ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for September 12, 2019. See details below: Updated: ECB STIMULUS Today’s announcement of a further cut of 10 basis points in interest rates and the launch of a new asset purchase program mean the ECB is taking very seriously the slowdown in…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for September 11, 2019. See details below: FOREX The Euro is losing ground to the Dollar, as the European Wednesday session gets under way. After holding steady at the beginning of the week, as investors sat tight awaiting the ECB meeting which…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for September 10, 2019. See details below: FOREX/ BREXIT The Pound is on the backfoot, losing ground to the Dollar, as Tuesday’s session gets under way. Today’s sterling losses follow the gains recorded yesterday, after another day of turmoil in Westminster. As…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for September 6, 2019. See details below: EUROPEAN SHARES European shares opened mixed this morning despite a boosted market sentiment observed during the Asian session following a better than expected Yuan currency fixing by the People’s Bank of China. However, the Hong…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for September 5, 2019. See details below: EUROPEAN SHARES Global equities jumped this morning while safe haven assets like the Japanese Yen, Gold and 10-Years U.S. Treasuries retreated as investors regained their appetite for risky assets. This shift took place after China’s…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for September 3, 2019. See details below: EUROPEAN SHARES European stocks followed the bearish trend started in Asia overnight as global uncertainties linger and traders brace for a difficult month of September. Current declines on global benchmarks are mostly led by the…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for August 28, 2019. See details below: FOREX The Pound is once again on the backfoot, both against the Euro and the Dollar. This follows yesterday’s recovery, on the back of news that opposition leaders had agreed on a strategy, to prevent…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for August 23, 2019. See details below: GOLD Gold is consolidating just below $1,500 as investors await further inputs from Jerome Powell, the Fed and the other central banks. In the last few days the main focus has been the trade war…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for August 21, 2019. See details below: FOREX The US Dollar remains pretty much where it started at the beginning of the week, with the Dollar Index, which measures the performance of the greenback against a basket of other major currencies, hovering…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for August 19, 2019. See details below: FOREX The Pound is on the backfoot, having lost more than 0.1% to the US Dollar during early Monday trading. Brexit and related matters continue to be the main driving force behind Sterling; after a…
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