Analysis Topic: Currency Market Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Sterling's Damage and Geithner's U.S. Dollar Policy / Currencies / British Pound
By: Ashraf_Laidi
Currency market participants are faced with increasingly diverse options amid the deepening erosion of risk appetite, persistent banking losses and deteriorating measures of corporate and household wealth. While yen-supportive strategies remain most prevalent amid the worsening risk-landscape, broad selling of the British pound and bearish stances in the commodity currencies (CAD, AUD and NZD) has also proven rewarding. The US dollar continues to emerge as a reliable companion to the yen in strengthening by default against the European and commodity currencies. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, January 23, 2009
Euro and Gold on the Rise / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Incredible that the (cash) equity indices closed slightly positive on the
session on Friday after a very ugly overnight session.
Most glaring from my perspective was positive the action in gold and in the
euro.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Sterling Sinks as Britain Teeters on Brink of Bankruptcy / Currencies / British Pound
By: Mike_Shedlock
The British Pound has imploded on fears of bank nationalization and Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plan to give the Bank of England unprecedented powers to buy securities. This chart paints the not so pretty picture. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
U.S. Dollar Overbought, Expected to Trade Lower with High Volatility / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: ForexPros
The USD suffered massive whipsaw today as stops on the upside got triggered forcing the majors into key support early only to rebound putting the USD mixed on the day holding gains only against the Swissy into the end of New York trade. Earlier reports of solid two-way action into the lows for GBP resulted in new monthly low at 1.3619 only to see a three big-figure rebound making for a near-hook reversal into the end of day as shorts got beaten back hard amid modest flows. Highs in Asia at 1.4025 remain unchallenged as of this writing but with a solid close for equities in positive territory follow-on buying can’t be ruled out. Traders note that most of the action was right around the London fix leaving the late shorts holding the bag. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Currency ETF Trends and a Flawed Monetary System / Currencies / Fiat Currency
By: Tim_Iacono
Surely, at some point in time, some group of wise men somewhere will finally get together and realize that, during an era of excessive speculation, a monetary order where half the world's money floats freely and a good portion of the rest is rigidly fixed to the U.S. dollar is not an optimal system. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
US Dollar Continues to Climb Higher on Obama Honeymoon / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: ForexPros
The USD continued its climb against the majors today reaching the best levels of the day late against most pairs after suffering a setback earlier today. Weaker equities offered a bit of pressure as USD/JPY fell back through the 90.00 area late to make lows at 89.73; volumes remain light and traders note that the rate is due for a short-covering rally suggesting that a low-volume dip today may be the lows for the week. High prints overnight at 90.99 went unchallenged in New York trade. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
US Dollar Bull Market 2009 Update 4 / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Prevailing bearishness continues against the U.S. Dollar amidst a near infinite reasons of why the Dollar is doomed. But as an active experienced trader, one thing you soon painfully learn is that the fundamentals don't count when it comes trend reversals, as by the time the reasons have become apparent the market has already moved by as much as 50% and even then there exists the continuing dilemma of the trend versus the fundamental views based on hard data. However as I have discussed several times with would be traders in that your trading the price not the indicator or data. The bottom line is that what the price says is that which only 'should' count.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
U.S. Dollar Attracts New President Obama HoneyMoon Euphoria Buying / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: ForexPros
After a three-day weekend that saw the USD advance against the majors on Monday, the Greenback is extending its rally against most major pairs again this morning; the big mover overnight is the GBP as the rate falls to a new multi-year low. Traders report thin conditions but lot’s of two-way action as Cable falls through the 1.4100 handle for a low print at 1.3912 in early New York. Starting overnight as GBP crosses remained under pressure the drop in Cable was pressured by Russian sales of GBP and EURO as the Russians attempt to support their currency. Traders estimate around 10B the last 24 hours was spent by the Russians most of it in GBP but some in EURO and USD. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
More Bank Bailouts to Come, So Keep Selling Sterling / Currencies / British Pound
By: MoneyWeek
Hmm. I'm not sure that Gordon Brown got the result he hoped for yesterday.
After the first Great British banking bail-out, Mr Brown thought he had saved the global banking system – the "world", no less. And plenty of pundits were happy to indulge his fantasies.
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
U.S. Dollar Bullish Despite Global Recession / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Money_and_Markets
Jack Crooks writes: The U.S. has become the most significant consumer in the world when it comes to demanding finished goods and discretionary items. Now, however, U.S. consumers are holding on to their wallets a whole lot tighter. You can see that clearly in this week's announcement of December retail sales … Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Radioactive U.S. Dollar UDN ETF Protection / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Oxbury_Research
There is a rather interesting scientific experiment going on right now in the United States. The experiment involves the effect that intensive radiation has on the brains of rats. Who is conducting this experiment? Why Wall Street, of course!
