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What economists say about UK Retail sales
"Living up to its reputation as being a random number generator. Surveys are weak, consumer confidence is at rock bottom, unemployment is shooting up and yet retail sales manages to post just a 0.1% m/m contraction, much higher than the near -1%
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Central Bank Tries to Determine Interest Rates as Far as it
Occasionally I hear the odd guest on CNBC or Bloomberg Radio who lays blame for the crisis in exactly the right place - the Federal Reserve System in the U.S....or central banking more broadly. 7
Markets Take Weak Economic Data In Stride
As expected, bad news on the state of the US economy continues to roll in. First up, construction starts on new US homes fell 4.5% to a record seasonably adjusted low of 791,000 units last month and new applications for building permits fell 12.0 8
Desciphering Japanese Candlestick Video
Japanese candlesticks finally explained in a simple 6 minute video 8
And Then There’s This…Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
The gold price straddled the $740 mark throughout most of trading in the Far East on Monday, although a smallish rally began at 3:00 a.m. New York Time. 6
Great Traders are Gauged by How Many Good Trades They Make
When I started trading forex I realized that 90% of the people who get into trading currencies are here because they think they are going to become rich. Whether you trade stocks, bonds, futures, options, forex, or any other flavor of investments 8
Developed economies in recession news
Almost all developed countries, including the US, Japan, Germany and the UK, are officially in recession, with their economies under a phase of contraction. 6
It don't mean a thing if Canada ain't got that swing
In the world marketplace, the financial-sector meltdown has triggered a swing of the public-policy pendulum away from deregulation and market reliance to increased government intervention. 
