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Phew! It looks like forex brokers can breathe easy now that the EU referendum has come and gone. The Brexit decision did wreak some havoc across the charts but industry players are looking unshaken so far...
Statistics
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 09:38
EURUSD Daily Forecast: June 30 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD had a bullish momentum yesterday topped at 1.1130. The bias is bullish in nearest term testing 1.1200 which is a good place to sell with a tight stop loss targeting 1.0700. Immediate support is seen around 1.1070...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 30 June 2016, 08:56
GBPUSD Daily Forecast: June 30 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD attempted to push higher yesterday topped at 1.3533 but closed lower at 1.3422. The bias remains neutral in nearest term but as long as stay below 1...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 30 June 2016, 08:51
USDJPY Daily Forecast: June 30 2016 USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY was indecisive yesterday. The bias remains neutral in nearest term. As long as stay below 103.55 I still prefer a bearish scenario at this phase. Immediate support is seen around 102.50...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 30 June 2016, 08:49
USDCHF Daily Forecast: June 30 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF failed to continue its bullish momentum yesterday and now still struggling around 0.9800. The bias is neutral in nearest term. Immediate support is seen around 0.9760...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 30 June 2016, 08:46 #usdchf
Germany May retail sales report 30 June 2016 -0.3% prev revised up from -0.9% yy +2.6% vs +2.5% exp vs +2.7% prev revised up from +2.3% prev Stronger retails welcome news for the German domestic economy. EURUSD 1.1090 EURGBP 0.8286 EURJPY 113.82...
Market News
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 08:18
Despite the Brexit result it's still business as usual as far as UK payments to the EU are concerned 30 June The German Bundesbank buys euros each month-end, in excess of €2bln, to cover the UK's EU membership fee...
Market News
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 08:17
The results of a Reuters poll of 8 Chinese fund managers 30 June recommend cash holdings to be reduced to 16.9% vs 20.6% last month suggest raising equity exposure for next 3 months to 76.9% vs 71...
Market News
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 07:26
Japan May housing report 30 June 2016 +9.0% prev annualised starts +1.017m vs +0.973m exp vs +0.995m prev Slightly delayed but now out. Not a price changer in its own right. USDJPY 102.64 .Expect bids/demand into 102.50 after its retreat from 103.00...
Market News
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 07:22
BOE governor Mark Carney delivers a post-Brexit market update today 30 June Carney is set to outline his thinking on how Britain's economy is coping with last week's vote to leave the EU, his second response since the Brexit result. BoE says Carney will deliver a speech at 15...
Banks
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 07:10
Your Economic Data/Event Calendar for today in Europe 30 June 2016 Greetings and welcome to month-end. And that's means month-end flows ( don't forget the usual EURGBP demand for the UK's EU membership fees. Yes we've still got to pay those for a while yet!). Also keep an eye on the 15...
Trading Systems
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 06:53
Reuters with the news from Fitch ratings: Brexit has no direct APAC sovereigns, bank ratings impact UK's vote to leave European Union has no immediate direct ratings impact on Asia-Pacific sovereigns or banks Spike in political uncertainty in UK - and resulting effects on investor risk appetite...
Market News
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 06:51
Fitch with a dour assessment on China Overcapacity weighs on china bank operating environment Over-capacity and over-leverage remain significant challenges for Chinese steel industry Expects steel sector to continue relying on commercial paper refinancing High levels of indebtedness in industrial...
Market News
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 06:50 #China
Aussie data Job vacancies for May, -1.9% m/m prior 2.7% Private Sector Credit for May, +0.4% m/m expected 0.5%, prior 0.5...
Market News
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 06:49
ANZ data for June Activity Outlook 35.1 prior 30.4 Business Confidence 20.2 prior 11.3...
Market News
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 06:47
Here's a piece in Bloomberg on China stockmarkets, and it isn't cheery: Shanghai Composite Index firms reported earnings per share for the past year that were 33% below what analysts had predicted 12 months ago The gap widened to the most since 2009 The gap , far outstrips the difference between...
Market News
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 06:46
Some highlights from the latest 'China Beige Book' analysis on China's economy Economy bounced in Q2 from the slowdown in the previous two quarters (Q4 of 2015 and Q1 of 2016 were the weakest in the history of the beige Book report) Services and construction the bigger drivers of the bounce Servi...
Market News
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 06:45
New Zealand Building Consents for May For the m/m, down 0.9% (prior +6.6% For the y/y, up 13% to an 11 year high From Stats NZ: consents for new dwellings are at a higher level than in 2015, but there has been little growth in recent months...
Market News
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 06:44
GfK Consumer Confidence for June A beat, coming in at -1 expected -2 prior -1 This was a pre-Brexit vote survey (conducted June 1 to June 15...
Market News
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 06:43
Japan preliminary Industrial Production data for May -2.3% m/m expected -0.2%, prior 0.5% And -0.1% y/y expected +1.9%, prior was -3.3...
Market News
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Sherif Hasan, 30 June 2016, 06:42