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What Bernanke Had To Say

posted by trade2win 1453 days ago in Fundamental, Daily made popular 1452 days ago

There some construction workers here at the nerve center of Across the Curve.com today and I had not paid proper heed to the markets until a few minutes ago.To thrust myself back in to the thick of things I just waded through Mr Bernanke’s mornin

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ECB's Trichet says worst of crisis may be ahead

posted by supertrader 1468 days ago in EUR, Fundamental, Inflation made popular 1468 days ago

Jean-Claude Trichet, the head of the European Central Bank, has indicated that the worst of the credit crisis may not be behind us.

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Ready to Put Your Currency in the Toaster?

posted by nancypants 1468 days ago in USD, Inflation made popular 1468 days ago

Friday's University of Michigan survey was a remarkable piece of data, and Macro Man could not let it pass without comment. The headline reading was the lowest since 1980, providing further evidence of the emergence of a consumer recession, whate

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Paulson: Economy Is Better But Housing Still a Threat

posted by fxhottie 1470 days ago in USD, Fundamental, GDP made popular 1467 days ago

The US economy should be growing faster and financial markets should be more stable by the end of this year, but housing will still pose the biggest economic threat, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson predicted.

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Dollar Battered by Lowly US Consumer Sentiment

posted by vlad250 1470 days ago in USD, Sentiment, GDP made popular 1467 days ago

The dollar fell Friday as a plunge in U.S. consumer confidence raised the specter of a contraction in second quarter growth and trimmed the chances the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year.

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UK may follow US into recession

posted by warrenbuffet 1472 days ago in GBP, Fundamental, GDP made popular 1469 days ago

The Bank of England has warned that Britain may be following the US into recession, despite a growing belief on global financial markets that the worst of the credit crunch has passed

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How trader emotion moves the EUR/USD & How to read it

posted by cougarize 1472 days ago in EUR, Technical, Weekly made popular 1472 days ago

Logic moves the markets, right? Supply and demand, economics and market forces are at the cause of market movement; right? That is certainly one school of thought, however most technical annalist would tell you (myself included) that it is emoti

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Mind of a Trader - Trading Psychology Podcast

posted by cougarize 1472 days ago in Trading Psychology made popular 1472 days ago

Trading has many ups and downs and can easily cause us to feel defeated. However, defeat can only be disastrous if we classify it as disastrous. Losses, defeats, failures, etc. have been a part of history for every person who has reached high lev

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The Fed Finds Religion

posted by supertrader 1473 days ago in Fundamental, Daily, Inflation made popular 1473 days ago

An interesting commentary on the "tough spot" central banks are in as they decided whether to focus on global inflation versus slowing economic growth.

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The Dollar Is Currently Bottoming

posted by MarcB 1475 days ago in USD, Sentiment, Daily made popular 1473 days ago

It would appear that the U.S. dollar has abandoned its freefall and is now in the process of consolidating before moving higher. Two recent articles, one by the Wall Street Journal’s online addition and the other by Business Week provide support

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