Author: Dian Chu

By Central Bank News This article reviews the monetary policy interest rate activity of the world’s central banks during 2011. The major theme of the year was monetary policy tightening, but the second half of the year...

By Bruce Krasting On October 25 I wrote about what, at the time, looked like an overvalued EURUSD (it was 1.3950). Zero Hedge had an article attributing the strength to ongoing capital repatriation by EU (primarily French)...

By Nicols Eyzaguirre (via iMFDirect) A few days after the first sunrise of 2012 kissed the shores of Latin America, it is natural to ask: What does the New Year hold for the region’s economies, especially with Europe still...

By Tyler Durden of ZeroHedge Equities traded at their lowest volume of the week (-19% from Jan. 5 alone) as S&P futures volumes remain 35% below medium-term averages. The NFP print this morning provided ammunition for some...

By Charles Rotblut As goes January, so goes the year, according to the Stock Trader’s Almanac. And as the first five days of month go, so go January’s full-month returns. So we should be rooting for a good start to...

By Bruce Krasting Our economic slump is pushing four years now. The evidence is easy to find: huge deficits, slow growth, mortgage defaults, declining real estate prices, high unemployment and an economy that can’t produce...

By Tyler Durden of ZeroHedge One of the main reasons why we have been not so focused on paper representations of real currencies (i.e., gold and silver) is that ever since the MF Global debacle, in which it became all too clear...

By JW Jones – OptionsTradingSignals.com “Never make predictions, especially about the future.” ~ Casey Stengel ~With the new year upon us, market prognosticators and financial pundits begin producing their...