Articles

Trade from an informed place. We cover news, political events and market analysis plus product updates.

Articles

Trade from an informed place. We cover news, political events and market analysis plus product updates.

Market Analysis 24-28 April 2023

XAUUSD Analysis 24 – 28 April 2023 The gold price outlook is positive in the medium term. Although the close of last week's sell pressure bar indicates a loss of buying momentum. But the price is still above the 1960 support or the last high of the price in the Weekly time frame, which is very likely that the price will continue to swing o...

April 26, 2023
Read More >
Microsoft posts better-than-expected results

US technology giant Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) released the latest financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, after the market closed in the US on Tuesday. Company overview Founded: April 4, 1975 Headquarters: Washington, United States Number of employees: 221,000 (2022) Industry: Information technology Ke...

April 26, 2023
Read More >
The Coca-Cola Company announces Q1 results

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) announced the latest financial results for the first three months of 2023 before the market open in the US on Monday. The US Beverage company posted solid results for the quarter, beating both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) estimates. Company overview Founded: January 29, 1892 Headquarters: Atlan...

April 25, 2023
Read More >
Procter & Gamble Company exceeds expectations – the stock rises

Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) announced third quarter fiscal 2023 before the opening bell in the US on Friday. World’s largest consumer goods company beat both revenue and earnings per share estimates for the quarter, sending the stock higher. Company overview Founded: October 31, 1837 Headquarters: Cincinnati, Ohio,...

April 22, 2023
Read More >
Asian Session Update – AUD, NZD continue decline, Hot Japan CPI sees Yen strength

Major Asian stock indexes are following the lead from Wall St where US stocks finished broadly lower in a choppy, low volume session as economic news disappointed, Fed talking heads remained hawkish and a mixed batch of earnings. The ASX200 and Nikkei down around 0.24% while the Hang Seng down just over 0.5 a % FX Markets Have mostly c...

April 21, 2023
Read More >
American Express posts mixed results, sets a new quarterly record

American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) announced first quarter financial results before the market open on Thursday, setting a new quarterly revenue record. Company overview Founded: March 18, 1850 Headquarters: New York, United States Number of employees: 77,300 (December 2022) Industry: Banking, financial services Key people: St...

April 21, 2023
Read More >
Gold technical and fundamental analysis – How to trade it’s recent price action

Gold has been one of the most popular and highly traded markets recently as price action in the precious metal has really come alive, rate hikes, the war in Ukraine and Bank Crises have all played a part in the fundamental reasons for gold price movements in the last 12 months. Let’s take a look at the chart to see these fundamental effects and h...

April 20, 2023
Read More >
Tesla results have arrived

World’s largest automaker, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA), reported Q1 financial results after market close in the US on Wednesday. Elon Musk’s company posted mixed results for the quarter. Let’s take a closer look at how it performed. Company overview Founded: July 1, 2003 Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States Number of branche...

April 20, 2023
Read More >
Bank of America beats Wall Street expectations, CEO expects a ”mild recession”

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) reported the latest financial results for Q1 on Wednesday, beating analyst expectations for both revenue and earnings per share (EPS). Company overview Founded: 1998 (via the merger of BankAmerica & NationsBank) Headquarters: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Number of branches: 3,900...

April 19, 2023
Read More >
Market Analysis 17-21 April 2023 – TH

XAUUSD Analysis   17 – 21 April 2023 The gold price outlook is positive in the medium term. As last week's closing of the buying bar was above the 1960 support or the latest high in price on the Weekly timeframe, it indicates the continued buying momentum that will allow the price of gold to continue. It can rise further to test the 2070...

April 18, 2023
Read More >
Charles Schwab posts mixed Q1 results

Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) announced the latest financial results for the first three months of 2023 ended March 31, before the opening bell on Wall Street on Monday. Company overview Founded: 1971 Headquarters: Westlake, Texas, United States Number of branches: 400 Number of employees: 35,300 (as of December 2022) ...

April 18, 2023
Read More >
AUD and NZD under pressure on rising US and EU yield expectations

AUD and NZD, being cyclical currencies (cyclical currencies being ones that are extra sensitive to global risk sentiment) took a big hit in Fridays session , dropping 1.1% and 1.3% respectively against the USD and remain under pressure today. Weak retail sales out of the US on Friday didn’t help risk sentiment, but the rout really started when...

April 17, 2023
Read More >
GO Markets named as Compare Forex Brokers’ Best Liquidity Broker, Lowest Commission Forex Broker and Best Forex Broker in Singapore 2023

A 2023 Compare Forex Brokers’ comparison of the top global forex brokers named GO Markets as the top broker in multiple categories, including: Best Liquidity Broker 2023 Lowest Commission Forex Broker 2023 Best Singapore Forex Broker 2023 Justin Grossbard at Compare ForexBrokers said, “In our testing, GO Markets rated well w...

April 17, 2023
Read More >
JP Morgan Chase & Co. tops Q1 estimates – the stock is rising

JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) announced Q1 financial results before the market open in the US on Friday. The largest bank in the US beat both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) estimates for the first quarter of 2023, sending the stock price higher. The company reported revenue of $38.349 billion vs. forecast of $36.125 billion. ...

April 15, 2023
Read More >
Indices Trading – What are Indices and how to use CFDs to trade them

Index trading is one of the most popular class of markets to trade for CFD traders, rivalling major FX pairs in trading volume, but what is indices trading and how does trading them with CFDs work? Most people will be familiar with the names of the major stock indices from financial reports in all forms of media, the most popular stock indices o...

April 13, 2023
Read More >