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While Copper prices still trading around the lowest since 2009, evidence is mounting for a supply crunch in 2016. The supply imbalance may send copper prices soaring in 2016: Not a “dead cat bounce”, but the start of a new bull cycle. Traders and hedge funds are still ignoring the

U.S. stocks had their worst annual performance since 2008 Through December 30, the S&P 500 was positive for 2015, albeit barely. Meanwhile, the median stock, as represented by the Value Line Geometric Composite (VLG), was actually down, the market struggled. While an extended slump in commodity prices helped drag the

Ankara has found itself in a very delicate set of problems evolving both politically and economically as the region is set ablaze by conflict and heightened uncertainty.  The Lira has once again lost its composure since the downing of the Russian jet, with the Turkish currency looking set to weaken

Gold, which hit an annual high of $1308 during January, is all set to register near 10% decline and join the year 2013 and 2014 by being on the negative side for third consecutive year.

The US dollar has been on the rise over the last year, an unusual occurrence for the greenback, which has mostly declined in value compared to the currencies of other wealthy nations over the last 4 decades. The immediate cause behind increased demand for the dollar this year was the

The main use of platinum is in catalytic converters to reduce emissions, especially from diesel vehicles.The main use of platinum, is a fuel-cell electric vehicles incorporating combustion.Brief overview on the use of platinum in the automotive industry: Catalytic converters: Catalytic converter is an emissions control device that converts toxic pollutants

Trading Initial Public Offerings of various companies can certainly be a profitable activity. While in the past only stock brokers were offering this option, for a few years now some Forex brokers have also been adding CFDs for listed stocks only into their price feed. Why does it make sense

The tensions remain high in the disputed South China seas, but to understand the conflict one first has to take a history less.  China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of world trade ships every year, a fifth of it heading to and

Exactly one year ago the Russian Ruble was one of the hottest topics amongst the trading community. While traders were looking to go short on the USD/RUB, brokers were increasing the swap values and limiting the leverage on the currency pairs that contained the ruble. No wonder then, three weeks

Lately the global financial headlines have been intermixed with the ECB stimulus decision and the Federal Reserve rate increase at the same time climate change has slowly moved to the headlines of financial news and blog posts. All of a sudden climate change has become part of the financial commentary

The last time the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal Reserve made interest rate decisions in October, the euro to dollar exchange rate declined 425 pips in a single week. If last October is any indicator of the combined effect that an announcement of the ECB and the

No matter where it occurs or who perpetrates it, a terrorist attack elicits strong feelings of shock, confusion, fear and uncertainty. There’s no reason to suggest this doesn’t also extend to the financial markets and broader economy. Terrorism – the use of violence and intimidation for political aims[1] – is

Just two weeks ago the relationship between Turkey and Russia, although not friendly was cordial. The two countries had developed extensive trade relations with Turkey importing everything from vegetables to oil products from their Northern neighbor. The reason the relationship was not more advanced was due to the fact that

Gold is on a downtrend for the whole year of 2015 and the question if it continue to go down is not quite relevant anymore. What we should ask now is whether the support level at 1,000 USD will be broken this year or the next one?  Currently XAUUSD is

The last 4 and half years gold is going down and so far it has depreciated for over 800 USD per ounce since 2011. What are the main reasons for such a dramatic decline and where will this commodity go in the upcoming year? Let’s find out below. Why gold

This is a question that has started to resonate among market watchers. 2016 is looking like it is going to be an interesting year for trading forex. So let’s quickly look at what 2016 will look like for forex trading. a)      US Dollar Volatility We may see the much anticipated

In 2015 the things around Bitcoin, or actually any cryptocurrency, have been very quiet. Unlike the years of 2013 and 2014, when not only Bitcoin rate has been booming, but it the whole blockchain was receiving lots of exposure across different types of media, this year one could hardly hear

This article begins by explaining the behavior of EUR/USD currency pair over the last 2 years and then lists possible market moves for the upcoming year and their probability of occurrence. The past While the first half of the year 2014 showed us the lowest possible volatility on EUR/USD, the

The energy sector was dismal in 2014 and it is looking like we could see more of the same for this year. If you are long on oil, you may want to read this, as oil prices could move lower and there are two strategies you can consider to profit

2014 Recap: What Will Affect the Economy in 2015 Looking back on 2014, despite the elimination of quantitative easing and the pending rise in interest rates by the Federal Reserve, it’s clear that the bulls controlled the stock market. In early December, things were looking rough. Stocks were threatening to