A clean graph from Reuters showing IMF projections for 2012 and 2013.
Some of the more notable observations from the list:
The US was the only country to get an UNCH forecast for 2012 (1.8%, which wa...
Jan 25, 2012
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It never seems to shock us how few people have even a deep simple understanding of the market in which they are trading. When it comes to the FX market, retail investors are at the bottom of the barre...
Jan 24, 2012
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There always seems to be a severe disconnect in terms of expected news events and the manner in which people actually trade it. I see it happen over and over again, and yet I can’t help but scra...
Jan 23, 2012
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We all get inspired by different things, and I recently did something that I haven’t done in a long time: go to a comedy club. In the case of the headlining act, everything this guy was saying...
Jan 22, 2012
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It was almost exactly 2 years ago that Philipp Hildebrand, the then newly appointed head of the SNB (that didn’t last too long, did it) proclaimed an anti-appreciation policy for the Swiss Franc...
Jan 19, 2012
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SOPA and PIPA are getting the brunt of attention today due to a very common issue with bills in Congress: the intent is good, but when written, extra efforts are taken to make the Acts far too reachin...
Jan 18, 2012
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Rating agencies undoubtedly have one of the most sadistic jobs in this business: when something is bad, they kick that thing in the face and pummel it to make it horribly worse. Today, the most hated ...
Jan 16, 2012
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Organization is something I have consistently noticed lacking by many traders I have met over the years. Not that it should come to much surprise, but people tend to want to just push the pedal to t...
Jan 03, 2012
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With insane levels of turmoil hitting news wires and volatility striking left and right, it seems so easy to forget just how deep the cause for the currency markets have really been these days. Along ...
Jan 02, 2012
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Update (with more to come, we’re sure) 5:00EST: Belgium downgraded by 2 notches to Aa3 by Moody’s.
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On December 5, Standard and Poors placed 15 of the...
Dec 16, 2011
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There’s always something out there that makes sense form a technical perspective, and if you go back in our posts you’ll see some clear signs of consistency when it comes to some of these ...
Dec 15, 2011
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Sometimes I feel as if I would have to sit here for a year in order to write down every little common nuance that I use on a regular basis. When it comes to trading volatile environments, this is on...
Dec 01, 2011
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I was just about to close shop for the day and instead ended up having a conversation with a good friend of the site. We discussed quite a few things that happened today, and most of them are highli...
Nov 23, 2011
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Update: I’ve been active on Twitter today walking through these motions on the drop. Please refer to the feed for some quick explanations in terms of how this gets approached and as it moves...
Nov 15, 2011
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While I am not one to watch / browse much of anything posted on CNBC, I came across this interview via another blogger, and found it to be one of the better summaries in terms of the U.S. / Fed potent...
Nov 14, 2011
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