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Week ahead: Will RBA and BoC further raise interest rates?
The Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of Canada are expected to further raise interest rates this month. Investors are watching for signs that suggest policymakers will follow through with another hike. Here are some of the market events to watch this week: US ISM Services PMI (5 December) The ISM Services PMI index Continue Reading
Week ahead: Rise in US employment could signify better health in the labour market
The US Department of Labor reported that non-farm payrolls rose by 261,000 last month, more than economists had forecasted. The increase in hiring was driven by more people entering the labour force. Meanwhile, private payrolls rose by 239,000 in October according to a report from ADP, with the leisure and hospitality industry seeing the most Continue Reading
Intermediate 10: Understanding Fibonacci
Fibonacci is one of the tools that Forex traders often use. Let’s figure out how the Fibonacci instrument works. Leonardo Fibonacci, a mathematician from the 1300s, came up with a set of numbers (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, etc.), with every number in the list the sum Continue Reading
Intermediate 9: Understanding Bollinger Band
What Is the Bollinger Band Indicator? A Bollinger Band is a technical analysis tool consisting of a set of trendlines drawn to two standard deviations (up and down) from the simple moving average (SMA) of an instrument’s price. Traders can change these trendlines to suit their needs. Bollinger Bands were made by the famous technical Continue Reading
Week ahead: Will RBNZ continue to raise rates amid stronger domestic activities?
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) raised its official cash rate in October by 50bps, its fifth increase since late last year. It follows a string of robust economic reports showing that domestic activities have strengthened. Will the central bank raise rates by another 75bps as forecasted? Here is a roundup of the latest Continue Reading
