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Here at Day Trading Academy (DTA), we provide a weekly review of markets and geopolitical events.  Below you will find our most recent updates.

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United States Recognition Of Cuba: The Impact On Investment

United States Recognition Of Cuba: The Impact On Investment

The United States government under President Obama decided to extend diplomatic recognition to Cuba this month. The controversy of whether this should be undertaken while the Cuban government is still listed as a sponsor of state terrorism will undoubtedly continue. The action does not actually lift the trade embargo placed on Cuba during the waning days of the Eisenhower Administration in 1960. At the time a total ban on American exports to Cuba was enacted. On humanitarian grounds, food and medicine were […]

How The Collapse In Oil Prices Is Destroying The Russian Economy

How The Collapse In Oil Prices Is Destroying The Russian Economy

The collapse in oil prices is destroying the Russian economy. As oil prices continue to plunge ever lower in the international market, it is bringing economic turmoil to the nations that are dependent on energy exports. Brent the international benchmark for crude, dropped an additional 0.7%. It has now dropped below $60.00 USD (United States Dollar) hitting a low of $59.62 USD. Oil in the United States is priced even lower. WTI (West Texas Intermediate) dropped 1.2% and is now selling for […]

Is Capitalism In Chile Under Siege?

Is Capitalism In Chile Under Siege?

Capitalism in Chile is undergoing a major threat. Chile has long been the model for capitalism and economic development in South America ever since the overthrown of Salvador Allende in 1973, and the resulting military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The economy of Chile grew robustly during the tenure of President Pinochet whose rule ended in 1990, when democracy returned to the country. The period of junta control and that of Pinochet will remain controversial for years to come. The trampling of civil […]

Obama Care As A Symptom Of What Is Wrong With America

Obama Care As A Symptom Of What Is Wrong With America

The United States outwardly seems to have recovered from the financial and banking crisis of 2008. Investors are once again finding the country a better alternative, than most other places in the world. The United States dollar is at a five year high and the stock market is continuing to hit all time record advances. The American economy supposedly grew by 3.5% in the third quarter and employment increased by 321,000, in the month of November. The official unemployment rate is now […]

So The Best Day Of December Just Happened – Our Student Traders Killed It

So The Best Day Of December Just Happened - Our Student Traders Killed It

So that just happened. No it wasn’t that China just surpassed the United States as the largest economy in the world. No, the best day of December just graced us with its presence. The reason the volatility spiked is because of the overnight session where everything was crashing it seemed. Surely that brought selling pressure over to the US markets causing a micro retracement on the daily chart and a huge run to the downside in the overnight session. One of the […]

China’s Economy Is Now The Largest In The World

China’s Economy Is Now The Largest In The World

International investors so far have seemed to have taken the news in stride. Sometime during this year an event occurred that some Americans feared would eventually happen for the last decade or more. The Chinese economy became the largest in the world. For the first time since 1872, the United States no longer possesses the number one position in the global economy. It was in the 19th century that the United States passed the United Kingdom as the world’s largest economy. As […]

What Comes Next With The Gold Market In 2015

What Comes Next With The Gold Market In 2015

Investors in gold saw prices plunge below the cost of production in November. For producers in the United States this averages $1200 USD (United States Dollar) per ounce from extraction, to the metal sold at the exchanges. Prices are now back above this benchmark. This was the result from a series of news events, as well as the market forces that will increasingly come into play beginning in 2015. The charade of paper gold is nearing the end of its viability. Consumers […]

Day In The Life Of A Trader: Penthouse Edition

day trading in rio de janeiroManny & Nikolai day trading in Rio de Janeiro

The day in the life of a trader brings us from Cartagena, Colombia, all the way to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is one thing to be able to travel around the world on your own. It is something completely different when you are able to travel with your friends and family. The Day Trading Academy family. Click here to watch the  video on YouTube. This was a very special trip for me, because I was able to travel with a few […]

Our New Managed Accounts Unit: 7th & 8th Colombian Traders Go Live

Our New Managed Accounts Unit: 7th & 8th Colombian Traders Go Live

It is my pleasure to present the managed accounts team at The Day Trading Academy.  Over the course of the last year we have been creating and developing our day trading centers around the world. For those of you that are new to the site you may not know about our new Colombian Trading Center. We recently hosted our first MTU, Military Training University, where we were trading live alongside many of our student traders. Luckily we were trading during one of […]

Invest In The Future With Kazakhstan

Invest In The Future With Kazakhstan

Investors looking for a new frontier of opportunity might want to consider Kazakhstan. The country has the largest and most productive economy in Central Asia. Gaining independence in 1991, the nation of Kazakhstan is strategically located between Asian and European business centers. The Kazakhs have the additional advantage, of having a close geographic proximity to 3 out of 4 of the BRIC countries. Russia, India and China are all in the neighborhood, for purposes of trade and the marketing of goods. This […]