Fixed Income · 16 Oct · 7 min read
What Is the Yield Curve?
The yield curve plots government bond yields from short to long maturities. Normal, flat and inverted shapes, what moves each end and how traders read it.
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How to Calculate Yield to Maturity
Yield to maturity is the annual return if you buy a bond today and hold it to maturity. A 5% 5-year bond bought at $950 yields about 6.19%. How to calculate it.
What Moves EUR/USD?
EUR/USD is driven by the gap between ECB and Fed policy, growth, energy prices and risk sentiment. How each factor works, with the 2022 parity break.
WTI vs Brent: Why Are There Two Oil Prices?
WTI is US crude delivered at Cushing, Oklahoma; Brent is seaborne North Sea crude priced for global markets. How they differ and why their spread moves.
What Moves Copper Prices?
Copper moves on Chinese demand, electrification and data centers, mine supply, inventories and the dollar. How each driver works, with the 2026 record.
What Is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
The Dow tracks 30 large US companies weighted by share price, not market value. How it works, why price weighting matters and how it differs from the S&P 500.
What Moves GBP/USD?
GBP/USD moves on Bank of England vs Fed policy, UK data and politics. Why sterling reacted so sharply to the 2016 vote and the 2022 mini-budget.
What Is the DAX 40?
The DAX tracks the 40 largest Frankfurt-listed companies and includes dividends in its main version. How it is built, what moves it and how it trades.
What Is a Pip?
A pip is the standard unit of price movement in a currency pair: 0.0001 for most pairs, 0.01 for yen pairs. What pips and pipettes are and what they are worth.
What Happened in the August 2024 Yen Carry Trade Unwind?
In July–August 2024 the yen jumped about 14% in under a month as carry trades unwound, and Japan's Nikkei fell 12.4% in a day. The timeline, causes and lessons.
What Is the FTSE 100?
The FTSE 100 tracks the 100 largest London-listed companies. Many earn abroad, so it often rises when the pound falls. How it works and what moves it.
What Moves Silver Prices?
Silver moves with gold, industrial demand from solar and electronics, supply deficits, the dollar and flows. Why it is so volatile, with the 2025–2026 swings.