Written by marcuss It’s a week until 2018… and that means it’s time to start thinking of ways to better yourself – and your portfolio. So here are three can’t-miss investment resolutions for 2018… Resolution 1: Get in touch with your feelings… about money It may sound obvious, but you need to like money in order to get…
The February 2014 collapse of Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox was, for more than 24,000 investors around the world, a traumatic event. It also ushered in a two-year crypto bear market that saw the price of a single bitcoin plunge from a peak of $1,200 to a low of around $200 before the torrid bull market of…
Merry Christmas to our American friends. Happy Christmas to the rest of the Anglosphere. Felicem natalem Christi to our Latin-speaking audience, and góðr jól to those who are reviving Old Norse as a great language! Let’s address two themes about the gold price trend that are increasingly in popularity the past few months—as the price…
The US Dollar steadied in Tuesday trade, despite much of the developed world having closed financial markets due to Boxing Day celebrations. Analysts concur that with most major markets shut today, clear direction on any particular currency will be difficult to ascertain. On the other hand, in the US, the fact that the federal government…
So much for global warming!Winter is back and back with a frosty reminder that it can still get cold. Really cold. The first real blast of winter in a very long time and the market is trying to get a feel for how that may impact supply. Natural gas, that has been held back by…
Last week, the dollar index (DX) closed in the negative zone. The United States published a series of mixed economic reports. At present, the US dollar is stable relative to the major currencies. The trading activity and volatility decreased in connection with the holidays. Participants of the financial markets record positions before the end of…
from Liberty Street Economics — this post authored by Olivier Armantier, John J. Conlon, and Wilbert van der Klaauw Following the 2016 presidential election, as noted on this blog and many other outlets, Americans’ political and economic outlook changed dramatically depending on partisan affiliation. Immediately after the election, Republicans became substantially more optimistic relative to Democrats. In this blog…
The yield curve (a plot of interest rates versus the maturities of securities of equal credit quality) is a handy economic and investment tool. It generally slopes upward because investors expect higher returns when their money is tied up for long periods. When the economy is growing robustly, it tends to steepen as more firms…
Three weeks ago, Deutsche Bank’s Torsten Slok sent the following list (which documents 30 risks to markets in 2018) to clients: Coming in at number 13 (appropriately enough), is “Bitcoin crash, confidence impact on retail investors.” On its face, that might seem absurd, but we think it has some merit. Cryptocurrencies are rapidly going mainstream and…
EUR/USD The EUR/USD pair initially fell during the trading session on Friday, but turned around to form a hammer. This suggests to me that we are going to continue to see buyers jump into this market, and with this being the case it’s likely that the buyers will return once liquidity comes back. If we…
