Analysis Topic: Currency Market Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Wednesday, November 02, 2016
Bitcoin Price Soars on Its Eighth Birthday / Currencies / Bitcoin
As of yesterday it was eight years to the day since Bitcoin’s initial white paper was posted to the internet.
And what a birthday party it had, soaring from $614 on October 1st to around $728 today with gold and silver also rocketing higher, with silver up more than 3% today.
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Wednesday, November 02, 2016
Forex Trading - USD/CHF Declines Sharply / Currencies / Forex Trading
Although the Institute for Supply Management showed that its manufacturing purchasing managers' index increased to 51.9 in Oct, the USD Index moved sharply lower. As a result, the greenback declined significantly against the Swiss franc. What does it mean for USD/CHF?
In our opinion, the following forex trading positions are justified – summary:
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Thursday, October 27, 2016
The Twists and Turns of the Greenback / Currencies / US Dollar
At a monetary conference in Vienna back in 2014, the distinguished Frenchman, friend, and occasional collaborator Jacques de Larosière proclaimed that the current world monetary order should be termed an “anti-system.” He has a point – an important point. Among other things, such an anti-system invites an enormous amount of instability, as well as uninformed loose talk that influences public opinion and policy.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, October 24, 2016
Is China About to Go “Scorched Earth” on the US Dollar? / Currencies / US Dollar
China’s currency, the Chinese Yuan, remains pegged to the US Dollar. So when the US Dollar strengthens, the Chinese Yuan strengthens to.
For an economy as rife with garbage debt as China (shadow banking debt is over 200% of GDP), this is a DISASTER.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Euro “Will Collapse” – Is “House of Cards” Warns Founder of Euro / Currencies / Euro
The Euro “will collapse” as it is a”house of cards” warned Otmar Issing, the founder and creator of the euro in an extraordinary interview on Monday.
In the explosive interview with the journal Central Banking, Professor Issing, said “one day, the house of cards will collapse” as the European Central Bank (ECB) is becoming dangerously over-extended and the whole euro project is unworkable in its current form.
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Friday, October 14, 2016
Could Nigeria Become Africa’s Offshore China RMB Hub? / Currencies / China Currency Yuan
On October 1, the Chinese renminbi officially joins becomes the fifth international reserve currency. Over time, Nigeria stands to benefit from RMB’s rising international role.On October 1, 2016, the Chinese renminbi (RMB) will officially join the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) international reserve assets; that is, the SDR (Special Drawing Rights) basket. From the perspective of the IMF, this is recognition of China’s success in opening up its markets.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Major Factors Affecting Foreign Exchange Rates / Currencies / Forex Trading
Daffa Zaky writes: Foreign exchange is a global market where trading of currencies is done all round the clock. The rate at which these currencies are exchanged (Forex rate) is very important. This is because it is used to determine economic status or growth of a particular country in comparison to other countries. The foreign exchange rate is usually monitored and constantly evaluated because it’s a key determining factor for a country’s economic stability. People who send and receive money from abroad have to constantly monitor the exchange rate so as to know the appropriate time to do so.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
And You Thought the Silver Market was Rigged / Currencies / Fiat Currency
We live in a world where the yield-starved and tech-savvy conspire in the basement of the underground and unaccounted. While the rise of Bitcoin and the explosion of alternative currencies may become the new scapegoat of behavioral finance, there is nothing quite like the reality of trickle down finance gone wrong.
Recently, EU officials called for putting safeguards on Internet currency.
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Monday, October 10, 2016
UK and Forex Markets – Trading in GBP / Currencies / British Pound
Forex (short for foreign exchange) trading is a speculative option that has increased in attractiveness over the past few years. Forex brokers offer trading that comes free of commission, and with the chance of making massive gains. It's easy to get going with trading, and forex markets do not have the same negative reputation as some other markets, such as binary options.
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Sunday, October 09, 2016
US Dollar Crawl / Currencies / US Dollar
The US Dollar has been crawling along its rising 110 weekly moving average. This is not a bullish pattern and suggests a fall down to the US Dollar’s next lower support zone.
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Friday, October 07, 2016
Sterling Flash Crash Last Night? / Currencies / British Pound
Remember flash crashes?
Well, one showed up last night with the Sterling dropping about 10% and then recouping to about a 2% drop.
Here is the question ... Was it really a flash crash or a real exodus out of the Sterling? (In other words, was it a computer trading issue or a trader issue?)
