Brexit – A Difficult Landing Shawn McIsaac·January 11, 2019The process of separation between the United Kingdom and the European Union is nearing its end. The final...0 Comments·4 min read
Fighting Recession with Free Trade Shawn McIsaac·January 4, 2019It came as a shock to the world when its third largest economy shrank more than expected back...0 Comments·4 min read
A Flood of Soybeans Shawn McIsaac·December 28, 2018The US-China trade dispute seems like a distant and unimportant story to most Americans right now, but for...0 Comments·3 min read
G20 Buenos-Aires Rendezvous Shawn McIsaac·December 21, 2018The summit of the heads of the world’s 20 most developed countries, known as the G20, was held...0 Comments·5 min read
Different Trajectories Shawn McIsaac·December 14, 2018The results of recent economic reports coming out of developed markets have taken analysts by surprise. It was...0 Comments·4 min read
Volatility Index Shawn McIsaac·December 7, 2018Trading changed a great deal in 2018. Before then, market trends fundamentally pointed upwards. That was still the...0 Comments·4 min read
Brent WTI Spread Shawn McIsaac·November 23, 2018Spread trading is defined as simultaneously trading on the changes between two different prices of the same instrument....0 Comments·5 min read
The Price of Gold – Part 4 Shawn McIsaac·July 24, 2018Finally, after reviewing the ’90s, let’s take a look at how gold’s price changed in the recent years...0 Comments·3 min read
The Price of Gold – Part 3 Shawn McIsaac·July 24, 2018The 2000s were one of the most wild times in history for the economy. Even the very first...0 Comments·3 min read
The Price of Gold – Part 2 Shawn McIsaac·July 17, 2018Let’s start with an overview of gold prices in the ’80s: 1980s: 1980: $474–850** 1981: $391-599 1982: $296-488 1983: $374-511 1984: $303-406 1985: $284–340*...0 Comments·4 min read
The Price of Gold – Understanding how the price of gold changed over the years Shawn McIsaac·July 10, 2018In the last article we explained the role of the gold standard in the middle of the 1900s,...0 Comments·15 min read