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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets were mostly up over the last week but Australian shares fell slightly. Mixed US data, the ongoing soap opera over what...

Originally published by AxiTraderQuick RecapThe Aussie dollar was hammered back from the supply zone above 77 cents again overnight making it and the Kiwi the worst performers of the big currencies...

In the spirit of recognising the many different ways in which you can pick stocks, I wrote an article two years ago about using a basic momentum strategy. I will update this article annually. The...

Originally published by AxiTraderQuick RecapThe Australian AUD/USD dollar failed at 77 cents again overnight as the US dollar found support in Fed comments and traders were wary of taking the Aussie...

Solid US economic data and hawkish rhetoric from several Federal Reserve members saw markets last month start to fear re-commencement of US official interest rates hikes. Whether the Fed hikes rates...

U.S. equity markets closed higher on Tuesday as a disappointing ISM Non-manufacturing survey stemmed expectations of an interest rate hike by the FOMC at the September 20-21st meeting. The ISM...

Originally published by AxiTraderQuick RecapRBA governor Stevens presides over his last meeting as governor today. That means there is no expectation that he will make any material changes to the...

It was a fairly quiet for global markets on Monday as investors continued to digest Friday’s non-farm payroll figures, comments from world leaders at the G20 summit in China while North American...

Investment markets and key developments over the past week While Japanese shares rose solidly over the last week helped by talk of more monetary easing and a fall in the Yen, US, Eurozone and Chinese...

This post originally posted by AxiTraderQuick RecapMarkets are on tenterhooks waiting for the release of US non-farm payrolls at 8.30am New York time Friday. To say that the data is super important...

Asian equity markets were mixed on Thursday following a slew of economic data. The Hang Seng Index finished +0.81% higher while the CSI300 finished -0.79% weaker as Chinese Manufacturing PMI (MoM Aug)...

The US$ has retreated from its 3 week highs on Wednesday after some soft manufacturing data (Chicago Purchasing Managers Index, 51.5 vs exp 54 ) dented trader’s optimism about U.S. economic...

Quick Recap Bond rates have been rallying for the best part of 30 years in one of the most important secular market trends in modern finance. The fall in bonds which has accompanied the collapse in...

U.S. equity markets closed lower on Wednesday as momentum continues to wane following all-time highs earlier this month at 2,193.81. Both the S&P 500 & Nasdaq 100 finished -0.24% & -0.10%...