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Canada – Taking A Look At The Loonie Economy

Canada News Flying Under The Radar Canada has been a predominant feature in financial news in the recent few months, with many discussions centered around the NAFTA and ‘new NAFTA’ agreement, the USMCA trade deal. But despite being such a signif...

December 2, 2018
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Is Trump the Santa Stock Markets Need?

Without any doubt it was a difficult year for the stock markets. Recently nearly all equity indices have erased their 2018 gains. October has also lived up to its reputation in being the worst month for equities. The stock markets bled red, and ...

November 30, 2018
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ECB Speeches

The week kicked off with a series of ECB speeches, and markets participants were gearing up to have more updates on the Eurozone economy, interest rate and Italy. Investors were keen to see whether the ECB downplays the slowdown in the German e...

November 27, 2018
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Brexit and Italy

As we head into the Thanksgiving holidays, the continuing factors dominating headlines remain Brexit and Italy. This Wednesday was an important day for Brexit and Italy, but the events unfolded without any major catalysts or breakthrough. Ther...

November 22, 2018
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Alphates formally launches MetaTrader 5

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – 25 September 2018. Alphates is pleased to launch MetaTrader 5 (MT5) to its suite of platforms. Traders can now download, and use Alphates MT5 along with Alphates MT4, as well as Alphates’ Webtrader, on any device or...

November 19, 2018
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G20 Summit 10th Anniversary

In the wake of the global financial crisis, the G20 summit has become a popular forum of global governance and cooperation. In the heat of the disaster, G20 members came together to sustain global financial stability. The G20 has been a useful po...

November 16, 2018
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Alphates Expands eFX Network with oneZero Collaboration

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – 13 November 2018. Veteran derivatives provider Alphates Pty Ltd has integrated with technology provider, oneZero Financial Systems in a bid to expand their institutional offering in LD4. Head of Trading, Tom Williams said:...

November 15, 2018
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WTI in Bear Mode

  Deteriorating demand and rising global output are the main factors that sent the WTI Crude into a bear market territory. There is a shift of sentiment in the oil markets. The US sanctions have been the primary influence behind the rally in o...

November 9, 2018
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US Mid-Election & The Fed sticks to the Game Plan

The propaganda around the US mid-election dominated the markets this week. With the Democrats now in control of the House of Representatives, the Congress will be tied up in a legislative gridlock leaving the market participants to evaluate the ...

November 9, 2018
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Tied In A Gridlock, Eyes Are Now On The FOMC Meeting!

The results of the US Mid-term election have been released and the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives, securing Washington in a legislative deadlock as widely expected. The talks of “impeachment” of the President wil...

November 8, 2018
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A Pivotal Moment For Sterling

GBPUSD - Has Cable run out of steam? Looking at GBPUSD, we can see the month of November has kicked off with some impulsive moves higher off the back of potential Brexit deals concluding behind closed doors. In the short-term, we might be w...

November 6, 2018
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European Round-Up: 5th November

Key Economic News Releases Today: GBP Markit/CIPS UK Services PMI (October) lower at 52.2 vs. 53.3 forecast GBP Markit/CIPS UK Composite PMI (October) lower at 52.1 vs. 53.4 forecast USD ISM Non-Manufacturing/Services Composite (October)...

November 5, 2018
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What to expect from the RBA this Tuesday?

Australian’s weak inflation report this week has set the tone for the RBA’s Rate Statement next Tuesday. The underlying inflation reading remains well below the RBA’s target 2-3% for the 11th consecutive quarter. There is no doubt tha...

November 4, 2018
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Non-Farms: US Jobs Numbers Are In

US Jobs Numbers Are In The Bureau of Labor Statistics have released the latest jobs report for September. Let’s take a look at the latest numbers. The total non-farm payroll employment increased by 250,000 the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics repo...

November 2, 2018
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US Mid-Term Election Be Prepared!

Why should you care? There are two main consequences of the US mid-term election: Cripple Trump’s Administration                    OR                          Cripple Trump’s political opponents ...

November 2, 2018
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