Archive for month: July, 2007

Uncharted territory

17 July, 2007 (14:53) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

The raft of US data releases this morning doesn’t seem to have tempted the EUR-USD market much. The data was pretty US dollar positive, with core PPI, Industrial Production and the Capacity Utilization Rate all above expectations. The TICS was the real surprise, coming in at $126.1 billion, well above the $70B [...]

FXCM’s No Dealing Desk

9 July, 2007 (20:35) | Brokers | By: Colin McGinley

FXCM has been making a big deal of its no dealing desk model, with a press release last week stating that 99% of their clients are now using this system.
As far as I can tell, there is no noticeable difference for the average retail forex trader on the new no dealing desk as compared to [...]

ForexSpirit has a new home

7 July, 2007 (21:39) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

If you’re an eagle-eyed reader then you might have already noticed this.
ForexSpirit, my trading blog, now has a new home at forexspirit.com. I felt it was time that the doman name of the website matched the blog name.
All links to the old domain name (www.mcginley.biz) should automatically forward to the new domain name.
If you [...]

Happiness is…

2 July, 2007 (17:15) | Psychology | By: Colin McGinley

If you enjoyed reading the DrKW article mentioned in my Seven Deadly Sins post then you might also like to read a rather more light-hearted article by the same author entitled If It Makes You Happy.
This is a short treatise that summarizes research done by scientists on what makes people happy. It [...]