Author Archive

All eyes have been focused on what has certainly proved to be a volatile week on the markets. With many heralding in “Black Monday” in terms of the falls within the Asian markets, online Forex trading has been massively affected by recent events. Spurred by weak growth data from the largest economy in the world, major indices such as the FTSE 100, the Dax and the CAC 40 took massive hits over the past few days. This has caused a shudder of uncertainty to resonate throughout the trading world; many Forex investors claiming that the markets were on the “verge of panic”. (more…)

If you believe Ingvar Kamprad- Sure!

The expectations – to develop a strong European financial player. (more…)

First Greece, then China, and now it is Japan that worries.

The International Monetary Fund, IMF is sensing out a warning regarding Japan’s debt in a completely new report. The IMF believes that Japan’s debt is unsustainable and that the risk of increasing as much as up to three times the country’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in 2030, is worrying. (more…)

All eyes have been understandably focused on Greece during the past week. What appeared to be a rather tenuous bailout offer has been accepted by the Greek parliament and pushed through at the eleventh hour by the European Union. While the massive €80 billion euros required to ease the financial tensions and imbue liquidity into the Greek economy may be a welcome development, many investors are still wary in regards of the long-term damage that could have already been done to the euro as a whole. (more…)

Following an ease of momentum concerning the Euro-Zone data, online forex trading has slowed down for the second week of June. On the back of a promising first week of the month, the fears of a possible default on payments from the Greek government and a Euro-Zone exit have resurfaced after negotiations in Brussels broke down.