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

RBA Ready to Cut Rates Soon?

The minutes of the latest RBA monetary policy meeting revealed that a rate cut could be in the cards pretty soon. Why is the RBA so dovish and what will make them pull the trigger on further stimulus?

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What a Stronger Yuan Means for the Global Economy

With rising European bond yields and slowing Chinese growth dominating headlines, a lot of market junkies had very little to be happy about during the past weekend. But you know what, it wasn’t all that bad because China finally decided to widen the yuan’s trading range!

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Trading the U.S. Retail Sales Report

Hey news traders out there, you’re in for a treat today! In this issue of Piponomics, I’m going to do a little preview of the U.S. retail sales report that will come out tomorrow. I’ll also give you some tips on how you can potentially trade it.

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Spain Or Italy: Who’s Going Down First?

With Italian and Spanish bond yields trickling higher, naysayers think that it could only be a matter of time until we see at least one of the two follow Greece’s footsteps in asking for a bailout. The question is, “who will go first?”

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More BOJ Asset Purchases in Store?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’d know that the BOJ remained mum about further easing during their latest statement. Could this mean that they’re cooking up another surprise for the markets?

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Is China’s Strength For Real?

With the Chinese GDP set to be released later this week, I decided to take a look at other recent data and dig a little deeper. Unfortunately, it seems that recent reports have been big on headlines but rather shallow in terms of actual production…

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