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Today saw the end of one of my profitable trades which finally triggered its stop. This yielded a +6.57R profit in just over 6 weeks, which is pretty good. The chart below shows the trade. I'm also...

The Federal Reserve is, without a doubt, one of the most controversial entities in the world. This is always a strange notion for me because, at its most basic level, the Federal Reserve is actually a...

February was a rough month in several corners of the US economy, but business cycle risk remains low overall when measured across a broad set of indicators on a trend basis. Yet a weak housing market...

Gold prices have remained relatively steady this week, despite being pressured by a stronger US dollar ahead of a key U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting this week that could hint at the timing of any...

Market BriefToday’s key event is the FOMC decision due at 18:00 GMT, limited price action should be seen across the FX markets globally. Traders make the final adjustments to their positioning,...

Going into today’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting, we are once again in a situation where the bar for a hawkish surprise is very low. Remember that today’s meeting includes not only...

If the past two days have been boring for pound watchers today things are set to wake them up. The latest minutes from the Bank of England, alongside the influential jobs and wage report, are just the...

The author of Buy, Hold, and Sell!: The Investment Strategy That Could Save You from the Next Market Crash (Wiley, 2015) heads the financial advisory firm Money Matters with Ken Moraif and hosts a...

Talking Points:US Dollar Technical Cues Continue to Warn of Turn S&P 500 Pauses to Digest After Attempting Recovery Crude Oil Eyes Support Below $52, Gold Still Stalling US DOLLAR TECHNICAL...

Last words about the FOMC meeting: As I said before, I still expect the FOMC to remove the reference to “patient” in the statement, not necessarily because they want to raise rates...

While much of the focus in the markets will be on this evenings FOMC decision, those in the UK and even Europe have other things to worry about first as the minutes from the Bank of England meeting...

Market movers today The main event is the Fed's announcement this evening, see FOMC preview - Step closer to first rate hike , 16 March. The statement and FOMC's projections will be released at 19:00...

We expect base metal prices to recover in the coming two years on the back of a recovery in global growth and rising investment activity. In the near-term a stronger dollar will weigh on prices: in...

Another day, another “unexpectedly” bad economic report. Lately it seems like a lot of what US government statisticians say comes as an unpleasant surprise for economists. The latter think...