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Friday, October 07, 2016
British Pound Sterling Flash Crash and the Rise of Machine Intelligence (AI) / Currencies / British Pound
Apparently a computer algorithm (dumb AI) crashed sterling during the night, dropping it by about 10% before it mostly recovered but still remains 2% down from where it started. Whilst the media is focused on which person or group of persons could be behind the flash crash, however all are failing to comprehend the bigger picture of what this and other flash crashes represent, computer algorithms / AI's with the ability to bring our civilisation to a juddering halt literally within minutes as my forth coming series of videos on AI mega-trend investing will seek to illuminate how to profit form, because dumb AI's will within a matter of a few short years be starting to exceed human intelligence.
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Tuesday, October 04, 2016
The End of US Dollar Dominance? / Currencies / US Dollar
The end of U.S. dollar dominance may be unfolding in front of our eyes. No, we don't think China's ascent is the key threat; instead, key to understanding the U.S. dollar may be to understand the money market fund you might hold. Let me explain what's unfolding in front of our eyes, and what it might mean for the U.S. dollar and global markets.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
China’s International Renminbi Is Coming – Is Wall Street Ready? / Currencies / China Currency Yuan
On October 1, 2016, the Chinese renminbi (RMB) will officially join the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) international reserve assets; that is, the SDR (Special Drawing Rights) basket. From the perspective of the IMF, this is a ready affirmation of China’s success in opening up its markets. The inclusion of the renminbi into the ranks of the most important international currencies codifies the acceleration of bilateral and multilateral RMB transactions worldwide.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
The Federal Reserve Note "Dollar" Is Indeed Dying, but Not Next Week / Currencies / Fiat Currency
Some say the U.S. dollar may die 5 days hence. The Chinese renminbi will kill it. Much is being made of plans by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to add the renminbi to its basket of strategic reserve currencies called Special Drawing Rights (SDR). The IMF will make the change on October 1. While the implications for the Federal Reserve Note, currently the U.S. dollar, as the world’s primary reserve currency may be profound over time and the importance of this even should not be overlooked, the impact is unlikely to happen overnight.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Bitcoin Trading Alert: Starting Point of Decline Not Far? / Currencies / Bitcoin
In short: no speculative positions.
The treatment of Bitcoin by asset management firms is slowly changing. The digital currency is by no means as popular as traditional assets, however, investment companies sometimes approach Bitcoin as a new asset class, one that might be on its way to maturity. Money Morning cites a report on Bitcoin by Needham & Co.:
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Forex Trading: ECB Policy Could Weigh on Euro / Currencies / Forex Trading
easyMarkets writes: When the European Central Bank (ECB) held its monetary policy meeting on September 8th , it left all policy rates unchanged. The main refinancing interest rate, the marginal lending facility rate and the main deposit interest rate were kept steady at the current levels of 0.00%, 0.25%, and negative 0.40%, respectively. This will likely have a long-term impact on forex traders that have exposure in the EUR/USD as it ultimately indicates lower price valuations in the weeks and months ahead.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Has the Silver Bullet Run Out of Fire Power? / Currencies / Gold and Silver 2016
Commodity prices and especially those of precious metals have been impressive this year. The price of Gold and that of Silver have rallied significantly since the start of the year and the current indicators seem to point towards a continuous rally for the rest of 2016, albeit at a slower rate.
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Monday, September 19, 2016
War on Cash Turns to $20, $50, and $100 Bills / Currencies / War on Cash
Harvard professor and economist Ken Rogoff is once again leading the chorus of high-level academics and officials who declare cash is only for criminals. He made his case in a recent Wall Street Journal editorial called the “Sinister Side of Cash.” The solution, he declares, is to simply get rid of anything but the smallest bank notes.
In his vision, drug dealers, human traffickers, and tax cheats are everywhere, but they are reliant on cash. Our benevolent central planners can largely incapacitate them by ridding society of anything larger than a $10 bill.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
A Common Sense Regulatory Framework for Digital Currency / Currencies / Bitcoin
John Dunham writes: The phrase, horror vacui, or nature abhors a vacuum, was attributed to Aristotle, who suggested that nature contains no vacuums because the denser surrounding material would immediately fill any void. This physical postulate is often applied to the idea of government regulation. If something is not regulated (or in many cases highly regulated) then it is indisputable that some government will step into the void. In the case of digital currency and/or cryptocurrency, the concept of horror vacui is in full swing as governments from the European Union to the United States to China are all proposing broad regulations on the development and operation of digital currency markets. This is on top of local court rulings, such as that made by a Miami-Dade Florida circuit court judge who ruled that Bitcoin was not a currency.
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