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• Bullish News from Euro Zone Fades into Close

  Published 14 August 2009 | viewed 2,539 times

  August 13, 2009 Early this morning news out of the Euro Zone sent the EUR USD higher. Euro Zone GDP was better than expected buoyed…

• Currency Markets Trigger More Demand For Risky Assets

  Published 13 August 2009 | viewed 2,620 times

  An unexpected improvement in Euro Zone economies during the second quarter is helping to firm up the currency markets and trigger more demand for risky…

• U.S. Dollar Trades Mixed Overnight

  Published 12 August 2009 | viewed 2,276 times

  The U.S. Dollar traded mixed overnight in light trading ahead of today's FOMC announcement. Traders are looking for the Fed to leave interest rates unchanged…

• Forex Markets Could Consolidate as Fed Begins Two-Day Meeting

  Published 11 August 2009 | viewed 3,083 times

  August 11, 2009 The U.S. Dollar posted gains against most major currencies on Monday in a continuation of the move which began on last Thursday…

• Stock Market Breaks Correlation With Dollar

  Published 10 August 2009 | viewed 3,716 times

  Since March 2009, the foreign currency markets have been driven by rising investor appetite for higher risk assets. On Friday, however, the stock market broke…

• EUR USD Posts Weekly Reversal Top

  Published 08 August 2009 | viewed 3,553 times

  August 7, 2009 The U.S. Dollar posted a strong reversal to the upside today following the release of a better than expected U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls…

• Rally In The Dollar Doesn't Change Trend

  Published 07 August 2009 | viewed 2,797 times

  The U.S. Dollar is trading better ahead of this morning's U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls Report. Pre-market estimates are for the unemployment rate to climb to its…

• Dollar Closes Weaker in Choppy Trade

  Published 05 August 2009 | viewed 3,579 times

  Today's trading in the Forex markets featured choppy, two-sided trading. Early in the New York session the Dollar strengthened as a pair of bearish U.S.…

• Focus in Forex Markets May Shift Toward Central Bank Activity

  Published 04 August 2009 | viewed 3,222 times

  Today's better than expected manufacturing reports from China, the Euro Zone, the U.K, and the U.S. seem to indicate that investors have accepted the possibility…

• U.S. Dollar Tanks as GDP Report Shows Less Contraction

  Published 01 August 2009 | viewed 3,115 times

  The U.S. Dollar was hit hard on Friday. Traders aggressively sold the Dollar after the government reported a lower than estimated decline in 2nd Quarter…

• USD CAD Showing Signs of Bottom

  Published 31 July 2009 | viewed 4,343 times

  Strong gains in crude oil and U.S. equities helped weaken the USD CAD on Thursday. Despite a new high for the year in the equity…

• Flight to Safety Buying Helps Buoy U.S. Dollar

  Published 30 July 2009 | viewed 3,234 times

  July 30, 2009 The U.S. Dollar started out strong on Wednesday and managed to hold on to its gains against all major Forex markets. Weakness…

• Equity Rally May Be Running Out Of Steam

  Published 29 July 2009 | viewed 3,310 times

  Equity markets are expected to open flat to lower based on overnight action. Although there was not a hard sell-off, stock equity futures were not…

• Forex Markets Tire While Waiting for Stock Market Correction

  Published 28 July 2009 | viewed 3,884 times

  The opening call in most Forex markets - with the exception of the Japanese Yen - was higher as European and Asian traders must have…

• Better-Than-Expected Earnings Driving Equity Prices Higher

  Published 27 July 2009 | viewed 2,805 times

  Treasuries are feeling pressure overnight. Sellers are moving money into equities in an effort to capture a better return on their investments. The biggest factor…

• Forex Traders Should See Strong Volatility on Friday

  Published 24 July 2009 | viewed 2,897 times

  Microsoft, Amazon and American Express announced worse than expected earnings after the close today forcing a gap lower opening in the stock indices in early…

• Can the Euro Breakout?

  Published 23 July 2009 | viewed 3,293 times

  The U.S. Dollar is slipping a bit against the Euro overnight as the EUR USD continued to trade inside its almost 60 day range. Although…

• Japans Consumer Spending - Key Report To Watch For Sign Of Recovery

  Published 22 July 2009 | viewed 2,564 times

  Soon September Japanese Yen investors will have to decide whether to follow either Japanese economic policy for direction or continue to use risk as their…

• Short-term Factors Support Stronger Dollar

  Published 09 July 2009 | viewed 3,298 times

  While some traders were distracted by the G-8 meeting and the possibility the BRIC nations will propose a plan to make central banks less dependent…

• Spotlight on USD CAD

  Published 08 July 2009 | viewed 3,590 times

  Lower equity prices and crude oil have been helping to support the USD CAD, but a nearby resistance level is preventing this currency pair from…