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Market Talk – May 7, 2019

May 8, 2019

ASIA: US trade representative Robert Lighthizer has accused China of backtracking on agreement within trade talks but has insisted a deal with China is still possible. Vice Premier Liu will be visiting Washington this week. More in US section below. In other news, China will not take part in three-way nuclear talks with the US […]

Creating the Euro & Germany Was Denied the Right to Ever Vote to join the Euro

May 8, 2019

COMMENT: Marty; I just wanted to say that this WEC in Rome was one of your best, NOt that Nigel Farage was there calling you the alternative to Davos, but you really do your research and your contacts behind the curtain become self-evident. Nobody in the audience every knew that the German people were denied […]

Robo Trading v Human Trading

May 8, 2019

QUESTION: So is there any difference between a Robot and a person trading if they just follow the same system on a single market? ANSWER: Any system that is created which claims to be some robo-trading system is vulnerable to a contagion that impacts a given market from external sources. We are entering a highly […]

The End of Diversification?

May 8, 2019

Recent years there has been a shift in how various assets classes are trading. There is emerging a high degree of positive correlation among various financial asset classes that have many concerned since it is not conforming with the perceived historic norms. Many are reading into this as a warning of what is to come. […]