Tag: emotions

There are a variety of factors that affect currency markets levels on a minute-to-minute basis.This consists of inflation data, gross domestic product (GDP), interest levels, unemployment, supply, demand, political changes, and broader economic forces, amongst others.Complicating this are some general market trends, which were determined historically to exist.Like their share-price-based brothers, these currency markets anomalies might provide buying opportunities for investors...

The stock exchange is driven solely by human emotion.Nothing else really matters.Human emotion is driven by perception, and perception is jaded by expectations.If your expectations aren't fulfilled, than your perception is that this is awful.If your expectations are high, you likely will be disappointed.The trick then is to gauge the expectations that stock traders have at any given moment.Unfortunately there isn't any reliable measurement that I know of to judge expectations...

We learnt the following the hard way! If any of these things applies to you, do not worry - there is a simple solution!Lack of Knowledge and No PlanIt amazes us that some people expect to trade the stock market successfully with no effort.Yet if they would like to take up golf, as an instance, they will gladly take some courses or read a book before going out on the program.The stock exchange isn't the place for the ill informed...