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- Submitted Nov 19, 2013|From marketpulse.com|1 comment
Despite the Fed leadership being in transition their policy likely is not. With this status quo the markets are trading relatively unchanged and with little enthusiasm. Investors and dealers seek a signal, a sign that may change both volatility and ...
- Submitted Nov 16, 2013|From marketpulse.com
Shifting the BoE job threshold of +7% seems to have already begun. It started this week following the UK inflation report and has since been backed by BoE member Weale. He is the only policymaker to vote against the terms of the Bank's forward ...
- Submitted Nov 15, 2013|From marketpulse.com
Abenomics was praised this week for providing some momentum to the Japanese economy. Two diverging economic indicators supported and attacked the effectiveness of the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe economic plan. Japan exports rose 16.5 percent in ...
- Submitted Nov 15, 2013|From marketpulse.com
Yellen talked, Capital Markets listened and investors bought equities. It seems that the status quo has been preserved, supported by the market perceptions from Janet Yellen’s testimony that she is not in a rush to begin tapering the Fed’s $85 ...
- Submitted Nov 13, 2013|From marketpulse.com|2 comments
It seems that the forex market want to revisit the popular 'slow grind movement.' Not technically or fundamentally the investors choice, but it's the tight contained trading range that capital markets seems to have become accustomed so far this ...
- Submitted Nov 11, 2013|From marketpulse.com|1 comment
US dollar bulls had all the fun last week. The 17-member single currency came under a three-prong attack - two from the world's primary reserve currency and the other one was a calculated self-inflicted wound. Stateside, non-farm payrolls and GDP ...
- Submitted Nov 9, 2013|From marketpulse.com|7 comments
North American Job numbers beat all expectations. Hands down, US and Canadian data were much better than expected. The +204k reported stateside pushed US yields higher, while the uptick in the unemployment rate to +7.3% was explained away by the US ...
- Submitted Nov 8, 2013|From marketpulse.com|1 comment
So far, Capital Markets have dealt with a number of surprises this week, and today's non-farm payroll is anticipated to be another. North of the 49th parallel, Canada's job growth is expected to keep on ticking over. While in the US, investors are ...
- Submitted Nov 7, 2013|From marketpulse.com
Will he or wont he? Most market analysts have already indicated that Draghi will keep benchmark ECB rates unchanged in a few hours, while at the same time the accompanying rhetoric will be of a "dovish" nature. That's the most prudent of choices, ...
- Submitted Nov 6, 2013|From marketpulse.com
The lack of forex trading suggests that investors are not convinced by either market direction. The current predominant trade has more to do with reducing risk – paring of open decisions – rather than initiating new positions. Both the ECB rate ...
- Submitted Nov 5, 2013|From marketpulse.com
Who ever shouts the loudest tends to be heard first, and for the longest time. This week in Capital Markets policy makers are required to perform all the 'jawboning' and few are leaving little to chance. The net effect is that central banks are ...
- Submitted Nov 4, 2013|From marketpulse.com|1 comment
This is a jammed backed week in Capital Markets. Investors get to review three-key central banks policy meeting this week, starting with the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Bank of England - "Old Lady"- and Draghi's ECB. All the while this market ...
- Submitted Nov 3, 2013|From marketpulse.com|15 comments
Telegraphed, orderly and one direction – investors will take it. In fact they will take anything with a pulse that capable of breaking the confines' of range trading. The 17-member single currency for too long has been floundering, waiting for ...
- Submitted Nov 2, 2013|From marketpulse.com
There is a gap and it's not going to be filled anytime soon. At first glance things look good, but during the second a different story can be told. China's manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index rose 51.4 last month, up from 51.1 in September, ...
- Submitted Oct 31, 2013|From marketpulse.com
Trick or Treat – The Fed had little choice. It's Halloween and yes theses markets have been spooked. But not so that volume and volatility has picked up dramatically. Despite the dollar trading near two-week highs, there is a fear that recent ranges ...
- Submitted Oct 29, 2013|From marketpulse.com|1 comment
There are no surprises - this week is getting off to a slow start, a trait that is threatening to shut the year out as both the Fed and BoJ are expected to deliver conservative messages this week. US policy makers will be looking at damage control ...
- Submitted Oct 28, 2013|From marketpulse.com
It looks like an unscheduled event is required to force any significant breakout of the current forex range. Could it be as simple as Janet Yellen beginning her Fed confirmation meetings this week? Obama's nomination for top banker in the free world ...
- Submitted Oct 25, 2013|From marketpulse.com
This week of forex pricing is going out in a whimper as both volume and volatility prefer to take a back seat ever since the softer US job numbers were announced. Currently it seems that investors and dealers require an "unscheduled" event to break ...
- Submitted Oct 24, 2013|From marketpulse.com|1 comment
Looking for guidance to break the monotony of the current market apathy witnessed in the forex trading ranges appears near impossible under present circumstances. Asset class prices seem to be going through the motions with little investor ...
- Submitted Oct 23, 2013|From marketpulse.com
Yesterday's disappointing employment report offered few favors for anyone, unless of course you happened to be a stalwart dollar bear. Even the dollars negative move has not been that convincing, sputtering and stalling while looking for other ...