Category Archives: Bonds

With no respite in sight, AUD continues familiar slide

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

By Tim Waterer (Senior FX Dealer, CMC Markets) The cupboard has been bare this week in terms of any good news stories on financial markets, whilst on the other side of the ledger, the list of negative events has been … Continue reading →

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Trading Insights – 22/11/11

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Hi everyone, with the big falls in global equity markets overnight it’s less than surprising to hear the words “risk-off” being used repeatedly this morning. Much of the blame for this will come from the anticipated failure of the US … Continue reading →

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Trading Insights – S&P/500 breaks to the downside

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

Hi everyone, today I am taking a look at the fall in the main US index overnight tracking a setup that we have been stalking throughout the week.

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Trading Insights – S&P/500 on cusp of Triangle Breakout

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Good morning everyone, on of the main formations that we have been watching has been the symmetrical triangle that has formed up on the S&P/500 chart – check out the 4 hour chart as its probably the most easy to … Continue reading →

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Greek bond yields fly in the face of yesterday’s big “risk on” move

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

Hi, Some politicians and sections of the media are always keen to portray market volatility as being caused by ” morally bankrupt” traders whilst ”longer term” investors (i.e. voters and readers) sit virtuously on the sidelines. To me the recent volatility is a perfectly understandable … Continue reading →

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Europe – Plans A,B and C

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

Markets rallied hard overnight, with most commentators attributing the moves to a more postive view on a solution to European debt woes.  While there is little in terms of official confirmation, a “Plan A” has emerged.

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Short term relief in Europe

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

Yesterday’s decision by the German constitutional court to ratify the legality of the recent bailouts, along with the passing of the Italian austerity budget in a confidence vote in the senate may well have staved off an imminent crisis, but … Continue reading →

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Eurozone goes from bad to worse.

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

The deteriorating fiscal situation in Europe continues to spook investors, with continued political discord amongst EU leaders making the likelihood of a quick solution pretty nigh on impossible.

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Slowdown feared in Europe

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

The lowering of growth forecasts by ratings agency S&P as well as the IMF has prompted concerns about a slowdown in growth in Europe and yesterday’s economic data hasn’t really done anything to dispel this.

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Markets not giving up on further stimulus

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

Despite the initial disappointment of no QE3 announcement at Jackson Hole last week, markets took encouragement from Bernanke’s announcement that he would extend next month’s FOMC meeting to two days to fully explore and discuss any range of options for, … Continue reading →

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