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GIH: $10 Billion in more taper from the Fed, indicates further tapering. A bold move against the backdrop of the crisis in emerging market currencies, which caused a stock market sell off and EM Currency sell off. Unlike many market analysts, The Fed “Sees Growth”: WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday another $10 billion […]
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GIH: Political instability, and nervous investors sparked market chaos today, that impacted stock markets and emerging market currencies. Take a look at the Daily USD/TRY chart: Last 2 days we’ve seen an acceleration in selling of the Turkish Lira, with their central bank currently refusing to cut interest rates. Real money flows move the Forex […]
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The Forex market is dead and dying, in parallel with the US economy; which is fitting, considering the US is still the world reserve currency. Significant harbingers that have changed the Forex market forever: Dodd Frank has killed/consolidated retail Forex in the US (significant because the US is the world reserve currency), leaving less than […]
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The below recently declassified transcript of an internal meeting between Kissinger and his advisers shows an alarming degree of incompetence from all sides. Remember, this was during a period of great economic turmoil, after the Nixon Shock, and the infancy of the modern Forex market as we know it. There are those who believe in […]
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What has happened to our institutions? The trend of the modern institutionalization of our system began in the late 19th century, but didn’t gain worldwide support until the early 20th century. It reached its peak after World War 2, when the feeling was that global institutions could stave off further bloody conflicts. Without WW2, establishing […]
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Due to the spotlight being shined on large banks accused of manipulating the Forex market, traders are noticing and recording ‘odd’ events that would be too much of a coincidence to happen by chance. An anonymous Zero Hedge author notes: With regulators finally catching on that banks are manipulating every asset class, the largest of […]
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The Forex market is the largest in the world and the least understood. Since the late 90’s, traders and asset managers have flocked to it as an alternative to trade, compared to other common markets (Stocks, Bonds, Futures). But due to the fact that the market is decentralized, and unregulated, it also attracted a large […]
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Bitcoin was thought to be dead and dying after a series of attacks to the Tor network, and the shutdown of the site “Silk Road” a site where users could purchase anything illicit from drugs to fake passports. But since then Bitcoin has surged to record highs, attracting the attention of the US Senate which […]
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China has surpassed the US economy on several key measures: China is the largest trading country in the world, the largest importer of oil, and has the fastest growing economy. So why should the rest of the planet listen to China? Well, China now accounts for more global trade [40] than anyone else does, including […]
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Goldman Sachs is the latest Forex trading bank to be added to the list of banks being investigated for rigging of Forex rates used to price other derivatives, and for benchmarking purposes, known as the WM/Reuters rates. However the investigation against Goldman Sachs also includes commodities, options, and technology systems. Bloomberg reports: Goldman Sachs Group […]
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