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Category: Financial Markets
How Do Politics and Central Banks Impact FX Markets?
Foreign exchange – or “forex” – markets often pay close attention to politics and central bank policy. We offer a model for trader...
How to Trade the Impact of Politics on Global Financial...
In a slowing global economy, the threat of geopolitical risks destabilizing global growth are elevated and open the door to violen...
Gold Price Implications Around US Presidential Election...
The price of gold has become more responsive to the macroeconomic landscape since President Richard Nixon took steps to end the Br...
How Societal and Economic Crises Impact US Presidential...
Many elections have coincided with crises, none more so than the 2020 election. How have social and economic crises impacted elect...
Quantitative Easing (QE) Explained: Central Bank Tool f...
What is quantitative easing (QE) and how do central banks like the Fed and ECB use it? Learn how QE supplements monetary policy wh...
S&P 500, Dow Jones: Can Stock Markets Predict P...
Does S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average performance 3 months or 1 year before a US presidential election impact its outcome?
Understanding Inflation and its Global Impact
Inflation deals with the general price increases in an economy however, this simple economic figure can have massive ramifications...
Economic Growth: What is GDP Growth?
GDP serves as a primary gauge of an economy's health and an important data release for traders.
Historical Volatility: A Timeline of the Biggest Volati...
Past periods of volatility set historical precedence for traders navigating the markets today. Discover the biggest volatility cyc...
What is the VIX? A Guide to the S&P 500 Volatil...
The VIX is one of the more popular quotients of volatility - but what does it mean and how is it derived?
Currency Volatility: What is it & How to Trade ...
Wondering how best to navigate the volatility of forex markets? Read on for a complete guide.
How to Measure Volatility with Average True Range (ATR)
The life-line of a trader's activity is volatility. In this article, we teach traders to measure volatility using a simple indicat...