On the cusp of a momentous change in the financial markets

It might not be time to panic yet, but it is certainly time to batten down the hatches. Financial markets are turning down, says John C Burford.

Before I get to the stockmarkets, a word about my Christmas plans. The last Trader will appear next Monday 22 December and I will pick up again on Friday 2 January. I shall certainly enjoy the rest.

Also, our Trade for Profit Academy will be re-opening very soon after the New Year. We shall be sending out full details very shortly.

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John is is a British-born lapsed PhD physicist, who previously worked for Nasa on the Mars exploration team. He is a former commodity trading advisor with the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission, and worked in a boutique futures house in California in the 1980s.

 

He was a partner in one of the first futures newsletter advisory services, based in Washington DC, specialising in pork bellies and currencies. John is primarily a chart-reading trader, having cut his trading teeth in the days before PCs.

 

As well as his work in the financial world, he has launched, run and sold several 'real' businesses producing 'real' products.