Forex Signals

“One important memory of 1990 in Japan is that dramatic things were happening in the equity markets, with share prices falling day after day. But the economy seemed to be unaffected. It went on growing quite strongly, in fact, for almost two years. A lot of economists and other observers concluded that the financial drama [...]

A Bear Market in Trust: Good for Gold Stocks
by David Fessler, Investment U Senior Analyst
Monday, December 5, 2011
The world markets held their collective breaths over the political spectacle regarding raising the U.S. debt ceiling. Ultimately, a half-baked plan that essentially kicks most of the cans down the road emerged.
Our trust that politicians would come up [...]

A Bear Market in Trust: Good for Gold Stocks
by David Fessler, Investment U Senior Analyst
Monday, December 5, 2011
The world markets held their collective breaths over the political spectacle regarding raising the U.S. debt ceiling. Ultimately, a half-baked plan that essentially kicks most of the cans down the road emerged.
Our trust that politicians would come up [...]

Quotable
“And we ask one question that they dare not firmly answer, whether they are not now making a tolerable attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of the people.”
                                    Milwaukee Daily Sentinel and Gazette, October 1839
Commentary & Analysis
Letting a good crisis go to waste: will they do it again?
Back in 2007 some no-name [...]

But not good for forex trading!  Central banks are closed around the globe so liquidity is absent from the market.
I would avoid trading today even though the forex market is open, unless you want to line your broker’s pocket!
Happy Easter to those who celebrate it! 
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Quotable
You’re sound-byte-mining quote of the day comes from Jimmy Rogers discussing agriculture …
“In America– one of the agricultural states the average age of farmers is 58 years old … in ten years, if they’re still alive, they’ll be 68.”
                                  Jimmy Rogers

Commentary & Analysis
Ugly Buck-ling Makes the Dodos Look Good.
Maybe the European Central Bank hikes [...]

LONDON (
MarketWatch ) — The real question isn’t why Standard & Poor’s has put out a warning about the creditworthiness of Uncle Sam.
It’s why it waited so long.
And the only thing surprising about Monday’s big announcement was that anyone was surprised.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/comstock/10w!i:dji/delayed DJIA +1.54% fell nearly 2% on the news. Gold [...]

Quotable
“Human history is a brief spot in space, and its first lesson is modesty.”
                                            Will and Ariel Durant
Commentary & Analysis
It’s “all good”?
I have a good friend named John who has a very poignant expression when things look bleak and markets rally, as soon as he gets short. He will say to me, ―Hey don’t worry. It’s [...]

A new party in charge of the House of Representatives, a chastened president, a new economic team in the White House—there’s certainly plenty of change afoot in Washington. Along with it, of course, there’s no shortage of debate over deficits, taxes and regulation. But as politicians zero in on their pet issues, investors have a [...]

The urge to buy rising prices – the euro move is a good example …
It is interesting how rising prices encourage us to buy and falling prices encourage us to sell when it comes to stocks and bonds and other financial assets. Yet it takes that opposite price action when it comes to consumer goods [...]