Forex Fundamental Analysis

It is a stark reminder of how severe the perturbation to the world’s financial system was during and following the Global Financial Crisis that central bank interest rates in many leading economies are still at historic lows seven years or so after the worst of the storm hit.

If you’re looking for some good returns on your equities, look to the East. Asian stock markets fluctuate daily but it is Russia that stands out from all the rest.

Given that neither the Greeks nor any of their Eurozone partners want to see Greece abandon the Euro, it should be unsurprising that a deal has been struck which should enable Greece to receive the final tranche of bailout funding, €7.2 billion.

The Greek economy is the ninth largest within the Eurozone and has a GDP of roughly one fifteen the size of Germany’s

Last week saw all of the major stock exchanges again close higher, this has been attributed to optimism that a solution will be found to Greece’s financial crisis, in part at least.

The Germans have made it clear that they will not endorse a bridging loan to Greece.

Joining the single European currency should have been such a panacea that nobody needed to consider a mechanism whereby a state could detach itself from the dream.

The allure of writing off ones debts and freeing yourselves from that yoke that surely you had no part in creating is very powerful.

Japan is the third largest economy in the world behind the USA and China. Much of its economic strength stems from its ability to export a wide range of products to the rest of the world.

The price of oil continues it roller coaster ride. The commodity climbed slightly on Friday and some analysts are feeling more confident that its dramatic fall may be over.

On the 25th of January, the Greek people elected Syriza, a “radical coalition of the left”, to power.

With all eyes focused on the Eurozone and its effect on major world currencies, it’s easy to lose sight of what is happening in other sectors of the economy. Oil, however, is always in the forefront of our minds and the question of its future continues to keep investors on edge.

The anger, frustration and pain of the Greek people that propelled Syriza to victory in the country’s general election is easy to understand.

New, from the people who brought you sub-prime lending, LIBOR rigging, Forex and Gold Spot fixing and many more innovative and, frankly, illegal schemes, banking giants are pleased to announce tax evasion for the rich.

In January 2014, New York became the first state in the U.S. to propose a regulatory framework for the Bitcoin that would follow similar regulations already applied to all financial firms in New York and those operating under federal laws such as FINRA and NFA.