Posts Tagged ‘ Forex ’

Currency in Focus: Reading Between Bernanke’s Lines

May 5th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
Ben Bernanke and the Federal Open Market Committee deserve more than a thank you for last week. Their deft juggling of the fears that drive the market — inflation, slow growth, a weak dollar, etc. — has made way for some attractive trading opportunities of late. Now, of course, the questions ...read more


Big Surprise Behind Big Binary Profits

Apr 19th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Options
If you don’t know what a binary option is, I strongly urge you to find out. These “yes-or-no” investments are easy to understand, inexpensive to buy and quick to play out. For instance, you can buy a binary saying that a currency will by above a certain rate. You can bet ...read more


How to Spot Sentiment-Driven Price Moves

Nov 30th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
The last few years have shown investors just how important market sentiment can be in determining price movements. Now, with the end of 2010’s trading within sight, I wanted to clue you in on another way to gauge sentiment going forward. With this strategy added to your technical tool box, ...read more


A New Tactic for Currency Traders

Aug 27th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
Now more than ever, investors who once stuck with stocks are exploring the profit potential in currency trading. That’s due, in part, to the increased unpredictability in stocks of late – as well as a slew of new financial instruments (like ETFs) devoted solely to giving investors exposure to currencies. ...read more


How to Bet on Binary Options

Jun 30th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
One of the most important developments in recent years is the ability for regular traders to use the tools of the professionals. For options traders, some of the most exciting tools to become available are binary options. Here’s everything you need to know to get started… Binary options have been around ...read more


Foreign Exchange Markets: Around the World in 80 Pips

Apr 8th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Options
There’s nothing like the foreign exchange market. At $3.2 trillion in daily trading, the 24-hour forex market is the largest in the world. And it’s a primary driver of everything from stocks to commodity prices. But in order to make the most of your forex opportunities, you need to make ...read more


Understanding Dubai’s Debt Problem

Dec 3rd, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Options
The debt situation in Dubai is a serious problem that has the potential to make a select set of investors very rich. The biggest stumbling block is the fact that this, like other debt-fuelled crises, is mired in a tangled web of complicated business relationships. That’s why today I’m breaking ...read more


FOREX Update: The Dollar and the Importance of TIC Flows

May 20th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Forex
I’ve said it before: the dollar's chances of long-term success going forward are slim and none... and slim just left town. Consider the Treasury International Capital (TIC) flow data. TIC measures foreign investment in the United States. This is important because we rely on foreign investors and sovereign governments to continue ...read more


What Happens When You Have More Month Left Over at the End of Your Money?

May 14th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies
This is a humorous and popular question from late night infomercials.  Or it used to be, when I watched them years ago while tending to sleepless babies.  But for those who experience it as a regular occurrence, it is anything but glib or funny. Since the first of the year, we ...read more


The Truth About Forex Trading

Apr 30th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
In the world of Forex trading, volatility equals big profits. Forex, (which is shorthand for Foreign Exchange) is the largest market in the world. With 3 Trillion dollars in money exchanging hands every day, a trader only has to catch a tiny percentage of that to parlay a small nest egg ...read more