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One of the first things that new traders to the FX markets learn is that many currencies are correlated with other markets. For instance, the close relationship between oil and the Canadian dollar or certain metals and the Australian dollar are intuitive given the importance of exporting those commodities for the Canadian and Australian economies.

The last few months have been hard on stock market bulls, to put it lightly...

Heading into arguably the last major market event of 2018, traders felt they had a decent grasp on what the Federal Reserve would do.

With the US stock markets on course to record their worst performance for a December since 1931 during the Great Depression, some investors are undoubtedly feeling cautiously optimistic that the Federal Reserve will prevent that by delivering a dovish rate rise or ideally no hike at all today and that this will trigger a rally in equities.

Brexit developments continue to draw all the headlines, with my colleague Fawad Razaqzada characterizing today’s cabinet resignations as a disaster for PM May. While the updates from the UK continue to come in hot and heavy, we’re aware that some readers may be suffering from “Brexit fatigue”; thankfully, there are plenty of other market opportuniti...