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US Treasury: the moment of truth?

On Thursday, the US government faced lacklustre demand for its latest record auction of long-dated Treasury bonds, marking one of its first mis-steps in funding historic spending packages passed by US legislators since March. In this post, we ...

ForexTechnical Analysis

Reasons the dollar could bottom out

The trend in the USD is down and in currency markets it is usually a good idea to follow the trend BUT.... here are some reasons not to.

Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis Demystified: Continuation Patterns

The first module of “Technical Analysis demystified” was dedicated to major reversal patterns. In this Knowledge Series, we look at how to identify and use continuation patterns.

13 August 2020

China & US retail sales & Rosneft, Macau casinos

In the day ahead China and the United States release retail sales data, there is also Eurozone Q2 GDP and Russian oil giant Rosneft, Sands China and Wynn Macau report Q2 results.

Stocks

Electric Vehicles: NIO, the 'Tesla of China'

More and more companies are racing to bring all-electric vehicles (EV) to market as consumer tastes shift and investor enthusiasm for the space grows. In this blog post, we take a closer look at China-based EV company NIO, a company which is ...

Forex

EUR/USD Fundamentals (part 1: Treasury-Bund yield spread)

The EUR/USD is the most traded currency pair in the forex market, and the most liquid asset in the world - so it pays to understand its fundamentals.

Stocks

‘Apple One’ could get Apple to $2 trillion- and hurt Netflix, Spotify

Apple will launch Apple One alongside the new iPhone 12. That could take its valuation to $2 trillion, while hurting prospects for Netflix & Spotify.

Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis Demystified: The Major Reversal Patterns

In this Knowledge Series, we look at how to identify and use the Major Reversal Patterns.

Blockchain Knowledge Series – How to classify crypto assets

Utility tokens, smart contracts, asset-backed tokens, etc. The growing usage of tokens in real-world blockchain projects has unveiled the need to understand what blockchain tokens in fact represent and how they relate to their underlying business ...

12 August 2020
StocksBonds

NetEase earnings, jobless claims & debt auctions

Looking at the day ahead I’m watching earnings from NetEase and TUI - as well as US jobless claims and the third big day of US debt auctions.

Forex

British pound near 5-month top as UK enters steep recession

The United Kingdom has just experienced a truly historic recession, with GDP falling -20.4% in the second quarter. What next for the British pound?

The 7twelve® portfolio strategy

In this blog post, learn about the 7twelve® portfolio strategy and how to replicate it with low-cost ETFs.

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