The UK Economy

The White House readies itself to welcome UK Prime Minister Theresa May today. She is the first leader to meet the new US president, and there is already a lot of anticipation and contrasting views in the media on the meeting. Mrs May is ambitious, and wants to try and secure a free trade deal […]

The pound has performed strongly this week, somewhat boosted by the scheduled Trump/May meeting tomorrow. Today we have key hard data to focus on, with the first reading of Q4 2016 GDP due out. It is expected to come in at 0.5% for the quarter, with the yearly figure at 2.1%. UK PMI data has […]

Yesterday’s main event was the UK Supreme Court’s decision regarding Article 50 and it went just as markets had anticipated. The High Court’s ruling was upheld meaning that the UK Parliament must have to vote in order to trigger Article 50. The Court’s decision did, as expected, coincide with some Sterling volatility. However, ranges were […]

Monday was another positive day for Sterling which made further ground on all of its major counterparts, as the markets were still taking in Donald Trump’s inauguration and his decision to sign a bill that formally withdraws the US from the Trans-Pacific partnership trade deal. In what could be a sign of the upcoming future […]

Gold is known as the symbol of power since the industrial revolution and the development in global trade.  People trade gold for different purposes and the gold prices hold a privileged place in the nature of the economy. In fact, you can envision how strong the economy is from the price of gold. This precious […]

The U.S. dollar climbed over 1.5% versus the Yen right after the FBI stated that they will be sticking by the conclusions of the original probe in July. It was expected for the dollar to strengthen with Clinton’s victory and weaken with Trump’s. Trump has promised to tear up existing U.S. trade agreements and was […]

The EUR/USD was able to maintain its bullishness last week. There is a Bullish Confirmation Pattern in the 4-hour chart, and price is currently testing the resistance line at 1.0700. The resistance line would be broken to the upside this week as price targets another resistance lines at 1.0750 and 1.0800. EUR/USD: The EUR/USD was […]

Here’s the market outlook for the week: EURUSD Dominant bias: Bullish EURUSD moved upwards by about 100 pips last week, now testing the resistance line at 1.0700. The upwards movement last week was not strong, but it was noticeable enough to show that the recent bullishness in the market remains a valid thing. This week, […]

It’s the Trump Dump that is now dominating markets into Friday’s session after the President Elect’s news conference caused the US dollar to finally unwind some of the upside that has seen a lot of the US dollar majors break through long term support and resistance levels. There were no real silver bullets that killed […]

Pound experiences another solid day It was another solid day for the pound yesterday off the back of Theresa May’s speech earlier in the week and the European Central Bank’s decision to keep their monetary policy unchanged. The pound hit a two-week high against the euro, in what could be a sign of what’s to […]