Chelsea end of season stats: How do Eden Hazard, Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa compare against each other? May 25, 2015 In the end, they made it look easy. Chelsea cantered to the Premier League title with three games of the season remaining and finished off with a 3-1 cruise against Sunderland. The successful season was defined by Jose Mourinho’s consistent selection policy that rendered the identity of the Blues’ starting XI on the Stamford Bridge [...]
First house, first baby, first job: 25 life milestones and the ages you should achieve them May 19, 2015 The eminent members of Generation Y may frequently complain that they're being priced out of the property market/marriage/adulthood – but when should we actually be hitting those crucial milestones? Younger than you think, according to new research… Loans company Amigo surveyed nearly 1,600 people aged between 16 and 65 about their "wisdom, life experience and [...]
Deflation, no demand: Global economies struggling to up inflation and stagnation is on the rise May 18, 2015 We are now well into the second phase of post-financial crisis recovery. The first, terrifying phase was the period when central banks had to cut interest rates to zero and then develop and deploy new, unconventional weapons, including QE. The European Central Bank (ECB) had to be more imaginative than others, as it tried [...]
Equities dream: Will we wake in a cold sweat? – CNBC Comment May 18, 2015 THE CURRENT state of equity markets is taking me back to a song from my youth: “dreamer, you’re nothing but a dreamer. Well can you put your hands in your head? Oh no.” Apologies to Supertramp, but there have been times recently when these markets, and the desperation to put on the blinkers and ignore [...]
Overtrading: Why it may be vital to take a step back – DailyFX Tips & Picks May 18, 2015 WHEN trading the markets, you might think you only have two options: buying or short-selling. But there is a third option – not to trade. It’s an interesting concept, as many people believe that you need to be in the market all the time to make money. Yet this is far from the truth – [...]
Trading coffee one year on from record highs: Could prices rocket again? May 11, 2015 Prices of Arabica coffee hit record highs last year after a drought in Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producing nation. A dearth of supplies on the world market meant the price of Arabica soared to $3 a pound – a massive rise from under $1.30 back in 2010. “The drought in Brazil had [...]
Commodity firms: The new manufacturers? – CNBC Comment May 11, 2015 Resources firms were matter of fact about cutting capital expenditure when conditions took a turn for the worse in emerging markets. For too long, energy and base metals giants used their big diversified structures to bamboozle investors about returns stretching across vast geographies, while shoveling cash into more projects to achieve scale. That’s all changing. [...]
How to trade the notoriously ruthless FTSE All Share – DailyFX Tips & Picks May 11, 2015 WHILE the FTSE All Share Index ended higher in 21 out of the last 29 years, trading the FTSE 100 or FTSE All Share can be ruthless. This is because of the intra-year swings these markets exhibit. But by knowing about these swings, you could use them to your advantage. With the markets tending to [...]
Super Mario Draghi: Age of unwinding? – CNBC Comment May 4, 2015 THE PAST few years have seen central banks invested with almost super hero-like powers. Super Mario Draghi might not be one of the characters in Avengers: Age of Ultron, but his powers are almost as impressive as Iron Man’s. And has Iron Man ever pumped so much money into the Eurozone’s financial system that he [...]
How to use Bollinger Bands when trading the markets – Daily FX Tips & Picks May 4, 2015 EXPLOSIVE moves: everyone wants to be part of them, but how can we detect them before it’s too late? A basic indicator which is standard on most systems are Bollinger Bands. Loading this indicator for a FX pair like euro-dollar will show you the 20 day moving-average and the standard deviation of price over the [...]