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Will Trichet Provide Policy Clues?
Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 6:26am | 182The EUR/USD managed to rally to 1.4312 overnight - see above chart. Euro-zone data releases supported this action by posting a revised French PMI from 48.9 to 49.3 and that Europe’s Retails Sales fell to 0.2% during July. UK PMI Services beat forecasts by posting 54.1 versus the 54.0 expected. The...
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Will FOMC Minutes Point to Credit Worries?
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 8:04am | 229. EUR/USD crashed yesterday despite very good US fundamental data releases breaking through its support at 1.4225 as predicted by my yesterday’s post - see above EUR/USD Chart. Earlier this morning, the Euro-zone posted 2Q GDP at -0.1%, a 2Q Household consumption rise to 0.2% and a Gross Capital...
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US Manufacturing Forecasted to Rise
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 8:14am | 169....... As the diagram shows, the EUR/USD rose to 1.4380 supported by yesterday's Stochastic Hourly Bull crossover. However, the pair has slipped in the last couple of hours since the release of the Eurozone Annual Rate of Employment recorded an increased to 9.5% in July from 9.4% in June. Should...
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USD Overnight Advances
Monday, August 31, 2009 - 8:00am | 267The USD strengthen against most other major currencies overnight. As there is still no clear direction to Market Trends, this may be a result of a general drop in risk appetite. In addition, there were very few Fundamental Data Releases of any significance made last night, although the Euro-zone...
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The Forex Market Shakes Off its Lethargy
Friday, August 28, 2009 - 7:53am | 187Yesterday, the Forex Market threw off its lethargy in the early afternoon. Investors finally seem to respond to the constant good economic data dismissing fears that the global recovery was stalling. Risk appetite was also supported by the DXY index spiking lower and an hourly Stochastic bullish...
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Markets Seem to be Flat-lining
Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 10:05am | 248In August, the UK National home prices leaped to 1.6% against the forecasted 0.5% However, the GBP/USD continued its fall maybe because of the lingering worry that small UK businesses are unable to obtain the credit needed to support new opportunities. Meanwhile, Germany's Consumer Confidence...
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Is Roubini's Double-Dip in Focus?
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 11:15am | 206There has been a spate of good Fundamental data releases today including: German IFO beat its forecasted 89.0 by posting a rise of 90.5 from 87.3. US Durable Goods July Orders increased by 4.9% from the decline June -2.5% easily beating the forecasted 3.0% US New Homes Sales rocketed to 9.6%...
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USD Consumer Confidence Beats All Expectations
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 10:38am | 91USD Consumer Confidence dramatically eclipsed the forecasted 47.9 by posting 54.1. The DOW JONES surged to 9610 plus before quickly retracting. Similarly, the high yielding currencies, EUR and GBP, immediately leaped against the lower yielding USD and YEN before performing a dramatic reversal. The...
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Will USD Consumer Confidence be a Market Mover?
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 6:44am | 277British Home Purchases posted a rise to 38,181 easily beating the forecasted 37,800. Germany releases showed that Domestic Demand fell sharply to 1.3%, 2Q Private Consumption rose to 0.7% and 2Q GDP meeting expections at 0.3% Initially, the GBP and EUR reacted little to their associated releases...
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Slight EUR/USD Retreat during Quiet Night
Monday, August 24, 2009 - 6:53am | 216With very few Economic releases overnight, trading was quiet resulting in a mild EUR/USD retraction to a low of 1.4280 The Eurozone did report that New Industrial Orders had jumped 3.1% against a forecasted value of 1.8%. In fact, demand has now dropped 25.1% from this time last year. Although a...
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Will USD Still Plummet in Coming Week?
Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 11:00am | 341The US Existing Home Sales and Bernanke comments forced a large USD sell off last week. However, the Home Sale improvement was not such a positive sign of recovery because it hinged on foreclosures and rising inventories. Although the Euro bounced against the USD from 1.4050 to 1350 last week,...
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Key Forex Components
Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 3:39pm | 471I will now list some of the major items hat will be required to build your Forex Trading system. To read any of the Hubs listed, please visit 'Your Forex Library', completely Free, by clicking the following link: http://www.hubpages.com/hub/Your-Forex-Library Entry and Exit conditions - see Hubs,...
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EURO surges on Bernanke Comments and US Homes Sales
Friday, August 21, 2009 - 11:04am | 104Us Existing Home Sales climbed to 7,2% as opposed to the 2.1% expected. The Dow Jones surged to new year-to-date highs as result of both the US home result and a statement from Ben Bernanke claiming that the recession was over. The decrease in risk aversion saw rapid sell-offs in both the USD and...
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Key Forex Risks 21st August 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009 - 8:04am | 194Today's release of US existing home sales could again still indicate a weak US housing market following on from the disappointing starts and building permits figures. US Existing Home Sales records sales of previously owned homes which can be an important indicator of overall business conditions at...
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Main Overnight Forex Events
Friday, August 21, 2009 - 7:31am | 235Yesterday's positive US economic data boosted equities and weighed on both the US dollar and Japanese yen, despite tight trading ranges across the majors. Tthe Conference Board's leading economic index rose by 0.6 percent resulting from improvements in the average workweek, jobless claims, stock...