Fundamental Overview – Market Movers Last Week – 8/30/2010
Guest post by ForexTraders.com The U.S. Dollar turned in a mixed performance last week without moving much against any of the other major currencies. Traders reported that the primary boost to the Dollar’s fortunes versus the Euro and Pound Sterling was the news out last Tuesday that the Standard and Poor’s rating agency had downgraded Ireland’s [...]
Coordinated Intervention To Weaken the Yen?
The Bank of Japan announced an immediate emergency meeting to begin very soon – Monday 00:00 GMT. There are expectations for new easing steps to boost the economy. But there might be more – Will we see a global coordinated intervention to weaken the yen? Yen crosses are already on the rise. The governor of [...]
Fundamental Overview – Market Movers Last Week – 8/23/2010
Guest post by ForexTraders.com The U.S. Dollar did not move much last week, and showed mixed results overall in terms of its performance against the other major currencies. Traders reported that the primary shock to the Dollar’s fortunes was the news out last Thursday that U.S. Initial Jobless Claims had risen to the psychological 500K mark [...]
Fundamental Overview – Market Movers Last Week – 8/16/2010
Guest post by ForexTraders.com The U.S. Dollar’s fortunes reversed considerably last week, as the Greenback rallied on increased risk aversion after China showed disappointing import figures. Also helping the Dollar’s fortunes was the FOMC’s indication that the Fed would be buying long term Treasuries with repayments from agency debt and mortgage backed securities. The Greenback gained [...]
Fundamental Overview – Market Movers Last Week – 8/09/2010
Guest post by ForexTraders.com The U.S. Dollar continued showing signs of weakness last week on the back of an overall disappointing set of economic numbers from the jobs sector in the United States. The Greenback fell significantly against all the major currencies except for the Canadian Dollar, against which it only fell by 0.1%.
Fundamental Overview – Market Movers Last Week – 8/02/2010
Guest post by ForexTraders.com The U.S. Dollar began showing definite signs of weakening last week — despite some positive economic numbers from the U.S. housing sector — as it fell against all the major currencies except for the New Zealand Dollar, which declined by 0.2%. Dollar Drops Against All Majors Except the Kiwi The biggest drop [...]
Fundamental Overview – Market Movers Last Week – 7/26/2010
Guest post by ForexTraders.com Last week saw the U.S. Dollar again trade softer against most of the other major currencies. Also, commodity prices mostly gained, with crude oil gaining 3.9% to close at $78.98 per barrel, with a predictably positive effect on the Australian and Canadian Dollars. Nevertheless, the price of gold closed virtually unchanged at [...]
Fundamental Overview – Market Movers This Week – 7/19/2010
Guest post by ForexTraders.com European debt markets recovered somewhat last week after some relatively successful debt auctions. Also, commodity prices eased, with gold closing the week below the psychological $1,200 level, with a predictably negative effect on the Australian and Canadian Dollars. Nevertheless, last week saw investors’ unease about the U.S. economy grow considerably, especially in the [...]
Fundamental Overview – Market Movers This Week – 7/12/2010
Guest post by ForexTraders.com Last week gave global investors a possibly brief reprieve from recent financial market turmoil as world stock and bond markets rallied sharply, while commodity prices also firmed. With that noted, an underlying sense of caution and unease seems to continue permeating world markets.
Fundamental Overview – Market Movers This Week – 6/21/2010
Guest post by ForexTraders.com The U.S. Dollar gave even more of its recent gains last week after the Spanish bond auction eased market debt fears in the Eurozone and China announced its shift to a new exchange rate policy with greater flexibility. Also, European exchange rates traded correctively higher after much of the bad news for [...]
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