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Trade from an informed place. We cover news, political events and market analysis plus product updates.

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Trade from an informed place. We cover news, political events and market analysis plus product updates.

Apple Reports Third Quarter Results

Apple Reports Third Quarter Results Apple announced its financial results for the June quarter after the closing bell on Tuesday. The Company reported revenue of $53.8 billion, which represents a 1% increase from the year-ago quarter. It is the first time in years that the iPhone revenue ($25.99bn) is less than half of Apple’s total revenue. ...

July 31, 2019
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The “Dovish” or “Hawkish” Rate Cut

A “Dovish” or “Hawkish” Rate Cut The Federal Reserve (Fed) is poised for its first-rate cut in a decade-long of economic expansion. Trade protectionism and a slowing world economy are the two primary factors behind the global push towards easing policies. As the world’s central banks are in a race to cut interest rate to stimulate thei...

July 31, 2019
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3 significant benefits of having an FX trading buddy

By Mike Smith Let’s face it, trading can be a lonely occupation sometimes. Along with the hope of picking up a “hot tip”, this seems to be a key reason why trading forums are so popular. Unfortunately many people leave such forums almost as quick as they join them, simply because many users are not particularly supportive and often seem...

July 29, 2019
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Record-Highs in the Stock Market

Record-Highs in the Stock Market Global Stock Market Record Highs Amid geopolitical tensions, mixed earnings report and less-dovish central banks, this week, we still saw some more record highs in the stock market. Nasdaq Composite closed at a record high at 8,321.50 on Wednesday as technology stocks rallied on strong earnings, trade optimism, ...

July 26, 2019
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Tesla Second Quarter 2019 Update

Tesla Second Quarter 2019 Update Tesla, the electric car maker, reported its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday in late US trading hours. Despite record production and deliveries, Tesla missed revenue estimates. The company reported a net loss of $408 million. Its share price fell by more than 20% since the beginning of the year after reaching a...

July 25, 2019
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Why THIS US earnings season may be of interest to Forex traders

  The traditional relationship between equity markets and forex is complex and often not particularly well correlated. As a result company earnings are often of little interest to Forex traders. However, this earnings season may be different. Theoretically, if a country’s equity markets perform well, as the US market has done year to d...

July 23, 2019
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Share CFD chart of the day – Todays REAL market example attached and how it works

As many of you know GO Markets now offer ASX Share CFDs (and will soon add US Share CFDs to the products you can access). Alongside the launch of access of these we offer an online course for those who are interested in learning, and potentially ultimately trading, this financial instruments in combination with other vehicles you are currently tra...

July 19, 2019
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Netflix’s Second-Quarter Results Analysed

Netflix’s Second-Quarter Results Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has released its second-quarter 2019 earnings report on Wednesday after the US close. The company tumbled by more than 10% in after-hours trading as the streaming giant missed new memberships forecasts. Below are the main highlights of the financial results: New paid membershi...

July 18, 2019
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Fundamental Analysis: Macro Factors

Fundamental Analysis: Macro Factors The rapidly growing global interconnectedness means that the health of one country's economy can impact the world markets. As a result, traders generally follow the economic calendar to ensure that they do not miss out on any relevant indicators that may signal a move in the financial markets. In this article, ...

July 18, 2019
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Trading plan statements – Developing consistency in action and measurement

A written trading plan, usually comprising of several guiding action statements, serves the following two invaluable purposes: Facilitates consistency in trading action e.g. in the entry and exit of trades, allowing the trader AND Measures the strategy used specified within each statement to make an evidence-based judgement on how well thes...

July 16, 2019
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Deutsche Bank Revives The Failure of Lehman Brothers

Deutsche Bank Revives The Failure of Lehman Brothers Deutsche Bank’s woes dominated headlines this week. On Sunday, the multinational investment bank announced 18,000 job cuts around the globe by 2022 and shut down its global stock trading business as part of a sweeping overhaul. It was reported that the cuts had been anticipated for weeks. We...

July 12, 2019
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ASX Share CFDs: Timing Entry: “The professionals close the market”?

Traditionally, one of the long-lasting market clichés is that the “amateurs open the market the professionals close it”. Although this may be a little simplistic, there is no doubt that commonly trading volume in equity markets is at it’s highest at the beginning and the end of the day, but of course there are active market participants thr...

July 9, 2019
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The European Union Top Jobs

The European Union Top Jobs The European Central Bank (“ECB”) President The European leaders nominated Christine Lagarde, a French lawyer and a politician serving as Managing Director and Chairwoman of the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") as the ECB President. The ECB is responsible for the monetary policy of the nineteen EU member countr...

July 4, 2019
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5 influencing factors on the impact of economic data in your trading

There are few times when the market (irrespective of trading vehicle) is more likely to move in price quickly than on the release of some economic data. Judging potential market response can be complex as often many data points are released in quick succession but is an important component of overall risk management relating to your trading positio...

July 3, 2019
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Gold to Silver Ratio: Is it useful to commodity CFD traders?

When digging deeper into issues relating to trading precious metals you may come across the idea of using gold to silver ratios as part of decision-making. This brief article explores what this means both in terms of definition and potential implications for traders.   What is the Gold-Silver Ratio? The direction and degree of move...

July 2, 2019
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