Thanks for visiting Market Predict.  We provide Market Sentiment Monitors and unbiased, well researched content on the security, commodity, currency and derivatives markets. Hedge fund and pension fund views and asset allocation strategies are essential components of the publication.

Background to site

This is the site of Neil Behrmann an economist who is also a contributor to publications with articles about currencies, bonds, stocks and commodities.

How Marketpredict.com can help you:

1) Lateral Market Thinker

It combines vertical and lateral market thinking to determine potential future scenarios.  Please click on Lateral Scenarios for latest stories.

2) Strategies

Economic and market views are eclectic. Content is gleaned from knowledgeable participants, including hedge fund managers, who are aware of the flow of funds that determine the demand and supply of securities, currencies and commodities. Market Predict monitors what's really happening in the marketplace and what traders and fund managers are doing and thinking.  We assess the psychological condition of the market by monitoring the mood of traders- whether they are bullish, bearish or neutral. (See Strategies).

3) Content, Speed, Content

The vast majority of web sites are painfully slow. This publication values readers' time and won't be cluttered with advertising banners. Our motto is Content, Speed, Content and editorial policy, freedom of information and markets.  We believe that free markets should be transparent and clean. For a full review of Market Predict's sponsorship policy, see (7) Sponsors below. The rights, privacy and confidentiality of subscribers and information sources are respected. (See Code of conduct. )

4) Copyright & Contributors

Please respect copyright and intellectual property of this publication and contributors.  They include analysts, economists, traders, psychiatrists, journalists and academics. For those who are unsure about the international convention, it is vital that you read (10) Dangers of Flouting International Copyright Law. The article spells out the basics of international copyright law.

The editor is a member of the Association of Lending Rights. The organisation is committed to protect the copyright of its members.

We are happy to negotiate syndication arrangements and sponsorships and you can contact us via joy@marketpredict.com

5) Freedom of Information and Free Clean Transparent Markets

Our editorial policy is freedom of information and markets. We also believe that free markets should be transparent and clean. If we detect alleged manipulation, fraud and corruption, we'll contact the regulators and ask them to comment. We want the markets to expand and for participants to prosper. For this to happen, markets must be transparent and untainted.

Candid, provocative, articles and investigative reporting should be fair, so we endeavour to report both sides of the story and give companies and individuals the right of reply. We aren't preachers and we certainly aren't infallible. The aim is to be impartial and to convey the story accurately and fairly. If we're wrong, if you think we're writing garbage, please let us know. There'll be a correction or amplification, provided your argument is reasonable.

6) Sponsors

Sponsors or advertisers are welcome to post their logos and links to this Site. "Sponsortorials" aim at being informative and newsworthy.  Deals for our fast growing target audience are competitive. Views expressed in "sponsortorials" do not have any influence on the rest of Market Predict. The editorial of Marketpredict is completely independent from any sponsor and advertiser. (see Code of conduct.).  

7) Market Predict provides information and forecasts only.

Market Predict isn't an advisory service and provides information and predictions only. The content is for producers and purchasers of raw materials, merchants, professional financial and commodity dealers, hedge fund managers, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA's), fund managers, commercial and central bankers, exporters and importers,  shipping companies and brokers, sophisticated traders, economists, analysts, regulators and academics. (See full disclaimer and explanatory notice in "Code of conduct").

Trading in the risky, volatile, commodity, currency and financial futures and options can damage financial health. Derivatives markets are leveraged, requiring a margin, or deposit, that is only a small percentage of the worth of the contract. A small move in volatile markets can thus wipe out the margin. Over the long term only professionals with strict trading disciplines survive and even they incur considerable losses from time to time.

"The past is no guarantee for the future" and "prices can go down as well as up" are clichés for good reason.

Investors with limited capital should thus steer clear of futures and options and other derivatives markets. They should be wary of hedge and managed futures funds, especially if they are untransparent.  Betting shops that offer individuals the opportunity to speculate in the market via "spread bets" can be fun, but they can also diminish wealth.

Investors who wish to enter these markets and risk their capital, won't find sufficient information here. They should seek independent advice from a registered, authorised market member, Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) or other qualified regulated expert. Regulated exchanges and global regulators e.g. UK Financial Services Authority and US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, can supply information about firms and individuals.

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