Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, says the eurozone and its common currency are safe. The ECB will do its best to preserve them. He says the current economic condition of the eurozone is undervalued. In reality the common currency is much stronger. According to Mr. Draghi, one of the ECB’s main responsibilities is the fight against high bond yields, which affect the common currency.
Nevertheless, the restructuring of the Greek debt is another major problem. The trinity of lenders will need a month to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the current situation in order to find out whether further talks will make any sense.
According to City Bank, Greece will most likely eave the eurozone. The probability is 90%. Mark Mobius, a famous investment guru, says that eurozone is relatively stable and won’t see any major shocks. He says the current turbulence will vanish in 3-4 years.
According to Masterforex-V Academy, EURUSD reversed the mid-term downtrend yesterday. EURUSD gained 1.3%, thus reaching 1.23 after rebounding for 2-year lows. The closest major levels of resistance are located at 1,2367 and 1,2444. In order to reverse the rally, the price will have to consolidate below 1.2118.
The new budget seems to have caused a major decline in the Australian consumer sentiment despite the RBA’s decision to cut the interest rate down to the record low level. The corresponding index calculated by Westpack confirms that.
Yesterday, on May 22nd, Ben Bernanke held a speech in the US Congress. This time, the Congress considered the possibility of curtailing the existing QE program prematurely because the programs seemed to have given positive results.
Yesterday, on March 22nd, the common European currency made a strong and sharp decline versus the US Dollar. Therefore, the previous recovery that last for nearly 3 days was almost entirely leveled.
These days, anyone can make money trading Forex and other financial markets. The opportunities are almost endless. Still most traders still lose in the long run. While some lack experience and skills, others fall prey to emotions or fail to stick to sound money management. There are many reasons for losses. Few people actually make money in the long run because they treat trading seriously like a full-time job and work hard to achieve their goals. They use technical and fundamental analyses and strictly observe money management rules. They use various tricks and techniques to put the odds in their favor.
Apparently, beginners have difficulty trading financial markets without knowledge, skills and experience. Becoming a professional trader requires diligence, patience and time.
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Yesterday, on May 21st, was a notable day for the eurozone. The Euro Parliament approved the Euro Group’s idea to use major deposits over €100 000 in emergency situations to save a risky bank. Deposits under €100 000 are ensured by the compensation scheme.
Most beginning traders are sure that it is possible to trade Forex profitably and easily. They usually assume that perfunctory knowledge is enough to make money in financial markets in general and Forex in particular. Alas, they are wrong. Obviously, it is possible to trade Forex profitable. However, it cannot be done without specific knowledge, skills and experience.
This delusion is the main reason why they lose in the long run. As a result, most of those losing beginners get disappointed at Forex and abandon the idea of becoming a winning trader forever. Some of them even start call it a scam or fraud. Some of them put the blame on brokers while others refer to bad luck.
Essentially, Forex has nothing to do with scams. Apparently, you may come across some dirty broking companies but that has nothing to do with Forex itself. Besides, such scammers can easily be avoided by following a few simple rules. However, this is another story (Masterforex-V Academy told us many times how to choose a reliable broker).
Stimulating the Japanese economy seems to be finally paying off. The real GDP in Japan grew by 3,5% in Q1 2013, which is the best performance seen over the last 12 months.
Today, on May 20th, Forex started a new trading week. There have been no radical changes in the market of EURUSD so far. The previous bearish move was elongated by some 200 points. The price keeps developing the ABC pattern of wave level Daily. The move hasn’t reached any of the given targets so far.
It seems like more and more experts feel bearish on the near-term prospects of the common European currency. Some of them say that EURUSD may even drop down to 1,15 in late 2013. If this is the case, this will be the lowest level in 10 years.