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The EUR/USD is trading higher for the fourth consecutive day as traders continue to dump the US dollar after the Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen pulled a dove out of the Fed's hat earlier this week...

It's that man Charlie Evans again • Fed is close to full employment • Continued caution is called for due to low inflation • Sees one hike in the middle of the year and one at the end • Fed can move at any meeting...

•A look at AUDNZD trends shows how stop losses are useful in FX trading •A bullish rally followed the prolonged 2011 to 2015 bear market for the AUDNZD •A classic AUDNZD symmetrical triangle pattern was finally completed on March 2 •The long term upside potential of AUDNZD is considerable Having...

Thursday’s a busy day for economic news, including a new estimate of Eurozone GDP growth via the Euro-Coin Indicator. Later, we’ll see the flash data for consumer inflation in Europe for March and the weekly numbers for US jobless claims...

We argue that the EUR is underpricing the potential economic disruption related to Brexit and shorting EUR/USD is a cheaper way than shorting GBP/USD to hedge for such a possibility...

Wall Street was off to the races on Wednesday, marking a potential second day of gains after dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen. And with that, some bullish stock talk emerged from a well-known technical pro...

I wrote a piece on Monday regarding NZDUSD where I asked the question, can short-term gains buck big-picture trends? In other words, can the recent bullish momentum overcome the bearish overtone of the weekly and monthly charts? So far, the bulls are doing their part...

The labels said Made in China. But after photographs taken at a North Korean garment factory turned up online last month, Australian athletic gear manufacturer Rip Curl was forced to admit that 4,000 of its jackets had actually been manufactured in the Hermit Kingdom...

In March, meetings of the G-20, the Chinese National People’s Congress, and multiple think tanks all reflected a growing awareness of the risks to the global economy posed by deflation and intensifying financial instability...

The EURUSD has come off the highs in the last few minutes of trading. The pair had been testing key trend line resistance at the 1.1326 area and the high price from March 17 and 18 at the 1.1336 and 1.13418 levels respectively (see video on the EURUSD from yesterday...

Changes in exchange rates directly affect import prices. Since the beginning of 2014, the U.S. dollar has strengthened by 17 percent against the currencies of its major trading partners while import prices have fallen by 4 percent...

The USD tumbled against the CAD after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivered a speech at the Economic Club of New York...

Investors returned to the big banks to push up the local market, after the dovish comments from US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen overnight. The ASX 200 was up 42 points in early trade, or 0.8%, at 5047, while the All Ordinaries was up 41 points at 5117...

European investors return on Tuesday following the long bank holiday weekend and while the trading week may be a little shorter it’s likely to be quite eventful, with particular interest being on the Federal Reserve ahead of its April meeting...

When Makis Gounaris, a financial consultant based in Athens, decided to hire Spartan Security Ltd. to protect his apartment in September, he was told to choose from three payment options: cash, credit, or barter. Gounaris paid his entire bill in “TradePoints” using Greek barter network TradeNow...

It's official: June is off the table. On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivered remarks before the Economic Club of New York. The tone was decidedly dovish, with the dollar falling, Treasurys rallying, and stocks moving higher following the speech's release...

The USDJPY is down testing trend line support. That level comes in at 112.72 currently. IN the process, the sellers are moving further away from the 100 hour MA (blue line). The 38.2% and 200 hour MA will be targeted on a break...

• EUR/CHF is trading mixed since it failed to reach 1.1000 which shows that short-term bearish pressures are still lively. Hourly support can be found at 1.0874 (23/03/2016 low) while hourly resistance is given at 1.1023 (10/03/2016 high). Expected to show continued weakness...

During a recent visit to the United Kingdom, I was struck by the extent to which the question of whether the country should remain in the European Union is dominating the media, boardroom discussions, and dinner conversations...

Earlier today Eurozone M3 money supply came in unchanged at 5.0%, as expected in February data. Amid the components, private sector credit showed a 3.2% y/y increase, up from 2.6% y/y growth in the previous month. This moving in the right direction, though below where ECB policymakers would like...