Consumer Sentiment Index: Basic Principles and Uses in Trading
The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index provides insights into the U.S. economy and can give trader's valuable information suitable for any trading style.
The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index provides insights into the U.S. economy and can give trader's valuable information suitable for any trading style.
Retail sales is used to analyze economic strength and can be implemented into both fundamental and technical trading strategies. Learn more about retail sales and how to trade this key economic data.
Inflation deals with the general price increases in an economy however, this simple economic figure can have massive ramifications.
GDP serves as a primary gauge of an economy's health and an important data release for traders.
What is quantitative easing (QE) and how do central banks like the Fed and ECB use it? Learn how QE supplements monetary policy when rate cuts don’t cut it.
Many elections have coincided with crises, none more so than the 2020 election. How have social and economic crises impacted elections in the past and present?
In a slowing global economy, the threat of geopolitical risks destabilizing global growth are elevated and open the door to violent volatility – and trading opportunities.
The price of gold has become more responsive to the macroeconomic landscape since President Richard Nixon took steps to end the Bretton-Woods system starting in 1971.
Foreign exchange – or “forex” – markets often pay close attention to politics and central bank policy. We offer a model for traders to gauge their impact on exchange rates.