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Francis Dogbe, 18 March 2016, 07:16 #investing, Trading
Fitch: Policy Outlook Positive for Aussie Bank Credit Profiles The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) prudential policy outlook for 2016 reinforces Fitch Ratings' view that regulatory developments over the next two to three years will strengthen the Australian banking system...
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Roberto Jacobs, 18 March 2016, 07:09
Lasse Holboell Nielsen, Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs, notes that the Norges Bank cut is policy rate by 25bp, in line with their and the consensus expectation (Cons, GS: +0.50...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 18 March 2016, 06:48 #Goldman Sachs
More short-term USD weakness. "The dovish Fed – discouraging USD bulls – has led to a de-positioning move supporting the once shunned currencies. GBP, AUD and many emerging market currencies fall into this category...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 18 March 2016, 06:43
RBC recommends selling EUR/USD at 1.1320 with a target of 1.0920 and a stop at 1.1500 *The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC; French: Banque Royale du Canada), operating as RBC Financial Group, is the largest financial institution in Canada...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 18 March 2016, 06:26 #EUR/USD
*Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Swedish pronunciation: [skandɪˈnɑːvɪska ˈeːnˈɧɪlda ˈbaŋːkən], Scandinavian Individual Bank), abbreviated SEB, is a Swedish financial group for corporate customers, institutions and private individuals with headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 18 March 2016, 06:16
* Credit Suisse Group is a Switzerland-based multinational financial services holding company, headquartered in Zürich, that operates the Credit Suisse Bank and other financial services investments...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 18 March 2016, 06:13
The term ‘Currency Wars’ was used by Brazil’s erstwhile Finance Minister, Guido Mantega, in September 2010 in response to moves by some (Asian) countries to resist upward pressure on their currencies from the weak US dollar...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 18 March 2016, 06:09
Eurozone Recovery Ongoing, Poitical Risks Rising - Moody's Moody's rating agency is crossing the wires, noting that the Eurozone recovery is ongoing, while political risks rising, Reuters reports...
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Roberto Jacobs, 18 March 2016, 06:08
Sean Callow, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that with a week to assess the fallout from the ECB’s raft of policy easing measures, they remain more impressed than the FX market seems to be. “EUR/USD was just below 1.10 as the various new policies were revealed, slipping to about 1...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 18 March 2016, 06:06
AUD/USD Bulls Hunting Down R1 for 0.77 Handle AUD/USD is currently making an addition run towards the 0.77 handle now in Asia as the greenback takes another beating. AUD/USD's price takes the RSI (14) 1hr to 67 and heads to R1 0.7717. The Yuan fix was at 6.4628 vs 6...
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Roberto Jacobs, 18 March 2016, 06:05
Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, suggests that there was a common theme in the words of Fed Chair Yellen and in the policy statements offered by the SNB and Norges Bank. “All three cited weaker global growth as a reason for caution...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 18 March 2016, 06:04
Sean Callow, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that the dovish Fed tone came just in time for the AUD/USD rally, which had looked set to peter out after a failed attempt at 0.76 earlier in the week. “The record-breaking 18...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 18 March 2016, 06:03
Khoon Goh, Senior FX Strategist at ANZ, suggests that the SGD strength this year has mainly been on the back of dollar weakness, rather than based on domestic merits. • “The S$NEER is trading back above the midpoint of the band...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 18 March 2016, 06:02
EURUSD Daily Forecast: March 18 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD continued its bullish momentum yesterday topped at 1.1342. The bias remains bullish in nearest term. As you can see on my H1 chart below price is now struggling around the trend line resistance suggest a critical technical point...
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Roberto Jacobs, 18 March 2016, 05:54
GBPUSD Daily Forecast: March 18 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD had a strong bullish momentum yesterday topped at 1.4503. The bias remains bullish in nearest term testing 1.4580 area. Immediate support is seen around 1.4400...
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Roberto Jacobs, 18 March 2016, 05:52
USDCHF Daily Forecast: March 18 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF continued its bearish momentum yesterday bottomed at 0.9650. The bias remains bearish in nearest term testing 0.9600 – 0.9570 region. Immediate resistance is seen around 0.9730...
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Roberto Jacobs, 18 March 2016, 05:51 #usdchf
Pivot Points-Daily Last Updated: Mar 18, 3:30 am +03:00 Symbol S3 S2...
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Mohammed Abdulwadud Soubra, 18 March 2016, 01:44
Trading Key Risk, Commodities, China, Rates Themes in the FX Markets Talking Points Major themes around the world are easy to follow, but not as easy to trade Currencies measure many different facets of economic and financial change We look at candidates for reflecting views on risk trends, oil...
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Mohammed Abdulwadud Soubra, 18 March 2016, 01:37
Oil continues to recover despite lingering supply concerns and this is pushing the USD/CAD exchange rate lower. The price of oil continues to rise despite continued evidence of over-supply, with WTI reaching above $40/barrel on Thursday March 17...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 17 March 2016, 22:59