Submitted Oct 9, 2014|From marketpulse.com

Central Banks continue to call the shots. If it’s not RBA talk or ECB standing aside, it’s a few nervous and candid Fed members that have upped the stakes in intraday volatility and volume. Speculators and investors don’t care whom or why just as ...

Submitted Oct 7, 2014|From marketpulse.com|1 comment

With one trading session down and four to go this week, already the mighty U.S dollar has managed to take a healthy breather on Monday. There were several notable market moves that managed to end up handcuffing the dollar. Precious metals bounced ...

Submitted Oct 2, 2014|From marketpulse.com

The long dollar positions have been battered and bruised during the previous two sessions. Will today’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls (NFP) breathe fresh life into the weaker short EUR positions that were steamrolled over by the European Central Bank (ECB) ...

Submitted Oct 1, 2014|From marketpulse.com|2 comments

A new month and a new quarter should not be capable of changing things up too much. Both forex volume and volatility are not expected to ease off anytime soon as a hint of rate divergence brings with it a lot more opportunities. Hitting the half-way ...

Submitted Sep 30, 2014|From marketpulse.com

The 18-member single unit has managed to fall to a fresh two-year low outright this morning, briefly penetrating the psychological €1.26 handle (€1.2595), just as capital market-bid farewell to another volatile September and third quarter. While at ...

Submitted Sep 29, 2014|From marketpulse.com

‘Volatility’ is the forex investor’s greatest allie. In the month of September, there has been no let up from this key variable that had been missing during the G8 Central Bank “lower for longer” interest rate stretch over the past two-years. ...

Submitted Sep 26, 2014|From marketpulse.com

Diverging monetary policies have fueled the U.S. dollar’s strength this summer, more so against the EUR than any of the other Group of Seven (G-7) currencies. On Thursday, the pressure applied to the single unit managed to push it to its weakest ...

Submitted Sep 24, 2014|From marketpulse.com

Since the Scottish sovereignty referendum, it has been difficult to get overly excited about forex, especially with the EUR’s price action confined to a relatively tight trading range. The single units recent moves have been rather telegraphed, ...

Submitted Sep 23, 2014|From marketpulse.com

Risk trading strategies found some temporary relief overnight, at least before the Euro session opened from the world's second largest economy - China. It has reversed some of yesterday's market negativity that followed the weekend comments made by ...

Submitted Sep 15, 2014|From marketpulse.com

Strap in and be prepared for opportunities, as this is a big week for investors and capital markets. Geopolitical events, a few central bank meetings, and the Scottish referendum are supporting the recent uptick to both volume and volatility, ...

Submitted Sep 12, 2014|From marketpulse.com|2 comments

The mere thought that the U.S. Federal Reserve is about to change its rhetoric has been enough to scare the markets of late. Will it come in next Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement? This very question has been torturing all ...

Submitted Sep 12, 2014|From marketpulse.com

Sterling is closing out the week holding on to its late Thursday's gains (£1.6250) after another poll on Friday morning revealed a stronger "No" count for Scottish independence. The September 11 Survation online poll for the Daily Record & Sunday ...

Submitted Sep 10, 2014|From marketpulse.com

This morning Euro equities are on the back foot, taking their lead from the slide in Asia and North America in the overnight sessions. Euro bourses are on the verge of forgoing all recent gains earned after ECB's Draghi surprise rate cut last week. ...

Submitted Sep 9, 2014|From marketpulse.com|2 comments

The mighty dollar is basking in glory right across the boards, egged on by investors speculating that the Fed would strike a "less" dovish tone in its next policy statement on September 17. Also aiding the buck cause is the uptick to risk-aversion ...

Submitted Sep 8, 2014|From marketpulse.com

Fleet footed Mario Draghi deserves the plaudits for the aggressive actions untaken last week. Following the ECB's surprise rate cut has led to some serious volume spikes in forex trading - volume and volatility provides opportunity, something that ...

Submitted Sep 4, 2014|From marketpulse.com|4 comments

Though the monthly U.S. jobs reports typically garner much attention, investors are keen to see the nonfarm payrolls (NFP) data for August on Friday as it could have a significant impact on the Federal Reserve’s easy-money policies. The Fed is close ...

Submitted Sep 2, 2014|From marketpulse.com|1 comment

This is expected to be a tough week for investors. Central Bank rate decisions, mixed in with North American jobs reports will be expected to dominate capital markets risk landscape. Thus far, it's no surprise to see European markets maintain a ...

Submitted Aug 30, 2014|From marketpulse.com

Friday's data revealed that the Canadian economy accelerated at the fastest pace in nearly three-years in Q2. The usual culprits supported the annualized +3.1% gain between April and June: exports, consumer spending and business investments (an area ...

Submitted Aug 27, 2014|From marketpulse.com

The Energy Information Administration published the official US gasoline and crude inventory data. Refineries increased their output while gasoline stocks decreased. Crude stocks increased in Cushing, Oklahoma but the fall of 960,000 barrels of ...

Submitted Aug 26, 2014|From marketpulse.com

With the UK markets back online after the holiday long weekend, playing catch-up is the order of the day. Euro credit markets are trading firmer this morning despite the non-rapturous applause in Asia that saw the Nikkei, Shanghai composite and Hang ...