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While Greek leaders are participating in never-ending negotiations about their country's future, the recently released results of a survey conducted among schoolchildren in Athens show how much is really at stake. The survey conducted by the

FX: How to Trade Greek Debt Deal Talks The ongoing negotiations between Greece and her creditors are driving euro traders crazy. One day of progress is followed by another day of setbacks. This back and forth is keeping euro traders on their toes and

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Saturday he believed Athens would reach an agreement with its EU lenders about the way out of its international bailout, "even at the last minute". Asked in an interview with the Greek daily Kathimerini

International regulators struggling to rein in the $5 trillion-a-day global foreign exchange market are finally finding some support from asset managers warming to the idea of moving more trading onto exchanges. The juggernaut forex market operates

Following the reported withdrawal of what Greece deemed as an acceptable draft document to move forward - replaced by an "absurd, unacceptable" draft by EU President Dijsselbloem - it appears the Germans are none too happy. A senior lawmaker from

Fighting has flared up again in the Ukraine. The Egyptians are sending soldiers into Libya as another North African state collapses into chaos. The militants of Islamic State are spreading their influence across the region. You’d think Barack Obama

Billionaire Warren Buffett said he does not expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates anytime in 2015 due to the strong U.S. dollar and the global uncertainty. He stated this while discussing several topics in an interview on the Fox

Update: And now this: "Moody's places Greece's Caa1 government bond rating on review for downgrade" The key driver for the review for downgrade is the high level of uncertainty over the outcome of the negotiations between Greece and its official

Greece owes Germany billions of euros. Or is it the other way around? Seventy years after the end of World War II, Athens and Berlin are still at odds over costs incurred during the Nazi occupation of Greece. In May 1941, Nazi Germany invaded Greece

Just as Mario Draghi was gaining traction with his latest plan to crush - but not too much so as to rekindle redenomination risk 0 the Euro "whatever it takes" courtesy of the recent launch of QE which sent the EURUSD to the lowest level in over a

Banks including Barclays PLC, Deutsche Bank AG and Credit Suisse AG are planning to charge clients for carrying out foreign-exchange trades at the so-called 4 p.m. fix, according to people familiar with the matter. The fix, a key currencies

EU commission to table compromise plan for Greece Commission plan to be platform for discussion at eurogroup Commission to propose 6 month extension for Greece, reorganization of Troika Commission to suggest lower prim surplus 1.5 %-2 % of GDP ECB

Feel like trading FX has become next to impossible, with massive, gaping bid-ask spreads, strange "tractor beams" at key technical point in major pairs, completely unexpected stop loss runs, and - of course - central banks behind every corner? Don't

Over the past 48 hours, the world has been bombarded with a relentless array of soundbites, originating either at the ECB, or - inexplicably - out of Greece, the place which has been explicitly isolated by Frankfurt, that the European Central Bank's

With Fed mouthpiece Jon Hilsenrath warning - in no lesser status-quo narrative-deliverer than The Wall Street Journal - that The ECB's actions (and pre-emptive collapse in the EUR) means the U.S. economy must deal with a rapidly strengthening dollar

The only court these days where central bankers can be held accountable for their misdeeds is in the court of public opinion. Every central banker is guilty of price fixing in one way or another, and the ramifications of their actions can be felt far

The new leftwing government in Athens opened negotiations on its bailout package with European partners on Friday by flatly rejecting the expected extension of the program and the international inspectors overseeing it. Finance Minister Yanis

Despite Angela Merkel's insistence on numerous occasions this past week that there will be "no debt renegotiations," it appears a schism at the core of Europe is opening. As France24 reports, following a meeting between France's finance minister

Europe must make bold changes toward growth, the Greek prime minister reiterated on Monday, welcoming media reports on the potential abolishment of the controversial 'Troika' missions. Greece's prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday welcomed media

The European Central Bank is considering to withdraw from the group reviewing the bailout programme of Greece, German daily Handelsblatt reported on Tuesday. The International Monetary Fund also prefers to leave the troika, the report said. If both