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Francis Dogbe
While some have felt the US Dollar was oversold, and the JPY overbought, few traders likely expected that USD/JPY would be higher by ~250 pips on the session to close the week. Many know that on January 29, the Bank of Japan announced negative interest rates on excess reserves...
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While China’s first-quarter growth figures pleased some analysts enough to upgrade their forecasts, George Soros was not impressed. Doubling down on his earlier comments that a hard landing for China was inevitable, he now says China’s is facing a financial crisis similar to the U.S. in 2008...
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Speculation that the Bank of Japan could effectively start paying banks to borrow its cash caused the yen to tumble on Friday and gave government bonds a lift after a second bruising week. Disappointing earnings reports on Thursday from some of the world's biggest tech companies weighed on stocks...
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A little patience goes a long way as a Forex trader. This has never been more true after watching the last three days of price action on NZDUSD. I mentioned the ascending channel you see below on Tuesday, noting that it was a bit too soon to make a commitment one way or the other...
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Right now there's a battle over upstart trading platform IEX’s application for exchange status. And it's become an existential test of the SEC’s role in the capital markets...
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On Thursday the outcome of the ECB convening were three rates left at their former levels. The key refinancing rate remained at 0.00%, the rate for deposits was left at 0.40% and the ECB credit rate was left at 0.25%. Their asset purchasing program remained at 80 billion euros per month...
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Markets reversed sharply on Thursday, with the dollar ending higher and oil prices giving up big early gains, as global investors grapple with the prospect that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates sooner than expected. A drop in U.S...
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Are you ready to give up MT4 for MT5 ?
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Francis Dogbe
2016.04.22
We need more voters to keep MT4 in play. I call this ''MT4exit'' polls... hahahaha. lol
Francis Dogbe
In a vacuum, Google's parent company Alphabet had a tremendous quarter, posting double-digit sales and profit growth. So why is the stock down 6% in after-hours trading...
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Markets reversed sharply on Thursday, with the dollar ending higher and oil prices giving up big early gains, as global investors grapple with the prospect that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates sooner than expected. A drop in U.S...
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Published post Outside day in AUD/USD but too soon for the bulls to fret
The Australian dollar is up nearly 10 cents in the past two months as commodity prices and risk sentiment improved. But today after touching a fresh 9-month high of 0.7836 the pair almost immediately reversed and sank to 0.7733. That could be a topping sign but first, let's look at the chart...
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Not a lot was expected to come out of today’s ECB meeting and press conference, and so it proved...
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Firms responding to the Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey reported no improvement in business conditions this month. The indicator for general activity, which rose sharply in March, fell to a slightly negative reading in April...
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Euro spikes, holding on to gains as ECB news conference begins
21 April 2016, 23:03
The euro spiked against the dollar Thursday after the European Central Bank opted to leave interest rates unchanged, holding on to those gains as President Mario Draghi started his news conference. While its initial reaction to the news was muted, the euro quickly spiked EURUSD, +0...
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The ECB meeting is the session's highlight. In recognition of the risk that ECB President Draghi expresses displeasure with the premature tightening of financial conditions through the exchange rate channel is encouraged a modest bout of euro selling...
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The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that women will be incorporated into new designs for the $5, $10 and $20 bills. Here is a look at the new lineup. Araminta Ross, known as “Minty,” was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland around 1822...
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The shared currency recovers losses and returns to the positive territory versus the American dollar in the mid-Asian trades, with EUR/USD now striving hard extend gains above 1.1300. EUR/USD eyes on 5-DMA at 1.1314 Currently, EUR/USD trades modestly flat at 1...
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Negative rates, currency wars, even helicopter money for god’s sake. HELICOPTER MONEY! If that’s not a central bank running past their limits, then I don’t know what is. Scary...
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Euro zone ready to finalize Greek deal next week, if talks succeed
21 April 2016, 06:39
Euro zone finance ministers are ready to hold an extraordinary meeting next week if negotiations on the review of the Greek reform program are concluded, a senior EU official said on Wednesday, commenting that talks remained difficult...
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Francis Dogbe
After years of global easing made buying the dollar one of the world’s most popular trades, currency traders are latching on to any glimmer of economic brightness to try to uncover the next big theme. Even hints that central bank stimulus may be no longer required is enough to spark buying...
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