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One thing is for certain - pound sterling (GBP) is going to move substantially against the US dollar over coming months. The question is, which way? HSBC's currency team lay out four scenarios...
EUR/USD: Wave analysis and forecast for 12.02 – 19.02: Uptrend continues. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 1.0970. Our opinion: Buy the pair from correction above the level of 1.0970 with the target of 1.15 – 1.16...
In the high-speed world of high-frequency trading change comes quick, too, as Wall Street struggles to find seasoned execs to lead the firms’ efforts...
As early as 2009, Reinhart and Rogoff (2009) pointed out that "recessions surrounding financial crises are usually long compared to normal recessions...
The outlook for the dollar in the week ahead is not about economic data or the FOMC and ECB minutes. It is about the stability of the global capital markets. Many are looking for an event or official action that will stop the rout that is of historic proportions to start the year...
Oil futures soared on Friday. West Texas Intermediate crude registered its best one-day percentage gain in about seven years. On Friday, WTI crude for March delivery CLH6, +10.72% jumped by $3.23, or 12.3%, to settle at $29...
In response to the tightening of financial conditions we have observed over the past month, BNP Paribas economists have made significant changes to their Fed forecasts and now no longer expect the Fed to hike rates in 2016 or 2017...
The euro to dollar exchange rate is way above the ECB’s preferred level, and this spells danger for the euro bulls. Will the euro to dollar exchange rate’s impressive rally, take a terminal hit fro the ECB soon? We believe it could. "One thing to consider moving forward: the EUR/USD exchange rate...
First, a few words about the forecast for the previous week: ■ with regard to the forecast for EUR/USD, it came 100 per cent true. As predicted, the pair remained in a sideways trend until midweek, then, following the speech of the Fed Chairperson Janet Yellen, it broke through the resistance 1...
Central banks have been pumping money into the global economy without a whole lot to show for it other than sharply higher stock prices, and even that has been on the downturn for the past year. Growth remains anemic, and worries are escalating that the U.S...
Trading with the use of Bollinger Bands Bollinger Bands supports price movements. It can accommodate in times of heavy volatility and narrowing of the times in which oscillations are low. In general, it is adjusted based on the size of the market movements and oscillations...
Risk aversion reigns supreme in the markets fuelled by two fears – that a global recession is looming large and that the central banks around the world are powerless to prevent it...
On the daily chart, having the shark harmonic pattern formed a reversal is in sight. If thesituationcontinues , we will have more drops coming in the market...
Forex Weekly Forecast: Dollar is the Big Loser until this Changes Tensions are running high as the S&P 500 hits its worst streak since the heights of the Global Financial Crisis. But all hope is not lost—we’re keeping an eye on these key themes in the big week ahead...
A week ago we exposed the real reason for the "crazy volatility" in crude oil markets, and specifically the driver of the immense rally (despite weak data) in crude - a massive liquidation of the triple-inverse ETF DWTI...
During most of the past week, USD/JPY continued its steep plunge as diminished expectations of further interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve weighed on the dollar, and turbulent stock markets around the world pushed up the safe haven Japanese yen...
Money managers for Asia’s wealthy families are favoring the yen as it benefits from the turmoil in global financial markets...
Over the past month the market has put the USD under substantial pressure, and the DXY has fallen almost 4% since the end of January...
The following are the latest technical setups for EUR/USD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, NZD/USD, and USD/CAD as provided by the technical strategy team at Barclays Capital. EUR/USD: Short-term topping risk persists...
WTI Crude Oil Price Forecast: Oil Bounces 12 % off A 12 Year Low Talking Points: Crude Oil Technical Strategy: Oil Rebounding to Key Resistance Zone The Offered US Dollar Further Puts Support Under Oil’s Advance WTI Is Starting To Divorce from Leading Risk Sentiment, Which May Support US Oil Bull...
