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This Economy Is Getting Uglier
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 10 hours ago
This week things got a lot uglier with Thursday's employment report along with other news in the financial world that we'll discuss in a moment.For ou...
Tags: currency economy
Friday Currency Review: USD/Yen Trading Near 200 DMA
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 11 hours ago
Overall, the dollar lost a few points during the first part of Friday's session, but during European trade the whole currency market started moving si...
Tags: currency euro momentum trading yen
Banks: The Flight to Safety May Need a Lifeboat
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 11 hours ago
Forex markets are rolling around from day to day at the beck and call of equity market direction, and the dollar is bought as a hedge against those ne...
Tags: currency foreign exchange forex markets standard poors
CIBC hires forex executives
In Globe & Mail: Streetwise Blog - Posted 2 days ago
CIBC hired a pair of foreign exchange experts from Wall Street dealers ...
Tags: foreign exchange forex
Euro zone retail sales down in May
In Finance Markets - Posted 2 days ago
There was more bad news for the struggling euro zone today with the news of a fall in retail sales in May.According to Eurostat, retail sales in the e...
Tags: euro
Trading Week Outlook: July 5- July 10, 2009
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 2 days ago
Two interest rate announcements from the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of England, coupled with the Australian Employment, the U.K. Industria...
Tags: currency trading
Global Index Monthly Review: Road to Recovery
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 2 days ago
The performance of a number of global stock markets is given in the table below in local currency terms for different measurement terms ended June 30....
Tags: currency markets
Move Over Fed, California's Now Printing Its Own Money
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 3 days ago
Watch out Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve now has competition in the currency game. California is planning to create its own money in the form of IO...
Tags: bernanke currency fed federal reserve the fed
Virtual bank president embezzles virtual money in online game
In Financial Post - Posted - Posted 3 days ago
Facing real world debts, a trusted figure in a popular online game stole money from the virtual bank he ran and exchanged it for cash through the blac...
Tags: currency game tech
End of an Era for Japanese FX Leverage?
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 3 days ago
Japan's Financial Service Agency will reportedly will limit the amount leveraging available to retail foreign exchange participants, who according to ...
Tags: foreign exchange trading
Can China Do Without the U.S. Dollar?
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 3 days ago
China s announcement overnight that it will allow companies to settle international trade claims in yuan shows how serious the Chinese authorities a...
Tags: china chinese currency tax yuan
Economists React: Jobs the ‘Achilles Heel of Recovery
In Wall Street Journal: Real Time Economics - Posted 3 days ago
Economists and others weigh in on the larger-than-expected drop in nonfarm payrolls.This was a very ugly labor market report, and there is no amount o...
Tags: deflation economics economy euro gdp
Euro and Gbp in the hourly
In Advisor Weblog - Posted 3 days ago
EUR/USD Current price: 1.4054Bearish in the hourly, pair is holding above 1.4040 static support zone, ahead of 1.4000 psychological level. With indica...
Is the Latvia intervention team assembling?
In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 3 days ago
So we re in the new era of the Swedish presidency of the European council. Insh allah this will be the last country presidency under the rotatin...
Tags: budget deficit exchange rate
U.S. Non Farm Payrolls
In Advisor Weblog - Posted 3 days ago
Number of employment lost rose to -467, and unemployment rate increase to 9.5% less than expected. Yen spike quickly to the upside, while dollar spike...
Tags: yen
RBC hires trio in London
In Globe & Mail: Streetwise Blog - Posted 3 days ago
Royal Bank beefs up currency, bond and structured product teams in the U.K. by hiring City veterans ...
Tags: currency
Euro zone unemployment rate hits 10-year high of 9.5%
In Finance Markets - Posted 3 days ago
Figures from the Eurostat agency have revealed that the unemployment rate in the 16-nations that share the European single currency rose from 9.3% in ...
Tags: currency euro
7 Reasons Why the Loonie Will Trounce the Dollar
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 3 days ago
By Sean HymanThere are many dynamics working against the dollar and for the Canadian dollar. I don t claim that these are the ONLY reasons but I do ...
Tags: canadian dollar currency
Daily Currency Forecast: British Pound Ekes Out a Yearly High
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 3 days ago
EUR/USD Commentary and Trade Ideas Once again the pair is knocking on the door of the high ground above 1.41, and if we spend a little time consolidat...
Tags: british pound currency economy markets tax trading
Irish unemployment rate hits 11.9%
In Finance Markets - Posted 3 days ago
The Central Statistics Office has revealed that Irish unemployment hit a 13-year high in June, taking the unemployment rate up to 11.8%.Ireland was th...
Tags: euro

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