UK retail sales declined the most since early 2021 as consumers brought forward Christmas sales into November, and the high cost of living and interest rate hikes damped household spending. Retail sales declined 3.2 percent month-on-month in December, reversing the 1.4 percent increase in November, figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed Friday. more...
Chris Vermeulen sits down with Jim Goddard to discuss precious metals and crude oil’s latest moves. We’ve seen a pretty strong pullback in the last trading sessions yet may see crude oil continue to go higher. Copper miners have done exceptionally well and are primed and ready to have a pretty big rally. more...
New Zealand had a merchandise trade surplus of NZ$547 million in December, Statistics New Zealand said on Thursday. more...
Australia's consumer confidence weakened to the lowest level in more than four years in October despite interest rate reductions, survey results from Westpac showed Wednesday. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment dropped to 92.8 in October from 98.2 in September. This was the lowest score since July 2015. more...
5 Big Forex Mistakes Small Investors Make "Some $5 trillion daily move in foreign currency trading (aka forex), and that is a number that dwarfs the amount of money traded on stocks (said by some experts to be under $100 billion daily counting all exchanges). That is a huge pot of dough and here's the reality: small investors are very much welcome and rewards can be huge." "That's because most trades involve leverage - a ...
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