Trading indices with Valutrades is a great alternative to stock trading, and now you can trade with a minimum of just 0.01 lots, which offers more flexibility in your positions. Instead of trading individual stocks, you now have the ability to trade a group of equities at one time within an index, which is based on the stock prices or market capitalization of each company.
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Read MoreMay Recap: USD Weakness, Gold, CAD & Crude Oil Strength
Welcome to our look back at the previous month and a look ahead to what we might expect to see throughout June and beyond.
The main market drivers in May were pretty much the same as April, including the continuing COVID vaccine programs, which are working better in some economies than others. This has seen notable gains in instruments like WTI, Brent Crude, Stock Indices and EUR.
The US Executive Branch and Congress will be debating and negotiating a massive infrastructure plan into the next few weeks and months, which will affect the USD as we move forward. We still see overall USD weakness
Another major concern, which reared its head in April and will continue for months to come, is the dreadful situation with COVID infections in India. This is not only a humanitarian tragedy, it may turn out to be an economic tragedy.
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