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Overnight roundup courtesy of Spreadex – 27/09/13

Asian stocks held in line with broader equity markets last night, helping the historically difficult month of September print strong…

The GDX, an alternative leveraged gold play

By Ben Turney. The GDX (or Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF as it is rather long-windedly known!) has been causing…

Fortunately We Learn From The Past…. (or not!)

By Filipe R. Costa The financial crisis of 2007-2008 was one of the worst economic catastrophes of the last few…

What’s a few milliseconds between friends?

By Zak Mir This is a story, from Friday, about how the financial markets were possibly manipulated, ahead of the…

Morning update courtesy of Spreadex

Asian shares have traded higher overnight with the region on track for its biggest monthly gain since January 2012. Led…

How’s the Market Faring Trillions of Dollars of QE Later? Not Well

By George Leong Trillions of dollars of government stimulus and Federal Reserve quantitative easing (QE) later, the U.S. economy continues…

What Does The Resounding Merkel Victory Mean For Europe?

By Filipe R. Costa Last Sunday, voters in Europe’s most powerful economy went to the polls. The “most powerful woman…

Risers & Fallers courtesy of Spreadex

Risers   BAE Systems, +2.48% Shares in BAE Systems have taken off after news emerged that the company was back…

Morning update courtesy of Spreadex

Yet again, European shares are seen opening lower with the Federal Reserve’s bond tapering and the looming US debt ceiling…

Zak Mir on Golden crosses in US stocks TSU, GNK & BMA

Although over the past year I have become a fan of AIM stocks (even before the ISA news) and of…