How to Invest in Forex in these Times?

“To understand Forex is important to also have some concepts in mind, plus some tips about how to be a dealer and understand markets…. This, with a combination of the current events that create breaking news”

Introduction

Inside the basics of knowing Forex, and to be introduced in the planet of the currencies and trading, there are main basic concepts to know about it. One of the main pillars, many people say, is some topic in Economics.

Basically, the Economical science gives tools to analyse events that happen among the markets and in between the economic actors. And y that, it is intended, in short words, everything and everyone that can be affected of has influence in some other event/agent. 

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Sterling in this week has been affected by the increased volatility, but could recover the loss against the US Dollar. The US Economy send mixed signals, in unemployment and the non-manufacturing companies.

This week has contributed to the materialization of some concerns and certainties investors have about the development of Europe and the economy, not leaving behind the contagion (possible) effect.

The main conclusion, after all, is that economy y is not yet as solid as it was before the 2008 crisis. There are at the bottom, other significant analysis. This is a general acceptance, now that the debt crisis in Europe continues to send negative signals; and then, the fact that US provides mixed signals: ...Read More

Services Sector in the US impacted the global markets. Moreover, in Europe the interest rate holds in 1%

Services sector in the US can be so relevant for the economy, that the fall in the Services Sector Index, provided by the Institute for Supply Management, made global financial markets tremble, another prove of how weak markets continue to be.

The index, before yesterday, had expectations to end at better levels, at 55.5, as many experts forecasted. Unfortunately, the report said it reached a result of 53.5, and despite the thoughts were convinced on a lower number than the one presented in March (56.0), ....Finance News - Read More

With less volatility, FTSE 100 shows a rising but firm trend. The British pound, instead, absorbs PMI for the services sector.

Financial markets in UK are showing a diverse trend than peers in the Euro Zone, after one day of knowing the high unemployment rates, never seen in 15 years.

With high expectations about tomorrow’s ECB meeting, and new data about unemployment rate in the US, the FTSE 100 shows a rise of 0.37 percent, behind German Dax 30 (1 percent) and Italy’s Ftse Mib (0.79 percent). Nevertheless, the volatility on the markets in Europe is really high, and this is a reason why Forex Investors look for pounds as a way to refugee their investments previously made in Euros.....

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Construction in UK and bad unemployment news from the Euro Zone makes the sterling rise

As analyzed before in some occasions in this portal, construction is a pushing sector that reflects in the overall, the conjuncture of an economy. This in the UK is not excluded. With a good performance in April, as economists said, in the construction sector, will give more related advantages respect to critical economies, like the Euro Zone. ....Read More

In the Labor Day, Sterling absorbed the results of the Purchasing Managers’ Index

In a labor holiday, where most of European markets are not on duty, the sterling is absorbing easily some negative data about the Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI), where the data showed a fall to 50.5 in the month of April, 1.4 points below march. Even if it is above 50 points the constant rate that decides a contraction, the trend goes back to levels presented in 2009, when the PMI recovered from the crisis.... Read More 

Spain and its GDP will help to support a Growth Agenda in the Euro Zone.

Suggestions about a new Euro Zone crisis, meaning repetitions of the debt struggle, are going to be the new task for the European Central Bank. The issue now is not austerity rules anymore, where this kind of policies are difficult and painful to achieve, and the easy lending was used to increase liquidity and reduce risk, but it seemed that was more to benefit only the banking sector and did not encourage investment and safety guards for small and medium companies. ...Read More - Money EX