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Money does not leave the market during a slowdown. It moves. Capital rotates out of the sectors that do badly in the coming phase and into the ones that do well, and it does so before the phase…
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CPI Report: How to Read the US Inflation Print That Moves Markets
Two scheduled events can move every asset class in the same instant: a Federal Reserve meeting and the US Consumer Price Index, released mid-month at 8:30 a.m.
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Passing a Prop Firm Challenge: 5 Mistakes That Get Traders Eliminated
A prop firm challenge does not mainly measure your ability to make money. It measures your ability to manage risk. These are the five mistakes that end most attempts.
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Short Squeeze: How It Works and the Famous Cases
A short squeeze is one of the few events in markets where the buying is genuinely forced. Prices do not rise because anyone wants to own the stock.
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Double Top and Double Bottom: How to Trade the Neckline Break
Double tops and double bottoms are among the most reliable reversal patterns in technical analysis. They also generate false signals whenever the neckline break is anticipated.
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The Dot-Com Bubble of 2000: The Boom, the Crash and the Lessons That Remain
The Nasdaq Composite closed at 5,048 on 10 March 2000. Thirty-one months later it closed at 1,114. Along the way it erased about 78% of its value, took thousands of companies down with it, and taught…
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Non-Farm Payrolls: The Jobs Number That Moves Forex
On the first Friday of most months, at 8:30 a.m. New York time, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the Employment Situation report.
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Purchasing Power Parity and the Big Mac Index: Why Currencies Ignore Both
The same hamburger costs very different amounts in Zurich, Cairo and Jakarta. Convert those prices into one currency and the gaps do not close.
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Fiscal Policy vs Monetary Policy: Who Controls What, and What Happens When They Clash
Two institutions can steer an economy and they answer to different people. One taxes and spends; the other sets the price of money.
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Deflation: Why Falling Prices Are Worse Than Inflation
Falling prices sound like good news. Your salary buys more, the weekly shop costs less, and the thing you were saving for gets cheaper while you save for it.
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