This Week's Most Popular Pound News
- #1 Ryklose: Sometimes the best way to trade, is not at allWritten by ryklose Coming from a science background, I know that empirical and rational approaches will yield the best results. It does not matter if you are designing an experiment, synthesizing data or analysing results – the more that you can let the data speak for itself, the better position you will be in. [...] read more...
- #2 Can Facebook IPO overcome European Debt Woes?(eToro Blog) The top two headlines over the past week or so have been the ever-enduring debt saga in the Eurozone and the imminent launch of what could be the largest tech-based IPO ever for social media behemoth Facebook. In isolation, one is a major concern and the other a bright shiny star of hope, [...] read more...
- #3 Facebook Heat could turn Wall Street from Sour to Sweet(eToro Blog) Ahead of the Facebook IPO – due to launch within the next few days – the heat’s been kicked up a notch and appetite for social networks stock whetted on the news that Groupon’s share price rose 18.54% in the overnight hours. According to the press release, Groupon’s first quarter profits beat expectations, [...] read more...
- #4 Discussions will be cleaner thanks to your helpThe “OpenTalk”, eToro OpenBoook discussions have just been equipped with an important new capability, which will help us keep the discussions clean, engaging and interesting. All of you who use the OpenBook, have the power to report any of the posts / comments created by other users as SPAM. All you need to do is simply click [...] read more...
- #5 Greece Avoids One Bond Default but at What Cost?(eToro Blog) With a new caretaker government ready to be installed there, it was not exactly business as usual in Greece; in a move that will likely infuriate sovereign bondholders, who agreed to take major haircuts on Greek debt, the Greek government (in its current inform) agreed to repay a €430 million bond which came [...] read more...
- #6 Germany and France Show United Front even as Greek Rift Grows(eToro Blog) Francois Hollande, the newly-inaugurated president of France, met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday for their first face-to-face encounter as elected heads of state. While austerity and growth issues are likely to eventually drive a wedge between the two, at the start of their relationship a show of solidarity was paramoun read more...
- #7 Leverage – The Best and the Worst of ItWritten by UKTrader Leverage or risk level (as eToro puts it) is a very important part of forex trading. There has always been a debate on the right levels and right use of it. In this blog post, I try to describe some of the features of leverage and how they can be used [...] read more...
- #8 Japan’s Economic Recovery Blasts Past Peers as Q1 GDP Tops Forecasts(eToro Blog) It’s been slightly more than a year since the horrific earthquake and tsunami which decimated a good portion of Japan and its economy, but the latest data suggests a recovery that speaks volumes to the resilience and commitment of the Japanese government. Recent data shows that Japan’s economy is powering well ahead of [...] read more...
- #9 Advocating Patience, Top Gurus Undaunted by Red Week(eToro Blog) Over the past week, quite a few OpenBook traders and even a few gurus were caught on the wrong side of a trade or when the crisis in the Eurozone escalated well beyond investors’ comfort zone. The Euro trended lower and refused to retrace, much to traders’ collective chagrin. With the uncertainty of [...] read more...
