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Weekly Jobless Claims – The Number of Newly Unemployed Applying for Benefits

Published: August, 2009.

The weekly jobless claims data, stating the number of newly unemployed applying for jobless benefits from the government, is released on Thursday of each week by the Department of Labor. It is a piece of high-frequency data, and highly volatile. ...

Manufacturing ISM Report On Business

Published: August, 2009.

The manufacturing PMI is a survey of manufacturing firms conducted by the Institute for Supply Management. The ISM is a non-profit institution with about forty thousand members in various segments of the business world. Each month the ISM sends a ...

The GDP Release – An Extensive Analysis

Published: August, 2009.

The gross domestic product data is released by the BEA on a quarterly basis. The markets eagerly appreciate this data, since it can define the actual beginning or end of a recession, or recovery. It is also useful as a good snapshot of economic ...

Retail Sales Release – The Dollar Value of Merchandise Sold

Published: August, 2009.

The retail sales report is released by the U.S. Census Bureau every month on the 13th day, or on the nearest date if the 13th is a holiday. The report covers the previous month’s developments, and is anticipated eagerly by both economists and ...

Consumer Price Index (CPI): An Important Measure of Inflation

Published: August, 2009.

Regardless of our profession, and interest in economics or trading, we are all familiar with the concept of inflation. We experience its consequences every time we head to the grocery, or the gasoline store. Rising prices erode our purchasing power, ...

ECB Policy – Understanding the European Central Bank

Published: August, 2009.

Although the ECB has other roles, such as protecting the value of the Euro, the only variable it must consider while setting deciding its interest rate policies is consumer price inflation, since the main task of the central bank is maintaining ...

Fixed Currency Regimes: Exploiting Pegged Currencies for Profit

Published: July, 2009.

Trading a fixed currency is one of the low risk high reward ways of profiting in the forex market. Although it is not that popular among traders, a seasoned trader with good analytical skills can pocket very large profits with this method in short ...

Forex HYIP Programs – The Tell Tale Signs of a Forex Scam

Published: April, 2009.

High yield investment programs or HYIP is when the con artist and his affiliates defraud investors through promises of return on investment as high as 80 percent per day. These scams have been proliferating in the Western World since the legendary ...

NFA (National Futures Association)

Published: March, 2009.

The NFA (National Futures Association) is an organization within the U.S futures market that was created in 1982. It is industry-wide and is self regulated. The NFA fills many roles and purposes within the commodities and futures market, but its ...

New CFTC and NFA Rules and Regulations

Published: December, 2008.

New CFTC regulations. Copied from NFA Notice to Members I-07-14 National Futures Association Notice to Members I-07-14 March 6, 2007 Effective Date of Amendments to Forex Requirements NFA has received notice that the Commodity Futures Trading ...

CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Between 74-89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

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Latest News

Weekly Jobless Claims – The Number of Newly Unemployed Applying for Benefits

Manufacturing ISM Report On Business

The GDP Release – An Extensive Analysis

Retail Sales Release – The Dollar Value of Merchandise Sold

Consumer Price Index (CPI): An Important Measure of Inflation

ECB Policy – Understanding the European Central Bank

Fixed Currency Regimes: Exploiting Pegged Currencies for Profit

Forex HYIP Programs – The Tell Tale Signs of a Forex Scam

NFA (National Futures Association)

New CFTC and NFA Rules and Regulations

Forex Fraud Certified Brokers

Archives: News

Latest News

Weekly Jobless Claims – The Number of Newly Unemployed Applying for Benefits

Manufacturing ISM Report On Business

The GDP Release – An Extensive Analysis

Retail Sales Release – The Dollar Value of Merchandise Sold

Consumer Price Index (CPI): An Important Measure of Inflation

ECB Policy – Understanding the European Central Bank

Fixed Currency Regimes: Exploiting Pegged Currencies for Profit

Forex HYIP Programs – The Tell Tale Signs of a Forex Scam

NFA (National Futures Association)

New CFTC and NFA Rules and Regulations

Forex Fraud Certified Brokers

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