Forex Spread Betting: Dollar Continues to Struggle Versus Euro

Currency markets continue to be roiled with the competing dynamics of the prospect of further Federal Reserve quantitative easing, as well as events currently unfolding in Europe as fears grow that the smaller European nations will struggle to finance their deficits. Public unrest in the form of strikes across Europe was widespread yesterday as governments [...]

Forex Markets: Euro Struggles Versus Dollar and Yen

In the markets today we have: Markets are on the slide this morning on renewed fears about the economy and the state of the Eurozone. The latter is coming to the fore particularly after a string of ECB governors indicated their desire to remove support measures put in place since the sovereign crisis broke in [...]

FX Spread Betting: US Dollar and Sterling Both Suffer

The US dollar suffered a double whammy of bad news yesterday when September consumer confidence data posted its worst reading since February coming in at 48.5, against an expectation of 52.5. With the Richmond Fed index for September also disappointing, pushing into negative territory with a reading of -2 against an expectation of 6, investors [...]

FX Spread Betting Markets: Euro Down Against the Pound

In the markets today we have: Gold has made a record new high this morning, touching $1312 after smashing through the $1300 level last night. Renewed talk of money printing from the Bank of England and US Federal Reserve has pushed investors into the perceived safety (from devaluation) of the precious metal. European markets including [...]

Dollar and Euro Rally versus the Swiss Franc as Commodities Struggle

In the markets today we have: European stock markets are heading for a small loss at the open after a nasty final hour sell off last night. It has been another quiet trading session in Asia, with forex pairs continuing to trade in a relatively tight range for the most part. The Swiss franc is [...]

Bears Struggling to Push Spread Betting Markets Lower

With the markets holding up and not losing much ground some traders beg the question as to when the bears will gain enough strength to drive the indices lower. Although over the last two weeks the indices appeared to show initial signs of weakness we still have markets at critical juncture for possible reversals. Gold [...]

Further Japanese Intervention Looking Likely and Is Silver the New Gold?

The US dollar will continue to be in the spotlight this week after the single currency posted its highest levels against the greenback since April 20th late last week. The pound will also come under scrutiny with the first revision to UK Q2 GDP tomorrow. The US will announce its first revision to its Q2 [...]

Forex Spread Betting: FTSE climbs, Euro falls against Sterling

After Friday’s strong rally, markets look like they have continued the positive momentum over the weekend. US stock market futures are up 0.35% in early trading, reaching their highest level since May 14th. Last week the Dow Jones gained 2.38% and the S&P 500 2.05%. On Friday the FTSE 100 closed up 1% higher and [...]

FTSE 100 Spread Betting Guide

Where to Spread Bet on the FTSE 100 You can trade indices spread betting markets such as the FTSE 100 with spread betting companies like: Financial Spreads GFT IG Index How to Spread Bet on the FTSE 100 If you decide to spread trade on an index such as the FTSE 100 [...]

Dow 30 Spread Betting Guide

Where to Spread Bet on the Dow 30 You can trade indices spread betting markets such as the Dow 30 with spread betting companies like: Financial Spreads City Index IG Index How to Spread Bet on the Dow 30 Should you decide to spread trade on an index such as the Dow [...]