The European Central Bank (ECB) was always expected to be the main event of the past week. Capital markets had time aplenty to prepare to react to President Mario Draghi’s post-meeting press conference. Would the ECB stand and deliver...
Mario Draghi pulled off a political triumph on QE, coming in with a program that is bigger and more open-ended than anyone expected. The goal was to jolt expectations, to convince markets that there has been a fundamental shift toward aggressiveness...
Owen Li, founder of Canarsie Capital, wrote to his clients - he had run their accounts down from $100 million less than a year ago to just $200,000. Reportedly, he got into a hole and took on a string of high-risk bests to try to save his firm. It didn’t work out...
Central Banks Central Banks deserve a nomination for traders of the year this week, hitting the FX board with surprise after surprise these last few days, and investors unable to recoup from one shock before receiving another hit in the chin...
This January we saw a lot of ups and downs, euro down to 2004 level aud down to 2008 level some other like gbp and nzd might follow...
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On Friday the dollar was soaring around 12-year highs against its peers, as news of the ECB stimulus program continued to pressure risk-related currencies and as markets awaited upcoming US data on manufacturing activity and a private sector report on existing home sales...
Iron ore, which plummeted 47 percent in 2014, keeps seeing reduced price forecasts from global banks, like Citigroup, UBS Group AG and now Goldman Sachs, which continue coming in the opening weeks of the year...
On Friday the pound stayed near 18-month lows against the U.S. dollar, despite the release of optimistic retail sales data as expectations for the Bank of England to hold its monetary policy for longer continued to weigh...
On Friday the Japanese yen traded slightly stronger in Asia after the death of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, the main U.S. ally on oil policy and diplomacy that raised questions about whether the succession plan would keep the bonds tight...
This Asian stocks advanced Friday, driven by a long waited move of the European Central Bank, which also set off gains in Europe and on Wall Street, according to The Washington Post...
Today’s “larger-than-expected” QE program from the ECB will no doubt influence markets for years to come, but one of the most obvious immediate impacts has been the strength in gold...
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On Thursday the U.S. dollar edged higher against its Canadian peer, to trade close to the previous session's nearly six-year high after data showed that U.S. jobless claims fell from a seven-month high last week, lower than analysts had initially anticipated...
On Thursday the euro was steady vs the greenback after the European Central Bank kept interest rates on hold and said a further monetary policy announcement would follow at its post policy meeting press conference...
On Thursday the dollar was approaching 12-year highs against its peers, as markets expected the European Central Bank's policy statement due later in the day, as well as the weekly U.S. report on jobless claims...
On Thursday Brent crude oil dipped towards $48 a barrel and gold edged lower before an expected decision by the European Central Bank (ECB) to start buying bonds, as this move could push the dollar to new highs and put downward pressure on commodities...
Emerging-market stocks climbed for a third day as China provided funds to help liquidity in the market and investors speculated that the European Central Bank will expand stimulus. Russia’s ruble descended for a third day...
On Wednesday the Canadian dollar plunged to six-year lows against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday after the Bank of Canada cut rates by 25 basis points in an unexpected move, as a response to the recent steep fall in oil prices...
