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Weaker U.S. Growth Leaves EUR/USD With Little Room To Move The GDP numbers out of the United States disappointed by missing the 2014 fourth quarter forecast. In the quarter the U.S. economy expanded at a rate of 2.6 percent, this is lower than the anticipated 3.0 percent...

EURUSD EUR/USD recovery stalled near the 3rd square root relationship of the year’s low near 1.1415 on Tuesday Our near-term trend bias remains positive on the euro while above 1.1210 A push above the 3rd square root relationship of the year’s low at 1...

Citigroup Inc.’s loss on a surge in the Swiss franc this month was exacerbated by the bank’s decision to let protections against currency swings lapse a week earlier, according to people with knowledge of the situation...

After a drop to the 1.2680 area, the US dollar is now recovering the strength and pushingUSD/CAD back above the 1.2700 mark. USD/CAD back from multi-year highs Spot quickly clinched the 1...

The Russian Ruble suffered a steep decline today. This drop comes after the Russian Central Bank cut the country’s interest rate from 17% to 15% in hopes of boosting the nation’s floundering economy...

- EUR/CHF entered a consolidation phase after briefly rising above the 1.0500 mark to hit its highest level since the SNB removed the 1.2000 floor 2 weeks ago. EUR/CHF reached its highest level since Jan 15 at 1.0522, amid chatter the SBN has been intervening in the market to weaken the franc...

There are few things that can make a grown person as worked up and emotional as trading. Gaining money gives the trader a rush, a boost of confidence, and a feeling of achievement. Loss on the other hand can make the trader experience self-doubt, anxiety, and in some cases depression...

Valeria Bednarik, Chief Analyst at FXStreet, shares the technical outlook for EUR/USD, with the pair showing no major reaction post the US and EZ releases...

Apple's stock hit a new record high shortly after the opening bell Friday. The stock was trading above $120. The previous high was about $119. Apple delivered record earnings Tuesday. Last quarter, it sold 74...

Best-selling author and money historian Mike Maloney has been speaking about the "deflation first, inflation after" scenario since 2005...

On Friday, Eurostat published its latest unemployment figures, indicating the overall rate in the eurozone falling slightly from 11.5 percent in November to 11.4 percent in December...

The euro zone rate of inflation has entered negative territory due to falling oil prices. That was an impulse for the ECB to act, as what is good for consumers is bad for the economy...

US DOLLAR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Prices may be readying to turn lower after producing a bearish Evening Star candlestick pattern. A daily close below the intersection of the 14.6% Fibonacci retracement and a rising trend line at 11725 exposes the 23.6% level at 11640...

The ruble dropped to the weakest level since panic swept across Russian financial markets last month after a surprise interest-rate cut signaled the central bank no longer considered tackling inflation its primary task...

Jane Foley, Senior Currency Strategist at Rabobank, forecasts AUD/USD to head lower towards 0.70 levels over the medium-term, further expecting RBA to cut rates in the coming months...

On Friday the greenback lost some ground but was still soaring around 11-year high versus the other major currencies, as investors were expecting the release of fourth-quarter U.S. economic growth data, as well as additional U.S. reports due later in the day...

NZD/USD started to recover ground from multi-year lows during yesterday’s American session and continued on Asian hours. Below 0.7300 the pair found resistance and then stabilized, but recently weakened and broke below 0.7265, falling to 0.7238. Currently the pair trades at 0...

And the RBNZ joins the doves! In their latest policy statement, New Zealand central bank officials dropped their hawkish bias, pushing the Kiwi lower against its forex counterparts. Here’s what you should know about their announcement: 1. RBNZ open to a rate cut Where is the Kiwi headed next...

The British pound against the greenback achieved lower territory as we have been previously expected, despite that the CBI Realized Sales were stronger than expected...

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov on Friday said floating the ruble was an extremely painful but necessary step. "We believe that [free floating the ruble] was done extremely painfully, but completely justified and correct," Shuvalov said during a parliamentary session...