Rumors of a Bank Merger Lorea Lastiri·June 28, 2019Over the past few years we’ve started seeing some changes in the world economy’s power dynamics. Although press...0 Comments·3 min read
Credit Default Swap Market Today Lorea Lastiri·June 21, 2019Credit Default Swaps (CDS) became infamous around 2007-2008 and institutions issuing these assets took a notable hit in...0 Comments·3 min read
High Frequency Trading and the 2010 Flash Crash Lorea Lastiri·June 19, 2019The 2010 Flash Crash was one of the shortest stock market crashes in history, clocking in at approximately...0 Comments·2 min read
Corporate Flight Lorea Lastiri·June 14, 2019US corporations played a key role in the development of the global economy. They were some of the...0 Comments·3 min read
Margin in the 21st Century and the New Role of Brokers Lorea Lastiri·June 7, 2019Margining has historically been one of the traditional sources of income for the capital markets. When brokers purchase an...0 Comments·3 min read
Interest Rates & The Real Estate Market Lorea Lastiri·May 31, 2019The specter of interest rate hikes loomed over the US real estate market in 2018. A bevy of...0 Comments·4 min read
Interest Rates Lorea Lastiri·May 24, 2019One of the favorite pastimes of Forex traders is to try and forecast the policies of national central...0 Comments·4 min read
The Purchasing Managers’ Index Lorea Lastiri·May 17, 2019The market pays a great deal of attention to the Purchasing Managers’ Index. It’s an indicator that can...0 Comments·4 min read
The Inflation Conversation Lorea Lastiri·May 10, 2019It’s common knowledge that central banks often base their interest rate decisions on inflation figures. While it’s not...0 Comments·4 min read
Oil Production Cap Lorea Lastiri·May 3, 2019The US has become the world’s leading oil producer. According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) as...0 Comments·2 min read
Currency Hedging Lorea Lastiri·April 30, 2019Currency futures are a special branch of the futures market. In fact, they’re one of its highest volume...0 Comments·4 min read
Contracts For Difference, Mark to Market and Futures Contract Settling Lorea Lastiri·April 12, 2019A trader’s activity mainly consists of tracking prices and striking the right deal. However, there’s another side to...0 Comments·5 min read
A Clash of Two Policies Lorea Lastiri·April 5, 2019Last year the US’s trade deficit was at a 10 year record high, despite the current administration’s efforts...0 Comments·3 min read
Futures Delivery Process – In Search of an Urban Legend Lorea Lastiri·March 29, 2019One of the stories savvy brokers use for effect is the tale of a beginner Futures trader who...0 Comments·4 min read
Consumer Prices and the Coming Deflation Wave Lorea Lastiri·March 8, 2019If you asked the average person on the street whether they thought consumer prices going down is good...0 Comments·3 min read
GDP Growth Forecasts Lorea Lastiri·March 1, 2019Interest in the calculation and comparison of GDP figures is not limited to the realm of professional investing....0 Comments·4 min read
What was the author trying to say? Lorea Lastiri·February 22, 2019One of the fundamental questions of literary analysis is whether the reader can understand the message the author’s...0 Comments·3 min read
Three Competing Economies: US, China & EU Lorea Lastiri·February 15, 2019A few weeks ago those visiting the US Census Bureau’s website a were met with a notice saying...0 Comments·3 min read
China’s Last-Ditch Effort Lorea Lastiri·February 8, 2019The latest economic news coming out of Peking has been somewhat pessimistic as recent headlines mention lower economic...0 Comments·3 min read
Emerging Market Bonds Lorea Lastiri·February 1, 2019The year 2018 was a difficult one for many of the countries classified as emerging markets. The Fed’s...0 Comments·4 min read
Duty-Free Lorea Lastiri·January 25, 2019Tariffs have often been at the heart of recent political discourse. The current administration has moved the USA’s...0 Comments·4 min read
Brexit – A Difficult Landing Lorea Lastiri·January 11, 2019The process of separation between the United Kingdom and the European Union is nearing its end. The final...0 Comments·4 min read
Fighting Recession with Free Trade Lorea Lastiri·January 4, 2019It came as a shock to the world when its third largest economy shrank more than expected back...0 Comments·4 min read
A Flood of Soybeans Lorea Lastiri·December 28, 2018The US-China trade dispute seems like a distant and unimportant story to most Americans right now, but for...0 Comments·3 min read
G20 Buenos-Aires Rendezvous Lorea Lastiri·December 21, 2018The summit of the heads of the world’s 20 most developed countries, known as the G20, was held...0 Comments·5 min read
Different Trajectories Lorea Lastiri·December 14, 2018The results of recent economic reports coming out of developed markets have taken analysts by surprise. It was...0 Comments·4 min read
Volatility Index Lorea Lastiri·December 7, 2018Trading changed a great deal in 2018. Before then, market trends fundamentally pointed upwards. That was still the...0 Comments·4 min read
Brent WTI Spread Lorea Lastiri·November 23, 2018Spread trading is defined as simultaneously trading on the changes between two different prices of the same instrument....0 Comments·5 min read
The Price of Gold – Understanding how the price of gold changed over the years Lorea Lastiri·July 10, 2018In this article we explained the role of the gold standard in the middle of the 1900s, up...0 Comments·16 min read
