Is it 2008 Again?
It has been interesting few months for traders, and not just those active in Forex. All financial markets have been on a roller-coaster ride, including stocks and instruments. Even gold went through...
View ArticleFew Thoughts About the US Dollar.
Last year was difficult for the US Dollar. Many major currencies made all time highs against the USD, including the Australian Dollar, Japanese Yen, New Zealand Dollar and the Swiss Franc. This...
View ArticleBest Trades of 2011.
While currencies are gearing up for new moves in 2012, it is a good time to take a look at some of my best trades from last year. To be sure, 2011 was my worst year since 2007 or maybe even before, but...
View ArticlePMI Numbers Suggest Hard Landing for China.
In early trading, currencies reacted sharply to preliminary numbers of the HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index. This gauge of nationwide manufacturing activity fell to 48.1 in March...
View ArticleCentral Banks’ Digest.
It has been a busy week for central banks, with several policy meeting taking place within few days. While all of them ended in line with expectations, reaction from their respective currencies was...
View ArticleRough Day for Commodity Currencies.
In early trading on Friday, the biggest event came from china, in form of the Gross Domestic Product numbers. The data was not entirely clear – for Q4 the GDP grew at 2.0%, below the forecast of 2.3%,...
View ArticleSharp Spike in the Aussie.
After few days of depreciation, the commodity currencies spent Thursday in tight ranges. They moved primarily sideways, without much indication about their next direction. Their charts reveal neither...
View ArticleCommodity Dollars and the Yen.
The commodity currencies made some interesting news recently. A little later this year, the IMF will expand its list of foreign exchange reserves with the Australian Dollar and the Canadian Dollar....
View ArticleAnother Volatile Day.
Just like few days ago, the AUD once again responded to fundamental news with increased volatility. That in itself was not a surprise, since the employment data from Down under almost always creates an...
View ArticleWhat about Silver?
Anybody following financial markets must have noticed recent decline in precious metals. While most sources concentrate on gold, which dipped to 1180 couple of months ago, silver has been even weaker....
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