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2013 destined to deliver some certainty
Simon Brown, Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:48:02 +0000
2013 gets off to, should I say, an interesting start. Volatility reared its head as the US avoided (for the time being) the fiscal ‘cliff’ which the markets had been waiting on the last few weeks: albeit congress still could not agree, and the US senate saving the day. The relief of some resolution, even [...]
Volatility plummets……
Simon Brown, Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:54:49 +0000
…..as investors go into Olympics mode Markets have been bombarded by conflicting data from all parts of the globe and it comes as little surprise that many investors are so uncertain of what the future holds that they couldn’t have asked for better timing to see the greatest sporting event on earth finally arrive to [...]
Is it riskier being out of the markets..?
Simon Brown, Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:59:57 +0000
Three months into 2012 and, apart from the snippets of Siberian weather, this has not materialised into the winter of discontent that many feared.. (markets wise I mean) I know it’s not unusual to a have new year rally in equity markets, but with the grim reaper AKA ‘Eurozone Crisis’ standing in the doorway it [...]
2011 – ‘the year that time forgot ?’
Simon Brown, Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:19:57 +0000
To expect history to forget the economic and sovereign turmoil that embraced 2011, seems a difficult ask; however 2012 brings new challenges and areas of focus, to the extent that the Eurozone crisis may become a sideshow to other major events on the 2012 horizon. 2011 was a difficult year for the majority of stock [...]
Europe: double or quits…
Simon Brown, Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:39:07 +0000
Europe, it appears, is reaching its denouement. Whilst the new Governments of Greece and Italy will bring some reassurance, my belief is that the damage is done and we will see a double dip recession. Without wishing to be a doom and gloom merchant, it is remarkable that so many had assumed everything was going [...]
Simon Brown
Simon
Brown has over 20 years experience trading Derivatives on everything from
Gold, FTSE to Dollar/Pound. Simon has lectured in Trading Psychology, Strategy
and Technical Analysis, in addition to regular appearances on CNBC television.
He is now Managing Director of ProSpreads.
