Shares and Trading

As the US economy has finally recovered from its post-GFC malaise, so have US interest rates risen from historical lows. This is a natural progression; policy makers keep interest rates low while economies are weak – in order to stimulate borrowing and investment, and raise interest rates as economies...

Like most things in finance, a market downturn is impossible to predict with any certainty. When will it happen? How severe will it be? What will trigger it? No one really knows the answers, even when looking back in time as a guide. What we do know is that,...

Coming from an institutional background has advantages when working in the retail industry. But in the case of China, it can also present challenges. One of the fascinating things about the Forex market in China is that it’s almost entirely retail based. The market there has been built from...

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Big Data. Unless you have been living under a rock, you would have heard these terms mentioned a lot in the last few years. But what real-world applications do they provide? Self-driving cars, brick-laying robots and even Siri to help navigate your way through...

At a time when there is so much geopolitical and economic uncertainty- the threat of an attack on USA by North Korea, Europe’s political turmoil and unprecedented global debt, it seems ironic that the measure of market expectations, the VIX Index, remains stable and calm. It appears investors are...

You are no doubt aware of the fact that you could dramatically improve your trading skill sets if you were mentored by the best traders in the world. The challenge has always been getting access to world-renowned traders. One man has helped the average trader bridge the gap by...

One of the biggest challenges facing investors when trading the share market is when to sell. Usually an investor will be armed with many theories on how to pick the best stocks to enter the market, but when asked where they should exit, you often get a confusing array...

The biggest threat to global stock markets in 2017 is a Bond Market Collapse. Or is it? Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned in an interview with Bloomberg News on 1 August 2017; “By any measure, real long-term interest rates are much too low and therefore unsustainable”.  He...

You may already be aware but successful trading is not the result of hitting a massive home run. It is, however, about avoiding the stupid mistakes we find ourselves repeating time and time again. In this article, we are going to look at the top eight challenges traders face,...