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Yen, Dollar Advance On Greek Exit Worries

posted by Avatar Holt 4 days ago in USD, JPY, AUD made popular 4 days ago

The size of the asset purchase and credit facility was also left unchanged at JPY 40 trillion and JPY 30 trillion respectively. According to the Ministry of Finance, Japan saw a merchandise trade deficit of 520.27 billion yen in April - missing ... read more
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EUR Avoids New 4-Month Low

posted by Avatar Holt 8 days ago in EUR, CHF

Against the Swiss franc, the dollar saw gains during early morning trading before reversing later in the day. After reaching as high as 0.9480, the USD/CHF began falling, eventually dropping to the 0.9445 level. As we begin to close out the week, ... read more
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AUD/USD sell stops triggered through 0.9820 and 0.9800

posted by Avatar Holt 9 days ago in AUD

When we dont put... metatrdr: I think the bloodshed won't stop until all the central banks come out to announce something. goo: wow what a huge drop after double from 2009 bottom. fast: down eur/dol, down cable, down aussie gold? good up signs but not ... read more
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BoE Keeps QE Intact At GBP 325 Bln; Interest Rate Steady At 0.50%

posted by Avatar Holt 16 days ago in USD, GBP made popular 16 days ago

The Bank of England policymakers retained the size of quantitative easing and the record low interest rate unchanged as expected by economists. At the end of two-day rate setting meeting on Thursday, the Monetary Policy Committee voted to ... read more
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Banks' Dollar Funding Costs Rise From Nine-Month Low in Europe

posted by Avatar Holt 18 days ago in EUR

The three-month cross-currency basis swap, the rate banks pay to convert euro interest payments into dollars, was 42 basis points below the euro interbank offered rate at 8:15 am in London, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The measure was minus 41.5 ... read more
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Malaysia-Market factors to watch May 7

posted by Avatar Holt 20 days ago in all made popular 20 days ago

... sparks debate on city planning in Asia ----------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 0018 GMT ------------ INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500 1369.1 -1.61% -22.470 USD/JPY 79.91 0.2% 0.160 10-YR US TSY YLD 1.8403 -- -0.038 SPOT GOLD 1640.76 -0.08% ... read more
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Canada Retail Still Prevalent Market for US

posted by Avatar Holt 29 days ago in CAD made popular 29 days ago

This means that although the US in 2011 was reaching a mall performance of about $400 USD per square food, Canadian malls were entertaining figures of almost $600 USD in sales per square foot. These figures show that Canada may be rebounding from the ... read more
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EUR/USD Fundamental Analysis April 26, 2012, Forecast

posted by Avatar Holt 31 days ago in EUR, Economic Indicators made popular 31 days ago

CPI is the main indicator to measure inflation and changes in purchasing trends The Retail Sales released by the Statistiches Bundesamt Deutschland is a measure of changes in sales of the German retail sector. It shows the performance of the retail ... read more
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USD Outlook Remains Bullish On FOMC, Euro Bearish Formation In Focus

posted by Avatar Holt 32 days ago in USD, EUR

As a result, we're still expecting to see another run at the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement around 10118, and the fundamentals coming out of the world's largest economy should have a greater impact in driving price action as the Fed looks to conclude its ... read more
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ForexLive Asian market open: All about Chinese GDP

posted by Avatar Holt 44 days ago in AUD, Economic Indicators made popular 44 days ago

If you managed to pick the bottom in the AUD/USD yesterday, I'd be booking some profits ahead of the event at 02:00 GMT as you just never know with Chinese data. Normally Friday's are risk-off events in Asia but I expect today to be very quiet pre-GDP. read more
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C$ on track for biggest gain this year

posted by Avatar Holt 44 days ago in all

The Canadian dollar rose ... read more
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USD/CHF finds resistance around 0.9200

posted by Avatar Holt 50 days ago in CHF made popular 50 days ago

Ahead in the day, March's NFP (203K) and the US unemployment rate (8.3% exp.) are to be published. At the moment, USD/CHF is retreating 0.05% at 0.9196, with the immediate support lying at 0.9144 (hourly low Apr.5) ahead of 0.9125 (MA21d) then 0.9078 ... read more