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With the first half of the year already behind us, a lot of people are revisiting their financial goals for the year. How close are you to the projections you that made in January? Have you started expanding your sources of income as you promised...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) fires the first salvo this month! In case you missed it, we’ve listed down the five things you need to know about the central bank’s monetary policies in July: 1. Interest rates remain at 1...

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Highlights form the May 2016 German factory orders data report 6 July 2016 Prior -2.0%. Revised to -1.9% -0.2% vs 0.9% exp y/y WDA. Prior -0.5%. Revised to -0.4% Domestic orders -1.9% vs 1.6% prior m/m Export orders 1.4% vs -4.3% prior m/m...

Economic trading data due today Morning all. Another day, another collapse in Her Majesty's pound note. It's getting to the point where it's not worth the paper it's written on. My kids are even turning their nose up at it when I give them their pocket money...

I thought this might have been a euphemism for GBP selling But, no. It really is flood gates...

GBP has continued its slide, but a bit of a bounce from the brief sub-1.2800 low its seen USD/JPY is down big time today also AUD, NZD, EUR all lower against the USD...

If you scan this Goldman Sachs price you'll see 'doomsday' & 'free-fall', but on a more careful reading you'll also see .... errr ... 'doomsday' & 'free-fall'. Enjoy...

Back below 200 hour MA Adam just posted on the weakness in the price of oil . The USDCAD followed that retreat with a move higher today. That rally has seen the price of USDCAD retrace to the 50% of the move down from the June 28 - post Brexit - high. That level comes in at 1...

Voting in the first round of Conservative leadership contest ends at the top of the hour The candidate with the least amount of support will be removed from the ticket after the votes are counted. It should take less than an hour from the time voting closes...

Congestion area broken and traders exit in a hurry The congestion in the EURUSD at the 1.1113-20 level worked for a bounce to 1.1134, but then the support gave way and traders exited/sold into to break (get me OUT) The fall has now taken the price to - and through the 1...

Tests the September 1985 low. The GBPUSD has moved to new session lows and continues the fall to new multi decade lows. The pair is currently testing the September 1985 swing low at the 1.3045 level (the low comes in at 1.30413...

Lots of technical congestion ahead Like a major artery where different roads come together, the EURUSD has one such area being approached. The 100 and 200 hour MAs at 1.1113-20 and the low for the day at 1.1119 come together. Just north of that intersection is a trend line connecting lows (at 1...

Not to be confused with the BREXIT day low The USDJPY traded at a low of 101.38 on June 27th. That was the Monday after the BREXIT result on June 24th. That was the low from last week as well. The 50% of the move up from the low comes in at 101.20 area (I am using a low on Brexit day of 99...

The latest dairy auction from Fonterra Whole milk price index -1.6% Whole milk powder prices average $2062/MT Globaldairytrade auction average $2345/MT It's the second auction in a row of declining prices but that follows two very strong auctions...

USD/CAD fell on July 1 and July 4 holidays USD/CAD is trading almost precisely where it closed the day on June 30. It's taken a 110 pip, one-way rally to get there but all that's happened is that the pair has unwound declines on July 1 (a holiday in Canada) and July 4 (a holiday in the USA...

The most recent Bank of Japan monetary policy meeting adjourned 15 June, just one week before the UK referendum vote. The question must be asked whether the BOJ considered any risk to the Japanese economy either before or after the vote...

Carney tries to say that they are ready to do everything, but this comes on the background “risks materializing” in the few days after Brexit. So, should we be find comfort in Carney message for the future or listen to his dark assessment of the present...