Francis Dogbe / Blog
In a near replay of the tumble, then rally, seen in December, the euro Thursday moved first sharply lower and then sharply higher in response to European Central Bank policy actions. On Dec. 3, the euro rallied 4.3%, from a $1.0524 trough to a $1...
The main event today is of course the ECB meeting. I wrote an extensive piece (available in the Special Reports section of the FXPRIMUS website) that I presented as a webinar (also available on the web...
What did the GBPUSD do during the Main Event in the EURUSD tent? The Main Event was over in the EURUSD circus tent and surely the performance there was amazing. But, what about in the other circus tents? What is happening with the GBPUSD...
The European Central Bank cut all three of its interest rates and expanded its asset-buying program on Thursday, delivering a bigger-than-expected cocktail of actions to boost the economy and stop ultra low inflation becoming entrenched...
The European Central Bank (ECB) delivered a surprise package of measures to kickstart Europe's economy on Thursday, cutting its main interest rates and expanding its massive bond-buying program...
EUR/USD: After probing a multi month descending trend and early February lows of 1.08, EUR/USD embarked on a rebound. The recovery seems to be running out of steam as the pair has faced resistance at graphical level of 1.1060/1...
In my new paper on asset allocation I go into quite a bit of detail about why certain asset classes generate the returns they do. Understanding this is useful when thinking in a macro sense and trying to gauge why financial assets perform in certain ways in both the short-term and the long-term...
If the ‘leave’ camp wins the UK referendum on June 23, the EU will become smaller and weaker both in economic and geopolitical terms. The EU share of the world population will fall from 7.0 to 6.1 percent. In terms of world GDP, in purchasing power parity terms the EU share will decrease from 17...
The Bank of England will be drawn into the debate surrounding UK membership in the European Union asGovernor Mark Carney testifies on the matter before Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee. The government has announced that it will put so-called “Brexit” to a referendum on June 23...