Strong Start to 2017
We’re experiencing a positive start to the year as far as equity markets are concerned. The FTSE100 is set to close at a fresh all-time high while the major US indices remain within a few points of their own record closes. This is certainly a big contrast to the beginning of 2016. This time last year equity markets began a sell-off which saw the More...
TRUMP Won!
The result of the US presidential election has taken analysts by surprise and shaken up the financial markets. Read below to see what Steve Ruffley has to say about today’s market activity, presenting both More...
Sterling Flash Crash!
Cable Capitulation: GBPUSD drops 800 pips Wow! What happened? The morning of 7th October 2016 at 00:07 UK time GBPUSD was trading at 1.2601. Over the next few seconds the 1.2600 level broke and mass selling kicked More...
Experts Claim that Short-Selling Did Not Cause the Financial Crash
For a long time, short-selling was held responsible for the financial crash of 2008. In the eyes of many, it was culpable beyond doubt, with aggressive trades charged with costing investors $1 billion, driving around More...
A Selection of the Worst Fat Finger Blunders
The pound has made headlines recently, after dropping by an alarming six per cent in a matter of minutes. This represented one of its greatest falls in documented history, and left many traders, commentators, and More...
How Likely is a Brexit and How Much Would it Impact the GBP?
As the day of the vote nears, the foreign exchange market continues to react to the possibility of Britain pulling out of Europe, the Brexit. At present, the vote seems to be hanging in the balance, with no one More...
Can Twitter be used to Predict Moves in the Stock Market?
A ground breaking study by behavioral scientists has revealed that the mood of the public reflected on social media websites such as Twitter could be used to predict fluctuations in the notoriously unpredictable More...
Pound at 30-Year Low Against the Dollar
British people who head for a recreational trip across the Atlantic might be in for an unpleasant surprise as the pound keeps tumbling against the USA dollar. Sterling is now trading at $1.42 which is down around More...
Brexit Risks Dominate 2016 for Pound v Dollar Rate
Over the forthcoming days, Britain, led by Prime Minster David Cameron, will look to renegotiate its membership of the EU. There are many things up for discussion, most notably immigration and the overall cost of More...
All the best for 2016
Last month the International Monetary Fund released their World Economic Outlook. It expects the world to expand in 2016 by 3.6 percent up from this year’s estimated 3.1 percent growth. It is marginally slower More...