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JPY: Further Weakness in Inflation Forecasts – Nomura Yujiro Goto, Research Analyst at Nomura, suggests that the private forecasters continue to lower their Japanese inflation forecasts, according to the JCER survey (28 March to 4 April...

USD Longs Fall Sharply, Now the Market is Almost Flat – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, notes that the IMM data has confirmed that investors sharply reduced their long dollar exposure, taking implied USD longs as a fraction of open interest to 4% from 8% in the previous week...

AUD: BS Shows Significant Improvement in Business Conditions and Confidence - NAB Research Team at NAB, notes that the Australia’s NAB Business Survey revealed a significant improvement in both business conditions and confidence, suggesting the domestic business environment not only remains favou...

AUD/JPY Firmer, Pierces Through 82.50 Resistance The AUD/JPY cross remains strongly bid in the Asian trades, mainly driven by renewed strength in the AUD/USD pair after OZ business conditions hit 2008 highs last month. AUD/JPY at four-day high The AUD/JPY pair now jumps +0.70% to 82...

EUR/USD Better Bid Above 1.1400, Awaits Fresh Impetus The EUR/USD pair extends its overnight consolidative phase into mid-Asia, after having failed near 2016 highs in the last NY session, as bulls await fresh incentives in the day ahead for further upside...

AUD/USD Testing Monday’s High on Aus Data, Above 0.7600 AUD/USD extends gains beyond 0.76 handle post-China open, with the upbeat Australian confidence gauge adding to the favourable market sentiment in Asia. AUD/USD rises for 3rd straight session Currently, the AUD/USD pair rises 0...

Gold Reaches 3-Week High Spot gold surged to a fresh 3-week high of $1,258.66 an ounce on Monday, fueled by a weaker dollar and decreasing expectations of a US rate hike as the Fed remains dovish. Gold for June delivery settled roughly 1.0% higher and trades around 1,256...

Analytical Review of the Stocks of Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson, #JNJ [NYSE] Healthcare, production of drugs, USA Financial performance of the company: Index – DJIA, S&P 500; Beta – 0.63...

XAG/USD: The USD is Declining Against Safe-Haven Currencies Amid the decline in the USD against gold and the Yen last week was caused by uncertainty in the economic and financial situation in the world, the price of silver went up as well...

XAG/USD: Will the Rise Continue? Last week, the price of silver in the pair XAG/USD exceeded resistance level of 15.15 (ЕМА200 and ЕМА50 on the daily chart). Today, the price has consolidated above resistance level of 15.35 (ЕМА50 на недельном графике...

Brent: Fundamental Facts Caused the Rise in Oil Prices Technical analysis Fundamental factors of last week caused the rise in oil prices last week. Alternative scenario to proved to be correct. The price broke out resistance level of 41.10 and went further up 42.30 and 44...

Brent: The Trice of Oil Went Up Last Week Fundamental news of last week triggered correction in oil prices. Last Friday the prices continue to rise after the release of the data from Baker Hughes, which showed that the number of operating drilling rigs in the USA has dropped by 8 units to 354...

Analytical Review of the Currency Pair USD/CAD Technical data of the currency pair: Previous closing: 1.2979; Daily range: 1.2971-1.3014; Opening: 1.2986; 52- week range: 1.1916-1.4692; Annual revenue: +3.49%; Change in % for the previous day: -1.26...

Weekly Review Major news of last week was the minutes of the US Fed meeting in March...

USD/CAD to End 2016 at 1.30 - Lloyds Analysts from Lloyds Bank, expect the USD/CAD to rise toward 1.35, but then as crude oil recovers is forecast to end the year at 1.30. Key Quotes: “Similar to other commodity currencies, USD/CAD has been rangebound recently – trading between 1.28 and 1.33...

BoC Reliant on Weakness in CAD - ING Viraj Patel, FX Strategist at ING explained, in respect of the Bank of Canada (BoC) coming up this week, with the policy rate likely to remain on hold, front-loaded CAD weakness is even more crucial for a central bank deeply reliant on export-led growth...

A Rise in Protection Against Yen Strength - Scotiabank Analysts at Scotiabank explained that the JPY is soft following a short-lived break to a fresh cycle high driven by stronger than expected machine orders data...