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- Submitted Nov 4, 2016|From marketpulse.com|17 comments
The USD is lower across the board versus major currencies as the U.S. election enters its final stretch. The FBI investigation into Secretary Clinton’s emails has eroded her lead in the polls and the battle for swing states will be crucial. The eyes ...
- Submitted Nov 2, 2016|From marketpulse.com
BoE to Keep Rates Unchanged but Focus Will be on the economic projections This week was always shaping up to be one of the more eventful of the year, with it being the final run up to the US Presidential election and offering up four major central ...
- Submitted Nov 1, 2016|From marketpulse.com
Dollar stumbles awaiting central bank decisions and employment data The USD started November losing ground versus major pairs. U.S. election’s uncertainty has risen after the FBI announced its new investigation into Secretary Clinton’s emails. ...
- Submitted Nov 1, 2016|From marketpulse.com
There are probably three potential events that could overturn this market’s expectations of a December Fed hike (fed funds are pricing in a +75% chance) – a Trump presidency, a disappointing NFP and/or a volatile equity market. Now that the FBI is ...
- Submitted Oct 28, 2016|From marketpulse.com
With capital markets growing more confident that the Fed will raise U.S. interest rates by year-end has treasury yields backing up across the curve and making the “mighty” dollar even more attractive. The U.S. Dollar Index has risen +3.7% this ...
- Submitted Oct 26, 2016|From marketpulse.com
The Canadian dollar depreciated on Wednesday despite a lower than expected U.S. crude inventories number. Oil stocks in the U.S. dropped by 600,000 barrels last week which was below the forecasted 700,000 buildup that was expected. The price of oil ...
- Submitted Oct 24, 2016|From marketpulse.com|8 comments
The Canadian dollar is lower after oil prices retreat and Fed Members talk up December rate hike The loonie started the week on a negative tone. The Canadian currency is lower versus the USD as members of the U.S. Federal Reserve even when they used ...
- Submitted Oct 18, 2016|From marketpulse.com
The Canadian dollar is slightly up versus the USD as the pair continues on a tight trading range ahead of the release of the interest rate statement by the Bank of Canada (BoC) on Wednesday, October 19 at 10:00 am EDT. The Bank of Canada (BoC) is ...
- Submitted Oct 17, 2016|From marketpulse.com
The Canadian dollar is rangebound at the beginning of the week as both the USD and commodities have had a slow start. Fed speakers have kept anticipation for an interest rate hike in December well stoked, but U.S. economic fundamentals have been ...
- Submitted Oct 14, 2016|From marketpulse.com
Central banks, Chinese GDP and U.S. inflation expected to impact market The USD advanced against most majors with the Canadian and Australian dollars the outliers as commodity prices continue to rally after the Organization of the Petroleum ...
- Submitted Oct 7, 2016|From marketpulse.com
December Rate Hike still on the table despite weak jobs report The main story this week in the markets was the flash crash of British pound on Friday. The currency lost 6 percent in under two minutes at the start of the Asian trading session. There ...
- Submitted Oct 5, 2016|From marketpulse.com
The Canadian dollar rose after the release of the weekly U.S. crude oil inventories. Figures from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed a drawdown of 3 million barrels. The fall in weekly stock was not expected as forecasts called for a ...
- Submitted Oct 4, 2016|From marketpulse.com
The Canadian dollar fell slightly versus the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as the the oil price rally lost momentum and other commodities dropped after hawkish comments from Fed member Jeffery Lacker. The interest rate divergence that has kept the USD bid ...
- Submitted Oct 3, 2016|From marketpulse.com
The Canadian dollar appreciated on Monday thanks to its high correlation to crude prices. The surprising news out of Algiers last week as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced an oil output cut instead of the ...
- Submitted Sep 30, 2016|From marketpulse.com
The USD was mixed against majors. The U.S. dollar appreciated against the JPY and the CHF but traded lower versus commodity currencies and the EUR and the GBP after a surprise Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) supply cut ...
- Submitted Sep 29, 2016|From marketpulse.com
The Canadian dollar depreciated on Thursday erasing the gains from a day earlier when the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced an oil output cut surprising the market who was expecting a freeze. Doubts about the details ...
- Submitted Sep 27, 2016|From marketpulse.com
The Canadian dollar is lower versus the greenback as oil prices are falling after comments from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Algiers have put the oil output freeze out of the short term. The CAD touched 6 ...
- Submitted Sep 26, 2016|From marketpulse.com
Investors’ focus now shifts to the U.S presidential race, which begins this evening (Sept 26, Oct 9 and 19) at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY at 9pm EDT. Up to this point, the various asset classes have not really being weighing in on the ...
- Submitted Sep 23, 2016|From marketpulse.com
The BoJ and the Fed kept rates awaiting further economic data The USD is mixed against major currencies after a week filled with central banks statements but little action. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the U.S. Federal Reserve published their ...
- Submitted Sep 23, 2016|From marketpulse.com
It’s no surprise to see volatility compressed for a second day and sovereign yield curve flatten as markets and investors process this week’s central banks (FOMC and BoJ) ripple and settle on a coin toss for a December Fed hike. With the Fed on the ...