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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Most people think that the best laptops for traders are top of the line machines that need to cost thousands upon thousands of dollars. The reality is that most laptops have sufficient specs in order to day trade any market around the world. We don’t need a $5,000 Laptop in order to day trade. We also don’t need a specialized computer that is custom built for this purpose either. A rule of thumb is a standard $500 computer will be more than enough […]
The week began with global equities and markets mixed, but kept moving down as the week progressed. This was the result of a number of factors beginning with Japan reporting domestic manufacturing contracting, at the fastest pace since 2013. China also stated that factory activity edged down last month, indicating to investors a further weakening of the world’s second largest economy. Japanese stocks fell 3% on Monday extending the loss of 5% from the week before on their main index. A percentage […]
Denmark was the first country to begin the experimentation with negative interest rates back in July of 2012. The Danish central bank applied a negative rate for deposits that banks would place with them. The objective at the time was to defend their currency against the Euro. Both Denmark and Switzerland would later resort to extreme negative interest rates in 2015 (-0.75), in an effort to stymie investors who sought their AAA rated assets. Switzerland felt compelled to eventually abandon the cap […]
As a further harbinger of events to come in Europe, the voters of Ireland left the conservative leaning party Fine Gael with the largest representation in Parliament. The problem is the election took place in February and the country has been without a real government since. This situation is the result of an electorate that is so divided, that a political majority has become impossible to achieve. The two major parties of Ireland that have dominated the political landscape since the 1930’s, […]
The week began with global equities and markets almost all down. This was the result of a number of factors that included the fall in German business sentiment in Europe and the growing fear of corporate defaults in China. Investors were also looking to see what the central banks in Japan and the United States were going to do later in the week. The United States has posted results for GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth for the first quarter of 2016. The […]
It’s time for our Master Trader retreat in Sydney! We have been hosting 8 student traders during our Military Trading event in Australia. It has been quite fun watching the markets in the early hours of the morning (we just can’t seem to get enough). Seems as if it has worked out for the best with the volatility that we have been seeing. From the reaction of the announcement from the Central Bank of Japan we saw the Japanese Yen skyrocket. Luckily, […]
The national referendum on June 23 will decide the direction of the United Kingdom in the 21st century. It is one of the most important determinations, the electorate will make in their life times. The decision is rather simple, will the country remain as part of the European Union (EU) or will the United Kingdom being the 5th largest global economy, move towards becoming an independent entity once again? The conclusion will effect the pattern of of investment, for years to come. […]
Our adventure day trading in Australia has begun! There hasn’t been a recap in quite sometime and since we are currently in Australia hosting our first Military Training on the continent we felt it was time to get caught up. We have brought a handful of our Master Traders and we plan on visiting the Great Barrier Reef by setting up a stronghold in the North East near the city of Cairns. We started with a cold day in Sydney. Our Military Training is […]
At the beginning of the week, shares on equity markets on a global scale headed down. This was the result of the news that the 15 largest exporters of oil both in and outside of OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), failed to reach an agreement in Doha, Qatar over the past weekend. Together, they represent 75% of global output. Crude prices dipped 3.1% as a result. The attempt to freeze production, was undermined because of the ongoing dispute between the […]
If the 11 countries of Southeast Asia comprised one country, it would rank between the eight and ninth largest economy globally. It would also be the most dependent on trade, with a trade to GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio in excess of 150%. Over the past decade taken as a whole, the region has averaged an economic growth rate of more than 5% annually. It has also benefited enormously from foreign investment. Southeast Asia has a combined GDP of $2.5 trillion USD […]
