seen in Asia

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Stocks shift to intermediate-term bearish! (S&P 500 forecast)

Published 11 hours ago by: Steve Miley

An aggressive selloff over the past 24-36 hours in riskier financial markets assets such as equities, with safe haven assets,… Continued

Treasury Futures Rally to Record Highs as Coronavirus Fears Grip Mkts

Published 21 hours ago by: Akif Din

Treasury Futures rallied to new ATHs, smashing past the 132.14 September peak as the deadly Coronavirus begins to spread around… Continued

USD Index Looking Bullish

Published 21 hours ago by: Gregor Horvat

A three-wave flat correction looks completed on the USD index, which means more upside is expected to occur in upcoming… Continued

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Reversals in Euro (EURUSD) and Dollar Index (DXY) still to be confirmed

Published 3 days ago by: Shaun Downey

Dollar-Yen breaks up (USDJPY)Aussie breaks down (AUDUSD)Euro-Pound holds key support (EURGBP) Continued

The US Dollar is King!

Published 3 days ago by: Steve Miley

Global financial markets remain fully focused on the coronavirus, with the spread outside of China becoming of growing concern, notably… Continued

Charts Patterns: Reversal Patterns

Published August 14, 2019 by: Steve Miley

In this Master Academy educational video and article, we are looking at Charts Patterns, focusing on Reversal Patterns. Charts Patterns… Continued

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Which markets should I trade? A deeper look at financial markets asset classes

Published December 13, 2019 by: Steve Miley | Share:

We will look at: What are the major asset classes in financial markets? What are the Forex options? What do I need to know about trading the stock market? What are the pros and cons of trading stock indices? Should I consider trading the bond markets? What do I need to know to trade the commodity markets? What financial markets are ultimately better suited to… Continued

Which Forex markets and currencies should I trade?

Published December 12, 2019 by: Steve Miley | Share:

We will look at: What are the major asset classes choices? Where to start with FX? Fundamental versus Technical Analysis The “FX Majors” Safe haven currencies “Risk” or commodity currencies Cross currency analysis Peripheral currencies and Emerging Markets What Forex markets are best suited to you? If you are relatively new to financial market trading then you will already have realized that the modern, Forex… Continued

CFD (Contract for Difference) Trading, Forex Trading and Spread Betting – similarities and differences

Published November 15, 2019 by: Steve Miley | Share:

In this article we are going to take a look at the history of Contract for Difference (CFD) Trading, what CFD Trading is and what are the advantages. We will also focus on Forex Trading, which is really just a subset of CFD Trading and also look at Spread Betting and how Spread Betting accounts differ from CFD and Forex Trading accounts. We will highlight… Continued

Solving the Banking crisis is critical for global economic fortunes

Published September 23, 2019 by: Stephen Pope | Share:

OECD has a gloomy economic outlook for 2019 and 2020 The only inflation is in financial assets It is time to put all banks through a series of radical stress tests and let the weak fail The required reforms do not include nationalising the banking system The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently said in a report that the global economy may weaken… Continued

Top Ten Economic Data Points from the US

Published September 18, 2019 by: Steve Miley | Share:

Here at FX Explained we have looked at the importance of macroeconomic data on domestic economies in our educational video and article Fundamental Analysis, in our Master Academy series. This “big picture” data can provide an insight into the overall state of a domestic economy and assists traders and investors in their decision making processes and strategies. Economic data and indicators reflect the state of… Continued

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