We will use Monday’s London session to assess direction in the market and keep a very close eye on risk sentiment for a potential trade. Familiarize with the latest changes in the market by reading my currency update bellow...
December 14, 2015 Franschhoek, South Africa When I did the math in my head last week, I had to pull out my phone’s calculator just to make sure I hadn’t mentally misplaced the decimal point. It turns out I was right. My rental car in Cape Town would cost me just $8/day...
There is no trade call for the session as it is Monday and we have an empty economic calendar. As always on Mondays I prepared the currency update to get you up-to-date with the situation in the markets...
USDCAD STRONG RALLY IN LAST WEEK, TODAY IT OPEN GAP DOWN BY 30PIPS USDCAD LAST WEEK CLOSED @ 1.3755 MARKED OPEN @ 1.3722 AFTER GAPDOWN,USDCAD BACK TO PREVIOUS WEEK CLOSING PRICE 1.3755...
Research Team at TDS, notes that the employment in November apparently jumped by a little over +71k, defying fairly widespread expectations of a small correction (TD and mkt –10k) after the outsized October print (revised down but still a solid +56.1k...
Carsten Brzeski, Chief Economist at ING, notes that German exports dropped in October but the weak euro helps in dampening the impact from lower global demand on the German economy. Key Quotes “German exports dropped by 1.2% MoM in October, from +2.6% in September. As imports dropped by 3...
The Australian dollar extended its decline against its American rival down to 0.7188 this Wednesday, weak amid falling commodities and despite the dollar's sell-off...
Kit Juckes, economist at Societe Generale explained that the RBNZ, as expected by the majority of people who forecast RBNZ moves, cut the Cash Rate to 2.5%. Key Quotes: "The Kiwi took off like a grouse and so far, the FX market has not been able to shoot it down. A bit like the Euro...
Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, the single currency could re-test the 1.0980 area vs. the greenback. Key Quotes “EUR/USD is attempting to stabilise very near term circa 1.08”. “There is scope for a further advance very near term to the 1.1032 200 day ma and even the 1...
The selling pressure on the AUD intensified in the European morning, knocking-off AUD/USD to fresh session lows below 0.72 handle. AUD/USD drops to 50-DMA Currently, the AUD/USD pair trades -0.28% lower at fresh session lows of 0.7193, heading for a retest of Tuesday’s low struck at 0.7184...
With the USD having appreciated consistently for approximately eighteen months, there is massive long positioning in the market...
In the view of Pernille Henneberg, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, the Norwegian krone remains vulnerable in light of the slump of crude oil prices and the prospects of rate cuts by the Norges Bank...
Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, notes that since the start of the month EUR/GBP has recovered around 3.3% and the move is likely to have been greeted with some relief to BoE policy setters who have been viewing sterling strength as a headwind to UK economic activity...
Analysts at Westpac got together and drew up and lost of key points for the key flow indicators for Australia and New Zealand. Key Quotes: "Japanese demand for A$ assets held up well in October as AUD/JPY stabilised around 85...
Analysts at Deutsche Bank explained that since October 2014, the Norges bank has cut the policy rate by 75 basis points, with the last easing in September of this year accompanied by a very aggressive revision to the repo rate forecast, implying an additional 24bp of easing and shifting out expec...
Analysts at Nomura explained that Japanese investors’ foreign portfolio investment activity remained strong in November. Key Quotes: "The pace of foreign portfolio purchases slowed from the previous month, but foreign investment momentum remains strong...
The EUR/USD hit a fresh session high of 1.0890 as the S&P 500 futures dropped 1%, pointing to heightened China-led risk aversion ahead. Safe haven/funding currencies on the rise The risk-off is supporting gains in the safe haven/funding currencies like JPY, EUR. Both currencies are up 0...
According to Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, the door could be open for a test of the 136.15 level. Key Quotes “EUR/JPY has eased back from the 4 month resistance line at 134.58 and very near term we would allow for some slippage to 132...
The offered tone around CAD gathered pace in the early US session, pushing the USD/CAD to a fresh session high of 1.3606 as oil prices fell into losses...
