Forex Fundamental Analysis

An international tribunal ruled on Tuesday against China's claims that it had "historical rights" in the South China Sea. The dispute over the rights to the 3.5 million kilometers of waters in the Pacific Ocean has been an ongoing battle between China and the Philippines and the latest ruling risks increased tensions in the area.

Theresa May didn’t think she would end up Prime Minister of the UK without so much as a fight. But that’s exactly what’s happened.

Between September 16th and 19th, a new sector will be introduced on Wall Street. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) which own commercial real estate and generate dividends from the rents that are levied, will be split off from all other financial stocks where they have been listed alongside banks and insurers since 1999 when these sectors were created.

Another mixed week of trading on the world’s major markets: Get the Forex fundamental analysis focusing on the currency and commodities markets for the week of July 11, 2016 here.

From a distance, the EU referendum debate boiled down to the Remain team playing the part of Cassandra with dire warnings of the economic consequences of the UK turning its back on the world’s largest economic block whilst the Leave campaign spoke of greener grass and “taking back control”, dismissing their opponents’ claims a “scaremongering” whilst never actually providing a blueprint for the UK after leaving the EU.

Trade policies between countries are of key importance to the economies of the areas involved and many international agreements have remained in force for decades.

In one way, nothing has changed in the UK since the referendum vote and in another, everything has.

Not many countries present their people with a surprise pay increase. But that is exactly what India has just done by bestowing a 23 percent one time “raise” on 10 million government workers and pensioners throughout the country.

Last week saw markets continue to rally as investors attempt to take on board the UK referendum decision. In the UK, this has been taken in some quarters to mean that the consequences of Brexit will not be as dire as some economists think, but they are mistaken.

The UK decision to exit the EU has proven to be a downer for most markets. When it comes to gold and silver and other precious metals, however, the referendum results have been a boost.

Global markets and Sterling have recovered some of their losses upon the UK decision to leave the EU. In some quarters, this has been taken as a sign that things will not be as bad as people have feared, but they are wrong.

It seems unthinkable that following the largest democratic exercise in British history, the expressed wish of the people – that Britain leave the European Union – may not come to be. Yet, nobody can say with complete certainty that Britain will not remain a member of the European Union. Here are the reasons why.

Out of the financial mayhem of Brexit, it is gold that comes out as the winner. The yellow metal was up again Monday following a nearly 5 percent surge on Friday and racking up advances of more than 25% this year.

Not yet a week has passed since the electorate of the UK narrowly voted in favour of leaving the EU. It is less than clear that they knew exactly what they were hoping to leave or why.

Even before the results of the Brexit referendum were announced, the price of oil was falling in most countries. A report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in mid-June indicated that OPEC lost $349 billion in revenue last year because of low oil prices, cutting revenues almost in half from the year before.