Author: Mark Sturdy

The Commodity Specialist view – The recovery in Cocoa from its Oct-08 low has been impressive. Interrupted by a period of volatility earlier in the year it has more recently returned to the Jul-08 peak, but displaying...

The FX Specialists view – In the FX Specialist Guide we had pointed out a Key Reversal Week that potentially boded bad for bulls. We still believe this to be the case and signs begin to emerge on the Daily chart that back...

Why, when the US economy has also emerged from recession and it has a better debt-to-GDP ratio than Japan, has the Yen begun to show such unequivocal strength against the Dollar and also against the Euro and Sterling? The Macro...

The Commodity Specialist view – Price swings over the last few months have kept the charts in consolidation mode, below a long term key Fibo resistance level. Recent losses have temporarily tilted the scales more in favour...

The Commodity Specialist view – The recovery in Cotton from its Nov-08 low slowed during the summer, at one stage suggesting a reversal was in the offing. However, an Oct break to the upside kept bulls on track for the...

The FX Trader’s view – The correction from the 1.3063 Mar high has been deep. Whilst recent support has not come from the most obvious of levels it is still worth looking to see what is now needed to trigger further...

Today Obama seems finally to have woken up to the dangers of running too big a deficit and allowing the national debt to seemingly spiral out of control. He said the deficit needs reducing or else the US runs the risk of a...

The Short Sterling and Gilt contracts represent two markets reacting to similar concerns, but sometimes moving in opposite directions. Hence the steepening of Sterling’s yield curve… The Technical Trader’s...

The FX Trader’s view – During 2009 the US Dollar Index has enjoyed a deep pullback. Its current position doesn’t exactly excite, but an interesting technical level is being tested and we here highlight what...

The Commodity Specialist view – A Key Reversal Week in early September, which we highlighted in a previous Update, has provided a bearish backdrop to the technical picture of Sugar. It remains the marker of the end of a...