It's fascinating to read how many Americans smear the euro despite the dollar being such a basket case currency.

What Will Drive The Market Next Week And How EUR/USD, GBP/USD Will Play Out?

I'm sorry but its the weekend and I'm off to Wales to mountain bike with my youngest so you'll have to entertain yourself by other means and I'll be doing what Gustav and many others have done and putting you and your two chums back on ignore after ...

EU economy – slowly recovering from protracted recession

I think you need to simplify the current situation; zirp has ensured that investors chasing a return are struggling, at the highest levels of finance 'money' is incredibly cheap and readily available (through QE) for high level investors. We also ...

Historic Day on Wall Street: S&P Breaks 1600, Dow Touches 15000 on Jobs Report

The news v techs debate is as old as the wider industry. It is an indisputable fact that the only price movements visible, as a consequence of no policy changes or news events, happen as a consequence of where the real industry (non retail) hunt; ...

EU economy – slowly recovering from protracted recession

I think that's too much of a sweeping generalisation, IMHO it's an invaluable addition to the investment discussion space, and surely an irreverant take on the ridiculous nature of what many of us do helps? In many ways it stops you taking yourself ...

Why The US' Economic "Shirt" Can't Stay Clean For Long?

What's he gonna disclose, that to live to be 200 like him you need his staple diet, two burgers a day?

Warren Buffett joins Twitter, gains 1,000 followers a minute

You da man. I'd been long since early April on Eur/usd, closed mid morning. Waiting for swing short now..could be some time. Shit on a stick for trend traders atm. :-(

ECB Monetary Policy Decisions

Spot on. Bravo :-)

ECB Monetary Policy Decisions

Never forget that being out of the market is in fact a position. There is the other way to play, I recall one of the sensible guys at FXCM mentioning it (he's gone now I think), be out then trade in the direction of the next 15-30 min candle after ...

ECB Monetary Policy Decisions

He's comedy gold though isn't he? How's things with you, you winning? :-)

ECB Monetary Policy Decisions

Surely most retail traders exit the market pre policy announcements or major news releases? Ignoring whether you're right or wrong you have the issue of 'two way' spikes breaching your stops, stops not executing, orders not being filled, take profit ...

ECB Monetary Policy Decisions

This data blog from The Guardian illustrates who inherited deficits and shows when the govt spend increased on a parabolic tangent and why. It kills any argument with regards to Brown's supposed profligacy. url

Broadbent: Forecast errors

And why risk your funds with such a 'lite' weight set up?

LiteForex Seeks to Attract Clients with Auto-Withdrawals

I see this retail trader paranoia a lot and its a shame this myth has taken hold. In some ways it's to be expected given retail traders chat on retail sites and self propagate their own importance. The short answer is that the overall fx industry ...

FOMC Statement

Heard an intersting interview with a reformed hacker who said its simple to hack twitter but that they could fix it easily, the issue he reckoned was cost, it'd cost too much per customer to fix.

Twitter Warns Media to Expect More Hacking After AP Breach

Ah bless, the jealousy is eating at you :-) I've told you before Squeeze works in the same building for a separate firm. Try and let go of your paranoia.

FOMC Statement

I like a deal, what's not to like? ;-)

FOMC Statement

Having bought and sold property for 25 years in the uk, primarily London, I've enjoyed spectacular growth for zero effort. Spending some of that equitable growth on very low interest rate loans, was simple.

FOMC Statement

Milton Friedman helped Reagan create a nation of status anxiety debt slaves, trickle down was a cruel and sinister joke.

'Real' Jobless Rate Still Above 10% In Most States