The oil market is the most highly manipulated of all financial markets because it is so important to the economies and power of virtually all countries. That makes it the perfect dealing scenario for any trader: it is a market that frequently trends dramatically in one clear direction for an extended period of time.Unlike the other major markets of foreign exchange, equities and bonds, the oil market is manipulated in such a way that it offers a much more level playing field for th...

This book analyzes existing welfare regimes across Europe, offering an exploration into how basic income principles might influence job search behaviour. Drawing on time-use data and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, it challenges assumptions about work incentives and demonstrates that institutional contexts significantly mediate welfare effects. The analysis develops an innovative “ideal type” framework that measures how existing systems approximate basic income principles, unco...

The oil market is so important to virtually all of the world’s economies that it is subject to macroeconomic and political factors to a much greater degree than other markets, in addition to the usual dynamics of supply and demand. It is also the focus of a huge degree of manipulation by key players. This can be both indirectly through verbal intervention and altering supply dynamics, for example, and/or directly through huge price manipulation in the marketplace.These factors make...

This book focuses on how religion—particularly Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and, to a lesser extent, Hinduism—is shaping the ethos and daily actions of market participants within the global money markets. The concepts inherent within Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism are making themselves felt within the global money markets. As Islamic finance led to the introduction of sharia compliant derivatives, for example, Christian investment funds are leading ethical initiatives on Wall ...

This book examines whether Islamic finance and Islamic economics is challenging the orthodoxy of the money markets. Can ethical finance combined with the prohibition on interest and speculation really work in the global economy? With a political economy approach, the book explores how the industry has grown in modern times – from a short-lived bank in an Egyptian city in the 1960s through to a global industry that is today valued at US$2.05 trillion. From the revelation as articulated by t...

The oil market has been manipulated to an extremely high degree for decades, both overtly and covertly, and given its enduring geopolitical importance that is likely to continue. Traders need to understand the essential dynamics that drive the global oil market, offering as it does unparalleled opportunities to make returns over and above those of other markets. The oil market is also an essential part of trading FX, equities, bonds and other commodities. Simon Watkins’ boo...

There has never been a more difficult time to make money from trading the markets than now. All of the long-standing foundation stones of the global financial system are in a state of flux: engines of growth, monetary policies and the correlation dynamics between asset classes. Additionally, each of the four core regional growth engines around the world – the US, the Eurozone, China and Japan – face their own sets of problems, undermining the historic relationships between stocks, ...

All over the world, people are trading on the financial markets. Some of them make a fortune – and many more lose their shirts. This book tells you how to be one of the winners. It’s a stark and sobering fact that around 90% of retail traders lose all of their trading money within about 90 days. That’s because they have little grasp of the realities, technicalities, psychology and nature of the financial markets. In short, they don’t know what they are doing. Everything...

The markets are going through a period of turbulence right now, but even in periods of low market volatility there’s always some asset, somewhere in the world, that oscillates in price sufficiently to offer traders opportunities to make big money. The trick is to know what the asset is, to identify whether it’s trading higher or lower than it should be, and to have the skill, speed of thought and tenacity to take advantage of it. In the follow up to his book Everything You Need To ...

Many people still regard trading the financial markets as a complicated ​and risky business, but neither of these assumptions are correct. If you know what you are doing and stick to the very basic rules of dealing then there is no reason at all why you cannot make life-changing amounts of money for as long as you keep trading.The Complete Guide To Successful Financial Markets Trading goes step-by-step through all aspects of trading all major asset classes so that, by the ...

In 1920 John Maynard Keynes (British economist – considered the most influential in the 20th century) wrote that "By a continuous process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." The U.S. Government and the Federal Reserve have successfully inflated prices for a hundred years, and especially since 1971 when Nixon eliminated the gold backing of the Dollar.Inflation is like a hibernating bear; it sleeps for...

Previously published as The Trillion Dollar MeltdownNow fully updated with the latest financial developments, this is the bestselling book that briefly and brilliantly explains how we got into the economic mess that is the Credit Crunch. With the housing markets unravelling daily and distress signals flying throughout the rest of the economy, there is little doubt that we are facing a fierce recession. In crisp, gripping prose, Charles R. Morris shows how ...