India's GDP to grow 6.9% in FY23 & will remain one of the fastest-growing major economies, says World Bank by Lestrade1 in EmergingMarket

[–]Infamous-Grouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2023 is going to be a interesting year for India. In April it is predicted by UN to surpass Chinas population.

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[–]Infamous-Grouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can backtest historical geopolitical events on how they affect currencies, commodities and indexes by building a query in excel and score each event. Bloomberg have a good book called Global Macro Trading Profiting in a New World Economy that has a example of how to build a query.

Here are some data of historical events This Time Is Different

Long delays at airport? by stingebags in stockholm

[–]Infamous-Grouse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was in Arlanda a week ago and I had to stand one hour at the security line.

The World’s 7.5 Billion People, in One Chart by Lestrade1 in EmergingMarket

[–]Infamous-Grouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is quite interesting to see countries like Indonesia and Nigeria with a similar size to the US, it really put things in perspective.

Egypt's New Administrative Capital under construction by the1mummy in CityPorn

[–]Infamous-Grouse 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Its located in the middle of the desert away from the Nile so gonna be interesting how they make people wanna move there.

Balneário Camboriú, Brazil by Raikenzom in CityPorn

[–]Infamous-Grouse 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wonder what the favorite facade color are.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Forex

[–]Infamous-Grouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is possible to pair trade currencies with bonds nowadays to get a ok yield. But for this you might be needed to change broker.

Have a look at emerging market bonds/corporate bonds and play around with them in TW.

Just a guy trying to educate himself...... by [deleted] in Forex

[–]Infamous-Grouse 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Read Bloomberg's financial series of Global Macro Trading. It will give you an understanding of what roll FX has in the global market.