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Is The Baltic Dry Index Telling Us Were Heading For Another Great Recession?
Ben Mountifield, February 2nd, 2012
A sudden fall in the Baltic Dry Index used to indicate a slump in demand for raw materials and therefore a possible economic slowdown, and over the past seven weeks the index has fallen 65% to its lowest level in more than 25 years. A 6 Month Chart Of The
Posted in Blog, Commodities, Featured, Fundamental Analysis, News
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Two Bullish Predictions For 2012
Steve Wilson, February 1st, 2012
The first part of this article looked at two very bearish predictions for 2012, however, this article presents two much more bullish opinions. Christopher Channer: “Dow to reach 20,000 in 5 years” Mr Channer is proprietor of Channer Investment Management in Inverness, and he is famed for correctly predicting that
Posted in Blog, Commodities, Stocks
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Potash Trade Update: Up 8% So Far But Time To Tighten Up Those Stops
Adam Tremaine, January 31st, 2012
On Thursday 12 January I wrote about a potential trading opportunity that was setting up for the Canadian fertiliser producer, Potash Corporation. The stock had formed a bullish Inverse Head and Shoulders pattern which it subsequently broke out of. Since that time the stock has risen 8% and is now
Posted in Blog, Featured, Spread Betting, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Ways to bet
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Two Bearish Predictions For 2012
Steve Wilson, January 30th, 2012
Joe Granville: “Dow to fall 4000 points in 2012” In a recent interview on Bloomberg television, technical analyst, and author of the Granville Market Letter, Joe Granville, made an argument for a 4000 point drop in the Dow during 2012. Mr Granville, who was named the number one market timer
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A Company That’s Profiting From Cheap Natural Gas
Ben Mountifield, January 27th, 2012
The price of North American natural gas has fallen from an all-time high of $15.37 per million British Thermal Units (BTUs) in December 2005, to just $2.67 today. A 5 Year Weekly Chart of Natural Gas Chart courtesy of barchart.com The fall in price is primarily down to an increase
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Fed Rate Announcement Sends Dollar Lower & Gold Higher
Ben Mountifield, January 26th, 2012
Last night the Federal Reserve announced that it expects to keep interest rates in the US at their record low level until late 2014 – a move which sent the US dollar lower and gold sharply higher. A 6 Month Chart of the US Dollar Index A 6 Month Chart
Posted in Currencies, Featured, Forex, Monetary Policy, News, Precious Metals
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Corn & Sony Both Provide Potential Trading Opportunities
Adam Tremaine, January 25th, 2012
First Potential Trade Sony Corp. has been in a Falling Wedge pattern since the beginning of March 2011. A falling wedge pattern is a contracting trading range with a downward tilt, illustrated by the two blue lines. This type of pattern is typically a reversal pattern and it looks as
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Natural Gas Jumps 7.8% After Producer Cuts Production & Shorts Are Forced To Cover
Steve Wilson, January 24th, 2012
The price of Natural Gas jumped 7.8% in New York yesterday as Chesapeake Energy Corp. announced that it would cut production in order to put a floor under the commodity. Thanks to an exceptionally mild winter and increased production from shale gas, the price of natural gas as listed on
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Potash Trade Update: Technical’s & Fundamentals Aligned
Adam Tremaine, January 20th, 2012
On Thursday 12 January I wrote about a potential trading opportunity that was setting up for the Canadian fertiliser producer, Potash Corporation. The stock had formed a bullish Inverse Head and Shoulders pattern which subsequently broke out to the upside. The move towards my target area of $49 – $50
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Will The UK & Japan Be The Next Sovereign Debt Dominoes To Fall?
Steve Wilson, January 19th, 2012
The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) has just published a new report entitled “Debt and deleveraging: Uneven progress on the path to growth”. The new study reveals that the UK and Japan are far more indebted than those nations currently coming under attack from bond investors, namely Spain, France & Italy.