Showing posts with label Fiscal cliff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fiscal cliff. Show all posts

Friday, June 14, 2013

Trend following - the Marmite way to trade

Trend following is like Marmite - you either love it or hate it. Who on earth would trade in such a manner? Surely you need to know whether something is overbought or oversold, what the underlying fundamentals or earnings are, or...

Hang on a minute.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Fiscal cliff and other market unknowns

The buzz words or phrase that everyone is referring to at the moment is 'Fiscal Cliff', and the possible impact it will have on the US economy, as well as the markets.

As it happens, the US indices have performed an abrupt about turn over the last few sessions of the year, and are now on short signals. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the major European indices are showing greater strength, but are also being dragged down in concert.