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Key Events This Week: Fed, BoE set to hike interest rates as war continues
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7 APR clock 14:01

QT: The Fed wants to pull out US$1.1 trillion per year from markets! What could this mean for investors and traders?

Investors and traders worldwide for several months now have been obsessing over how the Fed intends to go about its 'quantitative tightening' a.k.a. QT. Hold up! What even is QT? To understand QT, first we must have an idea of QE (quantitative easing).
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“Buy on the cannons, sell on the trumpets”?
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30 MAR clock 15:25

“Buy on the cannons, sell on the trumpets”?

This well-worn phrase is meant to go back to the early 1800s and is attributed to London financier Lord Rothschild which suggests that the start of a war is a good time to invest in the stock market. Conversely, the end of a war is a good time to sell.
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Week Ahead: EU inflation and US jobs report to sway EURUSD
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25 MAR clock 09:53

Week Ahead: EU inflation and US jobs report to sway EURUSD

Of course, global financial markets will continue monitoring the latest developments surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war, and whether Putin or the Western allies will escalate this crisis and darken the global economic outlook.
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3 reasons why the US dollar is climbing
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24 MAR clock 14:22

3 reasons why the US dollar is climbing

The US dollar a.k.a. the greenback a.k.a. the ‘buck’ has firmed its grip as ‘king of the FX world’ so far this year.
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Key Events This Week: Fed, BoE set to hike interest rates as war continues
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14 MAR clock 06:39

Key Events This Week: Fed, BoE set to hike interest rates as war continues

Another whipsaw week of price action should be expected with the ongoing conflict in Europe clashing with major central bank meetings from the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. Here are the key scheduled economic data releases and events slated for this week:
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