Submitted Jan 16, 2014|From marketpulse.com

Investors should be thankful of another disappointing overnight job's report. The Aussie employment situation has managed to keep market volatility alert in various cross currency pairings. Certainly in stark contrast to what is transpiring with the ...

Submitted Jan 15, 2014|From marketpulse.com|1 comment

A certain relief to dollar bulls is that after a two day hiatus the "buck is back" and in favor across the board for now at least. Yesterday's stronger than expected US retail sales data should have been capable of lifting economic sentiment that ...

Submitted Jan 14, 2014|From marketpulse.com

Today's US retail sales report is this week's headliner. The release will indicate how the holiday sales season fared this side of the Atlantic. Investors require a relatively strong distraction from last Friday's disappointing job numbers. So far, ...

Submitted Jan 13, 2014|From marketpulse.com|2 comments

It seems that investors are not quiet comfortable with market direction as stocks, yields and the dollar to an extent were mixed in the first full week of trading in 2014. Investor concerns continue to be dominated by the powerhouse of two, China ...

Submitted Jan 10, 2014|From marketpulse.com|9 comments

Finally it's here, the main event of the week, the release of US employment data. Is it to be the game changer that many are secretly anticipating? Is this the one that will finally burst through most people's expectations? It's the first employment ...

Submitted Jan 9, 2014|From marketpulse.com

Market prices remains relatively contained despite this weeks scheduled event risk releases. Investors have yet to find firm footing in the second week of the New Year. However, this mornings show and tell from various Central Banks could gives us ...

Submitted Jan 6, 2014|From marketpulse.com

Investor's get to kick start the New Year for real this week. Hopefully all will go according to plan despite the frigid weather conditions that currently dominate +140m peoples lives throughout the US and Canada. All asset classes have been playing ...

Submitted Dec 10, 2013|From marketpulse.com

More than five years after the onset of the Great Recession, consistent global growth remains elusive, prompting central banks to stick with artificially low interest rates while pumping an unprecedented infusion of cash into the financial system. ...

Submitted Dec 9, 2013|From marketpulse.com|4 comments

As we go deeper into the month of December various forex trades will be capable of pushing investors down several market routes that sometimes make little sense. These directional trades tend to occur because of a lack of market liquidity - a ...

Submitted Dec 7, 2013|From marketpulse.com|3 comments

Is December too early for the Fed to begin tapering? The way that some of the emerging markets currencies have been trading would suggest that many believe that could be the case. Friday's stronger than anticipated November non-farm payroll report ...

Submitted Dec 6, 2013|From marketpulse.com|10 comments

As to be expected, there is much hype around this morning's non-farm payroll release. The data, "better or for worse," will go along way in shaping investors expectations for the December FOMC decision. To date, Bernanke and company have been ...

Submitted Dec 4, 2013|From marketpulse.com

The grass is not always greener on the other side, even with Ireland being thrown into the mix. Persistently soft European data certainly opens the door for the ECB to be proactive once again, and perhaps even as early as at tomorrows ECB meeting. A ...

Submitted Dec 3, 2013|From marketpulse.com|6 comments

Many believe that the "mighty" dollar is on an edge and about to wake from its two-month slumber of trading in a tightly contained range. Improvement in US growth and the orderly move higher in treasury yields is sure to support the dollar. This is ...

Submitted Nov 29, 2013|From marketpulse.com

Everyone and their mother must have heard Goldman's recommendation for the loonie earlier this week – "Sell Mortimer, Sell." It's certainly not new news to the forex market; however, their target is a tad steeper than most - 88c or $1.12CAD within a ...

Submitted Nov 26, 2013|From marketpulse.com

Real market moving data is in rather thin supply this US thanksgiving holiday shortened week. The twin threats of forex volume and volatility working in crisis tandem is expected to be further curtailed as the week drags on with many investors ...

Submitted Nov 23, 2013|From marketpulse.com

There was a lot of noise and very little new information surrounding the Chinese Yuan this week. Most of the noise came from within the Central Bank 'circle.' The governor of the PBoC Zhou Xiaochuan discussed widening the trading bands around the ...

Submitted Nov 22, 2013|From marketpulse.com|33 comments

This week had more to do with 'what he said or she said' rather than fundamental or technical data. Supposed rhetoric has been responsible of pushing currency values around. The EUR fell foul on a number of occasions to Central Bank antics ...

Submitted Nov 22, 2013|From marketpulse.com|4 comments

This has been a week of words. A plethora of policy makers from the G10 countries have, at one moment or another garnered the markets attention with their opinions and thoughts this week. Policy makers from down-under to the northern hemisphere have ...

Submitted Nov 21, 2013|From marketpulse.com

Every now and again central banks have to rely on rumor and innuendo to move the markets in their favor. It's no surprise that European Central Bank (ECB) policy should be looking outside its 'Pandora's Box' to try and push the Eurozone away from ...