The Euro suffered punishing losses in the first quarter of 2022. The currency is on pace to shed almost 3 percent against an average of its major counterparts, marking the worst three-month performance in 7 years. Taken together with losses in the second half of last year, the Euro is poised to give up nearly 4.5 percent over the course of nine months. By the way, the Euro may bounce as the Ukraine crisis de-escalates. The chart ...
Return on investments is the most obvious indicator which investors and novice traders use for the analysis of trading efficiency. Professional traders use more reliable tools to analyze strategies, such as Sharpe and Sortino ratios, among others. In this article, we will consider simple examples to understand how these ratios are calculated. The specifics of evaluation of trading strategies were earlier considered in the article "Mathematics in trading. How to estimate trading results". It ...
The shares of LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) look ready to bounce back, amid news that Peter Vanacker will become the company’s CEO, effective May 23. more...
Data prints coming out of the US may fuel the recent advance in the price of gold as the Fed’s preferred gauge for inflation is expected to increase for the sixth consecutive month. more...
AUD/USD is eying economic data prints this week after the currency rallied amid higher commodity prices and a rebound in market sentiment. Will data impress enough to boost already rising RBA rate ... more...