by Ryan Littlestone | September 19th, 2019, 15:00:31 | News
Brexit is fast approaching another crunch point and many roads point North for the pound Trading GBP has been like trying a bucking Bronco machine on full power. I’ve been loathed to do anything more than scalp the odd headline, or take a position on a clear... 
by Ryan Littlestone | September 13th, 2019, 12:01:33 | News, Research
Fixed Income Research & Macro Strategy (FIRMS) – 12 September 2019 Not a day passes without the media and US President Trump pointing the finger at “currency wars” and “competitive devaluations”. The thrust of the argument is that central banks across the world,... 
by Ryan Littlestone | September 11th, 2019, 16:47:46 | Central Banks, ECB, News
Forex trading preview of the September 2019 ECB meeting Here we are at one of the most anticipated ECB meetings for a long while. Rate cut expectations stand at 100%, with a 10bp cut at 66.8% and a 20bp cut at 33.2%. Restarting QE expectations range from 30-50bn a... 
by Ryan Littlestone | July 25th, 2019, 10:42:31 | Central Banks, News
It’s nearly time for the main event of the day, the ECB meeting,so here’s a quick guide to trading it it’s going to be very difficult to grab a trade unless we decipher the details very quickly. There’s going to be three stages. 1. Announcement... 
by Ryan Littlestone | July 11th, 2019, 09:39:29 | News
Has Fed’s Powell all but confirmed an interest rate cut? Now I’m really torn over the Fed. Having slept on it and reflected, it really does look like they’re ready to cut, and are looking for an excuse to do so. The way Powell played down the labour... 
by Ryan Littlestone | July 5th, 2019, 10:41:48 | Education, News
Who feels the need to pay governments to hold their money? It’s one thing to point at the bond market and scream that it’s flagging problems about the economy but what is really behind the moves, and why do people buy bonds to only to pay the issuer to...