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JPY: GPIF Portfolio Stance in Focus Again – Nomura Research Team at Nomura, notes that the comments from the new President of the GPIF, Mr. Takahashi, on his portfolio management stance attracted market interest this week...
Yen Strength Continues as Buyer is Clear - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that there has been a surge in Japanese portfolio capital outflows and it appears that Japanese investors were not repatriating their foreign holdings as the safe have hypothesis would suggest, but buying prodigious (recor...
USD/JPY Unstoppable Hits Fresh 18-Month Lows The yen gained momentum across the board and pushed USD/JPY below 106.89 (previous low) and dropped to 106.61, hitting the lowest level since October 2014...
GBP/USD Revisits February Highs and Retreats GBP/USD rose to the 1.4670 area during the New York session but lacked momentum to overcome the resistance area which had capped the upside back in February. GBP/USD made a marginal new high at 1...
GBPUSD is Targeting 1.4805 by Nenad Kerkez - Admiral Markets Fears of Brexit no longer burden GBPUSD and at this point GBPUSD is rallying toward next resistance at 1.4650...
UK: Fear Moves from Brexit to the Economy - Danske According to analysts from Danske Bank, fears about the exit of the United Kingdom of the European Union eased during the last days, but uncertainties hit the economy...
FxWirePro: Bullion Market Edges Higher to Break 14-Months Highs - Hedge Gold Risks With Via 3 Way Straddles Versus Puts Gold spot is attempting to break 14 months highs at 1284 today, as a weaker U.S...
EUR/GBP Having Best Day in Three Weeks After four days moving with limited price action, EUR/GBP broke to the upside and rallied to 0.7837, reaching the strongest level in a week. The pair strengthened during the American session after breaking above 0.7800 and jumped higher...
EUR/USD Forecast: Finally Time for a Breakout? by Valeria Bednarik - FXStreet It was a bad week for the greenback, as there was not a single sign that the US has reverted the slowdown suffered late 2015...
EUR/USD Eyeing Highest Weekly Close Since May 2015 The EUR/USD pair added some more weight above 1.1400 handle, rising to session high of 1.1446 on disappointing US economic data...
FxWirePro: GBP/USD Rallies to 12-Week High, Outlook Remains Bullish The British pound surged strongly on Friday to hit 12-week high against dollar as investors sold off dollar on back of cautious tone on further rate hike by Federal Reserve earlier in the week...
Canadian Bonds Slump on Tracking Firm Crude, Despite Weak GDP Figure The Canadian government bonds slumped on Friday for second straight day on following strong crude oil prices. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bonds, which moves inversely to its price, moved up 0.40 pct to 1...
China's Commodity Frenzy Defies Regulatory Curb and Higher Fees Last week all three exchanges, Shanghai futures exchange, Zhengzhou commodity exchange and Dalian commodity exchange all hiked commodity futures fees in order to prevent excessive speculations in China’s commodity markets, but that i...
U.S. Treasury Yields Rise Modestly on Profit Booking The U.S government bonds slumped as investors booked profit on last day of the week after long weekly rally due to FOMC decision. Also, firm crude oil prices drove investors from safe-haven assets...
USD/JPY Regains 107.00 but Hovers Near 18-Month Lows USD/JPY extended weakness on Friday and broke below April lows to set a fresh 18-month trough as investors continue to assess BoJ and Fed decisions. USD/JPY fell below the 107 mark and scored its lowest level since October 2014 at 106...
US: Personal Income Rises 0.4% in March; PCE in Line with Expectations The Bureau of Economic Analysis informed that during March personal income increased 0.4%, above the 0.3% gain expected by market consensus; personal spending rose 0.1%, below expectations of a 0.2% increase...
USD/MXN Drops to 4-Month Lows, Eyes 17.00 The Mexican peso is rising sharply against the US dollar as it continues to rally for the fifth day in a row. USD/MXN broke below 17.15 and tumbled to 17.04, reaching the lowest level since December 21. The pair is trading near daily lows, eying 17.00...
Gold Headed for its Highest Close Since Jan. 2015 Gold continues to get a boost from weaker US Dollar and the yellow metal has now surged past $1280 level, its highest level since March 11...
GBP/USD: The Price is Unlikely to Go Above the Level of 1.4625. Technical Analysis of 29/04/2016. Review and dynamics The pair GBP/USD has been growing for the third consecutive week. Earlier, the pair went up in the channel on the daily chart consolidating above support level of 1...
