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JOBLESS NUMBERS ON THE HORIZON
USDThe USD went into the weekend with a weak stance after faltering again versus the EUR and GBP. The overhang that exists from the belief that the Federal Reserve may initiate another round of quantitative easing continues to roil the curren
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GERMAN ZEW & U.S. RETAIL SALES
The USD lost ground to the EUR in early trading on Monday as the effects of the Basel III accord brought clarity into the markets – supposedly. The U.S. did not release much in the way of data yesterday leaving the broad markets without much dire
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BUSY WEEK ON DECK
The USD finished off on a strong note going into the weekend as cautious trading stayed the ‘golden rule’ without much in the way of economic data to examine. Adding to the rather tentative nature of the broad markets was a shortened week due to
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THE RETURN OF THE AMERICANS
A flat day of trading pervaded the broad markets globally on Monday with the Americans absent because of the Labor Day holiday. There was little in the way of economic data released too, and this helped make for a cautious day of movement.
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DAILY FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS: TEST OF RANGES TODAY
The week will start on a quiet note because of the Labor Day holiday in the States. Before going into the weekend mixed data surrounded investors once again and gave both bulls and bears more reasons to foster a debate.
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DAILY FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS: MIXED DATA ABOUNDS
The markets showed just how divergent they can be on Wednesday. Wall Street finished the day with large gains, supposedly based on the positive numbers coming from the ISM Manufacturing PMI.
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DAILY FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS: ISM NUMBER COULD SURPRISE
The USD traded in range against the EUR on Tuesday and managed to gain a bit versus the GBP. Trading remained rather tentative as the U.S. produced a mixed bag of data for investors to study before the onslaught of jobless releases gets underway
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ECONOMIC CONCERNS = CAUTION
The USD continued its strong pace against the EUR and GBP on Monday as it moved to the stronger parts of it recent range. Safe haven pressure was the story of the day as Wall Street struggled and all the major indexes suffered losses.
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ON THE CUSP OF A RETRACE
Friday came and went with all the force of a feather. The currencies and the broad markets traded in rather tight ranges most of the day putting into focus the amount of caution that prevails and the fact the summer is still in force.
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HOUSING SECTOR WOES IN FOCUS
Continuing its strong run under a haze of nervous trading in equities the USD propelled to higher values against the EUR and GBP. The greenback is starting to approach its spring time values against both the currencies as risk adverse movement ha
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Moving Average Crosses - Dollar May Slide Further;
The CAD had finally crossed below important Resistance at the 100 day moving average. In addition, the 50 day moving average just crossed back below the 200 day MA providing extra momentum for price appreciation. Yesterday's close finished exactl
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Unemployment Claims Today
By the end of Wednesday the USD began to recover some of its lost value against the EUR and GBP. The day will not be remembered as a volatile one, but the greenback did bounce back proving that a one way avenue did not exist.


