Forex Gump

Forex Gump

I throw macroeconomics, forex trading, pop culture, and everyday life into a pot and hopefully, the final product are lessons about the FX market that's easy to understand.

Articles by Forex Gump

U.K: “We’re Ring-Fencing Our Banks!”

It looks like our chaps from the U.K. have been doing their homework for the past few months in coming up with a plan to make the country’s banking sector more stable. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave the Independent Commission on Banking’s (ICB) proposal an A. What grade will you give it?

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Greek Bailout: The German or the ECB Way?

This week, we saw the euro experience a huge drop across the board due to the disagreement on how to bail Greece out. On camp, we’ve got Germany and some European Commissioners, and on the other, we’ve got the European Central Bank.

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4 Reasons to Buy the Swiss Franc

If Gotham City has Batman and Metropolis has Superman, it seems like the FX hood has the Swissy to run to when the global economy looks grim. Check out these four reasons why the Swiss franc looks like a good bet.

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Should Greece Leave the Eurozone?

Goodbyes are never easy. Just ask Cyclopip who’s been dateless on Valentine’s Day for the past ten years. But a few naysayers think that for Greece, there really is no other option but to dump the euro and bring back the drachma.

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Who Listens to OPEC? Not Saudi Arabia!

Just a couple days after the OPEC shot down requests from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and UAE to increase oil production, Saudi decided to go off on its own route and announced that it would be raising oil production in July. What gives?

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Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.Oscar Wilde