For me, the first week of the month is always the most exciting and interesting in terms of economic announcements and potential trading opportunities.
Ben Robson – The Week of 25th-29th March 2019
The benevolent Federal Open Market Committee duly kept interest rates on hold last week and signaled a lengthy pause in hiking rates! Quite a turn-around from late last year when
Ben Robson – The Week of 18th-22nd March 2019
The UK Houses of Parliament took centre stage last week as the Government’s “meaningful“ vote on Brexit was defeated, the Conservative Government’s cabinet all but mutinied against Prime Minister Theresa
Ben Robson – The Week of 11th-15th March 2019
On the whole, last week’s data was fairly disappointing on most fronts. In Australia, GDP failed to meet analysts’ expectations- a 4th quarter print of just 0.2% bringing the yearly
Ben Robson – The Week of 4th-8th March 2019
Last week was full of theatre with ex- Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s testimony, a Trump/ Kim summit in Vietnam which failed to achieve anything significant and a UK parliament motion
Ben Robson – The Week of 25th February- 1st March 2019
It’s amazing what you can learn in a week! Reserve Bank minutes from Australia, the US and the ECB were all very interesting and can be found on their websites.
Ben Robson – The Week of 4th-8th February 2019
There was a time when the acronym “BRIC” dominated market news, insofar as markets focused on the incredible growth stories of Brazil, Russia, India and China and the relevance of
Ben Robson – The Week of 21st-25th January 2019
I think along with most people I’m suffering from Brexit fatigue. And last week’s comedy in the UK’s House of Commons was just a remake of a badly made film
Ben Robson – The Week of 14th-18th January 2019
It was refreshing to watch Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell’s engaging discussion with the Economic Club of Washington last Thursday. He came across as a man who is willing to
Ben Robson – The Week of 7th-11th January 2019
What a fascinating, absorbing and turbulent short trading week we had last week.
Ben Robson – The Week of 17th-21st December 2018
Last week, UK Prime Minister Theresa May grabbed all the headlines as she wriggled and squirmed and ran away
