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UNLOCK the Secrets to Successful FX Trading

The foreign exchange market is a truly global phenomenon. According to the Bank for International Settlements, the most recent figures of average daily turnover in global FX is estimated at $3.98 trillion, further cementing it as the largest market in the world in terms of total cash value traded.

Clubbing Together

It was a certain Julius Henry Marx – otherwise known as Groucho – who memorably announced he I didn’t care to belong to any club that would have him as a member! Casting such Marxist sentiment aside, Drew Hillier sees how here in the UK, Pro-European captains of industry have been lining up to voice their belief that Britain should get with the euro some time in the future.

The china syndrome

Fresh from his country having enjoyed a successful G20 Summit in Toronto, China's President Hu Jintao has been invited by his American counterpart to make a state visit to the United States. This new-found cordiality, spearheaded by the Obama administration, has been boosted by the Hu government's recent decision to relax controls on its currency.

Acropolis Now...

"Saigon... s**t! I'm still only in Saigon... Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle." These are the now infamous first lines uttered by Captain Benjamin L. Willard - the main character played by Martin Sheen in the seminal Vietnam War movie, Apocalypse Now. With the markets currently bunkered down against the distinct whiff of contagion spreading across the EU battlefield and beyond, there will doubtless be many traders heading for their holidays paraphrasing those apocalyptic words!

Clouding the Issues

The ash from Iceland has taken an umprecidated toll on an already suffering airline industry in Europe. Yet, even now - some weeks after the volcano blew - it continues to exert pressure on businesses and travellers alike. Even more deleterious however, fallout from the Greek debt crisis still has the potential to swathe Europe in a cloud of even greater consequence. As Drew Hillier reports, do these ill winds spell contagion?