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February 07, 2012 -- Updated September 18, 2011 01:43 HKT

Forex

US Dollar Index erases gains

US Dollar Index erases gains

US Dollar Index erases gains USD/JPY: 77.73.. EUR/USD: 1.3023 Dollar Index erases up gains:The Dollar Index has given up virtually all of its gain and now is just above the flat line at 79.85. The flat trade comes ahead of tomorrow’s FOMC interest rate decision and US Fed Chairman Bernanke’s press conference that may lay [...]

Read More » No comment January 24, 2012
EUR/USD to Rally

EUR/USD to Rally

Red’s Forex update: EUR-USD pair EUR-USD is rising from pivot to pivot; a break above 1.38 says, 1.3930 next The EUR-USD has been Bullish, taking short pauses at pivots as it rises. The 4-H chart shows the many pivot levels it has passed through on its path to test the 1.3790-1.38 pivot Zone. Note: the RSI reading tagged 70 and [...]

Read More » No comment October 13, 2011
Economic Factors: Gold, Silver and The US Dollar

Economic Factors: Gold, Silver and The US Dollar

The September jobs report was released Friday morning. The report was better than expected, with the economy adding 103,000 jobs last month. Economists were only expecting around 60,000 total new nonfarm jobs. Although the economy added 103,000 jobs last month, 45,000 came from returning Verizon strikers, the unemployment rate remains unchanged for the 3rd consecutive [...]

Read More » No comment October 8, 2011
EUR/USD Technicals

EUR/USD Technicals

EUR-USD has been under pressure during the past several weeks as the debt crisis gets more attention and the ECB seems increasingly dovish. The pair has consolidated higher Friday in what appears to be a Bear flag as seen below on hourly Candlesticks. A break of the Bear flag support followed by a subsequent retest [...]

Read More » No comment September 26, 2011
AUD/USD Great Buying Sub Parity

AUD/USD Great Buying Sub Parity

Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Ric Battellino said Australia was now more tied to the fortunes of China than the United States and Europe, and the outlook for the Asian giant remained strong. “China has maintained strong growth in the face of the US recession and the sluggish recovery,” he said. “The latest batch [...]

Read More » No comment September 22, 2011
Carlos Costa on Euro Crisis

Carlos Costa on Euro Crisis

Portuguese central bank sets stronger rules in financial market Portuguese Central Bank governor Carlos Costa said Monday that Europe needs a stronger co-ordination of the financial rules to restore confidence in the wake of financial turmoil. During the 21st Portuguese Speaking Countries Central Bank Governors Meeting, Costa said, “there can be no efficient supervision if [...]

Read More » No comment September 20, 2011
USD/JPY Policy Shifts

USD/JPY Policy Shifts

Japan announces policy package to stem Yen’s rise The Japanese government announced Tuesday a policy package featuring financial assistance to keep businesses domestically to tackle the recent sharp rise of the Yen. The previous measures taken by the Japanese government had failed to ease the strengthening currency in an effective way. Under the new package, [...]

Read More » No comment September 20, 2011
Kweku Adoboli and Delta One

Kweku Adoboli and Delta One

UBS, SCGLY, MS Young rogue UBS trader, Kweku Adoboli, is charged with a huge $2.3-B trading loss at the Swiss bank. Mr. Adoboli, it is alleged, disguised the losing positions against fake counter-trades according to the bank, this is the same strategy used by Jerome Kerviel who caused the huge trading losses at France’s Societe [...]

Read More » No comment September 19, 2011
EUR/USD Technical Update

EUR/USD Technical Update

After dipping to 1.3498 last week, the EUR-USD pair rebounded strongly to as high as 1.3936. Such recovery may well extend but I expect any upside will be limited by 1.3972, Key resistance. A break below 1.3703, the minor support, will turn the bias back to the Southside for retesting 1.3498 first IMO. Such a [...]

Read More » No comment September 19, 2011
Geithner on the Euro Crisis

Geithner on the Euro Crisis

Invited to a Euro meeting for the 1st time, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner advised the EU finance ministers to increase the power of the EU’s debt crisis rescue fund. Mr. Geithner appears to have made little headway with his call for Europe to boost the capacity of the 440-B Euro rescue fund, known as [...]

Read More » No comment September 18, 2011

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