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UK: Sterling's Surprising Strength - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that a major development today is sterling's strength as the Sterling inexplicably shot up almost two cents in a matter of minutes in Asia (~$1.4475 to $1.4660). Key Quotes “It quickly came off amid talk of a trading error...
AUD/USD Extends Its Bullish Momentum to 0.7450 Bulls maintained their firm grip on the AUD/USD pair, boosting the pair further to a fresh session high level of 0.7450...
Sterling Volatility Heightened Leading Up to the EU Referendum - Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that they have been talking a lot recently about volatility and particularly heightened Sterling volatility leading up to the EU referendum as uncertainty of the outcome, and how the poun...
Fed: On Hold for Now - SocGen Kit Juckes, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that the Fed’s on hold for now and probably until after the Presidential Election and that’s all that matters...
EUR/USD Stuck Within Range, Near 1.1370 The shared currency keeps its daily gains vs. the dollar, with EUR/USD advancing moderately around 1.1370...
Fed: Yellen Sticks to the Plan – Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that the major event of the last 24 hours was Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaking for the last time ahead of next week's June FOMC policy meeting...
USD/CAD Inter-Market: Finds Support from Yield Spread Tilting in Favour of USD Ever since the US NFP data release, the USD/CAD pair has eroded almost 350-pips and now mires near five-week troughs, looking to test the key psychological support at 1.2700 levels. From a drop from above 1...
EUR/GBP Recovers From ‘Brexit’ Poll Led Fall, Still Below 0.7800 After an initial downward spike to 0.7751 during Asian session, attempted recovery to 0.7835 faded and the EUR/GBP pair has now moved back below 0.7800 handle...
GBP/USD Forecast: Short Term Bullish The GBP/USD pair filled the weekly opening gap, in a strange early move, as the pair jumped roughly 200 pips mid Asian session, soaring up to 1.4657 and retreating afterwards to the 1.4500 region, only to resume its advance with the European opening...