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Trade from an informed place. We cover news, political events and market analysis plus product updates.

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Trade from an informed place. We cover news, political events and market analysis plus product updates.

September: A Typical Scary Month for Investors

Poor Month for Markets Investors are generally apprehensive of the month of September as on average it is marked as the worst month for the stock market. After a staggering rally in August driven by broad-based vaccine optimism, global stimulus, improving economic data, better-than-expected earnings season and the outperformance of the technology...

September 30, 2020
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COTD: AMZN – Can Amazon Continue To Ride Pandemic Waves?

AMZN - Daily Amazon.com (AMZN) -   As a retail conglomerate, it doesn't get much bigger than Amazon listed on the US Nasdaq exchange. Despite all the pandemic problems, AMZN found itself uniquely positioned to be one of the few companies able to maintain the status quo and even thrive amongst an already weakened retail sector.  At the be...

September 29, 2020
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Inner circle Video – Using Autochartist for trade set ups and risk management

We were privileged this week to welcome back Autochartist CEO Ilan Azbel, who presented a highly charged, informative and exciting session for those who are interested in using this powerful trading tool to assist with your decision making. You can watch the video below and if you need help in adding Autochartist to your client portal please con...

September 27, 2020
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The US Dollar and Gold

Investors generally piled-up in the Gold and the US dollar as those assets are viewed as safe-haven during times of crisis or uncertainties- be it economical, political or policy uncertainties. 2020 has been a year of extreme uncertainty and volatility which saw the world battling an unprecedented and paralleled health and economic crisis in mod...

September 24, 2020
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Interest Rates: Ultra Low, Near Zero or Negative?

In a pandemic-induced environment, central banks and governments have absorbed all the shocks of the virus on the financial markets by injecting massive liquidity in the economy, keeping credit flowing and supporting the global economy with huge fiscal stimulus plans to manage an unparalleled health and economic crisis. Governments and Central ...

September 22, 2020
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Laybuy (ASX: LBY): Another ASX BNPL

After a solid debut on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) earlier this week, New Zealand buy now pay later company went on a volatile ride for its first week. Following the completion of an initial public offering (IPO) that raised A$80m at A$1.41/share with an indicative market capitalisation of A$246m under the code LBY, the Company comm...

September 10, 2020
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PM Shinzo Abe’s Resignation, Abenomics, and Berkshire Hathaway Buys Stakes in Five Japanese Companies

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister officially resigned on Friday due to health issues after a few weeks of speculations. Amid a global pandemic, markets fret that his resignation may create a new period of political uncertainty for Japan. Since the announcement, a few ministers from the ruling party expressed the...

August 31, 2020
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August Wrap-Up: Global Equities on a Rally

Covid-19 Cases and Vaccine Optimism The virus continues to spread across the world, with more than 25 million confirmed cases of coronavirus and 840, 000 deaths. The United States remains the worst-affected countries followed by the Eastern Mediterranean region and European countries. After successfully containing the virus, a rise in the number ...

August 31, 2020
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Afterpay Ltd ($APT): YTD – ASX Best Performer

Afterpay Ltd remains Australia’s favourite tech stock. The Buy Now Pay Later company is the best performing stock on the Australian share market and its share price has risen by a staggering 204% since the beginning of the year. Source: Bloomberg Afterpay is on a Roll! Investors digested a series of good news for the tech stock this week. Th...

August 28, 2020
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Jackson Hole Symposium: Markets Bracing for More Volatility

The annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium rarely goes unnoticed as is an exclusive central bank conference which fosters open discussions about global policy matters. The economic event is sponsored by the Federal Reserve of Kansas City and is closely watched by market participants. The Symposium has the potential to spark more volatility in th...

August 26, 2020
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ASX Updates: Big Earnings Week

Amid a muted economic calendar, the attention was mostly on the earnings reports as investors geared up to the busiest week of the Australian earnings season. We have updates from big retailers, iron-ore miners, major banks, and tech stocks. As of writing, Information Technology, Consumer Discretionary and Health index were leading the gains on ...

August 21, 2020
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Inner Circle Recording: Precious metals – Current status and outlook

In this session we explored Current state of precious metals after the significant run up in price over the last few months. We examined: -. The four key factors that seem to be driving price now – Considerations when contemplating an investment including those things that could halt the current bullish run.   The video can be watch...

August 20, 2020
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Inner Circle recording : The next revolution in trading education? – GO Markets mastermind groups

In this session we explored the potential of mastermind groups" with the aim of potentially taking this forward in the coming weeks. Additionally we had valuable input from attendees in helping determine the direction of this initiative. We examined: -. Why the “mastermind’ group approach, often used in a business context, could be transferra...

August 17, 2020
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US Elections: COVID-19, Policies and Markets

The Political Event of the Year 2020 The most-waited political event of the year is fast approaching: the US elections will take place on the 3rd of November. The nominees of the two main political parties - Republican and Democratic party are yet to be announced at the Presidential Nominating Convention. However, the clear frontrunners are Presid...

August 14, 2020
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Inner Circle Recording: Avoid the FIVE trading mindset traps

Please find below the recording from this weeks inner circle session "Avoid the FIVE trading mindset traps". In this session we explored the concept that mindset is far more than just emotion and examined 5 key areas that traders should work on that may have a positive impact on their trading performance. As always please take note of the ris...

August 5, 2020
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