With all of the highly leveraged, stupid bets blowing up in Wall Street's face, it has been the equivalent of a nuclear bomb going off right in the middle of Wall Street. Most people would use common sense and get as far away as possible from the nuclear blast.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
U.S. Dollar Strength Expected to Dissipate Towards End of the Week / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: ForexPros
The USD ended the day fairly subdued after most of the day’s action centered around this morning’s release of US retail sales data; coming in weaker the news was seen as neutral to bearish for the Greenback but the USD continued to hold its own against the majors through the day’s action. Most pairs fell into new lows on the day after erasing gains seen in Asia to start the day making the potential upside for the USD look better into the close but the facts are tomorrow’s US data cannot possibly be seen as supportive suggesting that the USD rally has run out of upside momentum. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
U.S. Unemployment Boosts the Dollar / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Money_and_Markets
Jack Crooks writes: Friday was a big day for the market. The mother of all economic data reports created its usual commotion. That is, U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls were released … and the numbers gave analysts plenty to talk about.
The U.S. lost 524,000 jobs in December. And as bad as that looks, earlier rumors had the markets preparing for much larger losses. The unemployment rate, on the other hand, jumped more than had been expected — up to 7.2%.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
British Pound Falls Sharply Across the Board / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: ForexPros
The USD continued to grind higher finding light stops in thin volume as the Majors retreated during New York trade. As equities sold off after the release of better-than-expected Balance of Trade data this morning USD/JPY rose to 89.89 high print before dropping back slightly to hold back above the 89.00 handle for most of the day. High prints were only challenged once as the rate was unable to hold the 89.00 handle into the close suggesting that short-covering has not provided enough impetus to hold the rate firm off the 2008 lows; traders now expect the rate to challenge the 87.00 handle near-term before making for a new 2009 low. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
U.S. Dollar Continues Firmer Trend / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: ForexPros
After starting better this morning after a firmer overnight session the USD ends mixed as technical two-way action and thin conditions continue to dominate near-term. Traders note that some price action was “unexplainable” today, such as a fast 80 point rally shortly after the London fix in EURO which immediately fell back but the damage was done; the 1.3400 handle traded and that is important to the chart-watchers after the low prints at 1.3289 traded early in the day. Aggressive traders can buy EURO on any test of the lows under the 1.3300 area in my view. Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Gold Rules Supreme as Fiat Currencies Competitive Devaluation Looms / Currencies / Fiat Currency
By: Ty_Andros
The Crack Up Boom, Part XIV - First I want to wish everybody a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
For those of you that prepare yourselves, the OPPORTUNITIES will be abundant and limitless; for those that don't it could be a very difficult period. “Volatility is OPPORTUNITY” and it is still set to skyrocket as G7 Public servants, financial and banking sectors and their crony capitalist campaign supporters try to escape INSOLVENCY and transfer it to the public. Ultimately they will fail, but the process may take several more years as they BELIEVE they have the ability to print money and create credit out of thin air endlessly.
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
British Pound Heading for a Record Low Against the Euro / Currencies / British Pound
By: Econgineers
In less than 18 months the British Pound has lost 30% of its value. What used to be a steady and constant trading range is now a steep downtrend. The fundamentals behind this price-action; negative macroeconomic outlook, increase in unemployment, drastic decrease in net lending, slowdown of general demand affecting retail and industrial activities, have decrease confidence in the UK’s economy, invariably impacting money flow even further.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, January 09, 2009
U.S. Dollars Inevitable Demise, Doom and Gloom, Get it Straight! / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Oxbury_Research
"There will, before long (my best guess is between two and five years from now) be a global dumping of US dollar assets, including US government assets. Old habits die hard. The US dollar and US Treasury bills and bonds are still viewed as a safe haven by many. But learning takes place." -Telegraph 1/6/09 Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, January 08, 2009
U.S. Dollar Whipsaw, Large Buy Order Lifts British Pound / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: ForexPros
The USD reversed again after the London fix today as the majors made highs and then retreated as the end of the New York session drew closer; Cable and EURO both retreated over a big figure after posting highs near technical resistance. High prints in GBP at 1.5284 came around the London fix as a very large buy order hit the market into the fix; traders note that thin conditions likely exacerbated the move and the highs were sold by short-term accounts as well. The rate fell back to the low 1.5100 handle and looks ready to close under the 1.5100 area as well; traders note a long selling wick on the daily chart suggesting that the technical objective for the short-term longs was reached as the rate scored 1.5250 area. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
U.S. Government Panic Could Herald Dollar Crash / Currencies / US Dollar
By: John_Browne
One of the few things more troubling for an economy than government intervention is government intervention driven by panic. Time and again, history has shown that when governments rush to engineer solutions to pressing problems, unintended difficulties arise. Read full article... Read full article...