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GBP/USD and EUR/GBP Analysis for March 2021

After our analysis for March of the FTSE 100, it is time to take a look at the GBP pairs. GBP/USD for March 2021 In February we expected rises for the GBP/USD, and we were... Click here to read the full artcle

FTSE 100 Analysis for March 2021

March has arrived with Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine just around the corner and the Bank of England’s Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden saying they are ready to use negative rates if things worsen.  If you ask... Click here to read the full artcle

Stock Market Order Types

Investing in the stock market offers us several order types to make our life easier. In this post, we are going to review them, so readers can understand how each one of them works. Market... Click here to read the full artcle

GBP/USD and EUR/GBP Analysis for February 2021

2021 has left us an interesting January for the markets with almost a coup in the U.S. and the Reddit’s flash mob with GameStop. Our conclusion is that regardless of the good analysis you are... Click here to read the full artcle

What Is the VIX, and How Can You Use It To Invest?

The VIX is how people know the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index. As its name suggests, it is an indicator of the volatility, and because of this usage some people call it the... Click here to read the full artcle

Will Segro Plc Offer Us a Chance to Buy?

Segro PLC is a real estate company that develops and manages warehouse and industrial properties in the UK and continental Europe (Spain, France, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Austria).  About 39 percent of... Click here to read the full artcle

FTSE 100 Analysis for January 2021

In our last article about the FTSE 100, we said the first important resistance was at 6.800 and that we expected the index to reach it before the new year. The movement was delayed a... Click here to read the full artcle

GBP/USD and EUR/GBP Analysis for January 2021

Although it seems that the market will continue to be quiet for a while, let’s take a look at the most important GBP pairs and see if we can predict something about their next movements.... Click here to read the full artcle

How to Identify Supports and Resistances

There are three main ideas that any investor should be able to identify when looking at a stock chart: TrendSupportResistance In today’s article, we are going to focus our attention on support and resistances. What... Click here to read the full artcle

Is Astra Zeneca Interesting to Invest In?

Astra Zeneca is appearing in newspapers every other day with news aboutits COVID vaccine. The latest news is the vaccine has an effectiveness of 70 percent which is not ideal in comparison to Pfizer (95... Click here to read the full artcle

Financial Propositions for the new year

We are facing the last month of a year that has been quite different than what we expected in its beginning due to the COVID crisis. Let’s hope next year is better in terms of... Click here to read the full artcle

FTSE 100 Prediction for December and the New Year

When I wrote these lines, the FTSE 100 was at 6,595.88 points. This mean the index is slightly above the opening in March 2020 and that we may have seen a double bottom done in... Click here to read the full artcle

Beware of Telecoms!

There are some good tips about investing that we tend to not follow. One of them is to always invest in the strongest companies of the strongest sectors and not just in the strongest companies... Click here to read the full artcle

GBP/USD for December – Our Forecast

We face the last month of the year with the GBP/USD at 1.3359 (November 30). This level has been a resistance on July 2018, February, March, and December of 2019, and August 2020.  We are... Click here to read the full artcle

Losses on asset values after death: the effect on inheritance tax and capital gains tax

When you are the administrator or executor of an estate, the process is rarely straight forward or easy, and one of the things that tends to complicate matters is when the asset values, such as... Click here to read the full artcle

FTSE 100 – Levels and Forecast for November 2020

In our forecast of FTSE 100 for October 2020, we pointed out a support in the level of 5560. It tested twice and even broke it slightly in intraday trading to go back above it.... Click here to read the full artcle

Reclaiming inheritance tax when the value of a deceased person’s shares falls

Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the economy and the stock market, because of this, there are many who have paid inheritance tax on shares that have since fallen in value and sold at... Click here to read the full artcle

FTSE 100 – Levels and Forecast for October

The FTSE 100 index has recovered from the minimum done at the end of March, but it does not seem to be able to go back to the pre-Covid levels. Let’s take a look at... Click here to read the full artcle

A Brief Introduction to Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies are something that is becoming more and more popular as a form of investment and is something that everyone who is serious about investing or works in the banking industry should know about and... Click here to read the full artcle

GBP/USD and an Example of What to Do When You Do Not Stick to Your Plan

When we wrote our opinion about the GBP/USD pair, we said that we thought that the GBP/USD was going to go down, and we even stated an objective between 1.2800 or 1.2750.  Now, we can... Click here to read the full artcle

What is Cryptocurrency?

Whether you are new to cryptocurrency or you have heard bits and pieces about it, but want to learn more, we’ve got all you need to know in our new guide “What is Cryptocurrency?”. Cryptocurrencies... Click here to read the full artcle

Do You Think Oscillators Do Not Work for Trading Anymore?

When one starts to study about trading and technical analysis, at some point they will learn about oscillators. They are called oscillators because their movement is limited between two values, usually zero and one hundred.... Click here to read the full artcle

What Will Happen with the GBP/USD in the Coming Weeks

The GBP/USD pair is currently at 1.3144 when this article was written on August 26. In the very long-term, the price is in a bearish trend. Actually, if we look at 2008, the prices during... Click here to read the full artcle

A Common Mistake When Trading with High Volatility

Before the COVID-19 stock market crash, we were living in a relatively low volatility environment in which stocks in a bullish trend did not have great corrections. Now, investors and traders are much more nervous,... Click here to read the full artcle

Is It a Good Moment to Invest in Diageo PLC?

Diageo PLC is usually a loved company among fundamental investors. It owns solid products and brands such us Smirnoff, Bailey’s, Johnnie Walker, and J&B, just to name a few.  Alcoholic drinks fit well in all... Click here to read the full artcle

4 Tips For Long-Term Investing

Long-term investment: According to Benjamin Graham, author of The Intelligent Investor, an investor is someone who invests time on analyzing the stocks to buy them for a long period of time. This term appears in... Click here to read the full artcle

A Washington, D.C. Judge Stated Bitcoin Is a Type of Money

One of the main problems that cryptocurrencies like bitcoin has to face is that governments are unwilling to recognise them. In this post about Libra, we have explained the reasons briefly. Recently, Judge Beryl A.... Click here to read the full artcle

Rio Tinto PLC Is About to Surpass Its Historic Maximum

Rio Tinto PLC is one of the world’s leading providers of commodities such as aluminium, iron or copper. It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and the Australian Securities Exchange, and in the moment... Click here to read the full artcle

A Short History of Modern Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin began to make headlines after one unit of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency became worth more than $11,500. It is still referred to by many as a new form of currency, but Bitcoin has existed since... Click here to read the full artcle

The History of Cryptocurrencies

You may have heard of cryptocurrencies recently, but how much do you know about the origins of cryptocurrencies? Read on to find out where cryptocurrencies came from.  Where did they come from? Cryptocurrencies existed as... Click here to read the full artcle

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