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This may not be the perfect time for long positions on the US dollar, says the team at BNP Paribas, even if the medium term outlook is positive. However, this doesn’t mean they are bullish on the euro, not even in the near term. Here is their view

Research by LeapRate has unearthed a bogus website which illegally uses FXCM’s name in order to boast unrealistically high returns. Imitation, it is often supposed, is the finest form of flattery… This adage is dependent on who is doing the

European policy makers have been their own worst enemy in the fight to avoid recession and deflation. Swedish central bankers’ decision today to cut the benchmark interest rate to zero was the latest evidence that moving too fast to remove emergency

The Fed was hawkish and the effect is felt many hours after the big announcement. For EUR/USD it meant a big breakdown. Can it continue lower? The team at Nomura lays out the strategy: Nomura is out with a note discussing some thoughts on the signal

Two regional Federal Reserve banks have taken steps to replace their hawkish presidents, Charles Plosser and Richard Fisher, whose departures early next year could change the tenor of debate within the U.S. central bank's policy-setting committee

Now that The Fed is (however briefly) out of the money-printing business, it appears to have turned its attention to the rest of the world's "despicable monetary policy" actions and fired what seems to be the first warning shot of 'currency wars

Fears of German recession are not the only reason behind lower forecasts for EUR/USD. The team at Goldman Sachs lists several reasons why euro/dollar should further fall and update their 3, 6 and 12 month forecasts to the downside. Here is their

EUR/USD has managed to bounce from 1.25 but can it continue recovering or is it just a correction before the a bigger fall? The team at JP Morgan sides with the latter view stating that the recoveries are for sales and provide explanations and

Janet Yellen thrust the Federal Reserve into the debate on inequality in America, deploring what she said were the biggest increases in disparities of wealth and incomes since the 19th century. “The past few decades of widening inequality can be

Several global banks have begun charging large customers to deposit their money in euros, a rare move that could have costly implications for investors and companies that do business on the Continent. The actions are driven by policies from the

1.“We just get richer and richer.” In 2013, the wealth of the world’s billionaires reached a record high — helped by 200 newcomers like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The 2013 Forbes Billionaires List names 1,426 billionaires with an aggregate net

Today, Nomura cuts again its Q4 target for EUR/USD from 1.27 to 1.24. For 2015, Nomura forecast are unchanged continuing to target 1.20 by Q2 2015. Nomura highlights six specific pieces of negative news, which all point to further downside for

This state of delusion would be amusing if it wasn't so tragic. The stock market's wild swings of sentiment have got me thinking that it's living on reds, vitamin C and cocaine -- that famous line from the Grateful Dead song Truckin'. I've marked up

Where are currencies headed next? Where will they be in one month and where will currency pairs trade in three months? Stability isn’t on the cards for quite a few pairs. The following are BNP Paribas’ latest forecasts (end of period) for major

Being rich is getting expensive. Just ask Sam Wyly and Anne Dias Griffin. Court filings related to different cases involving Wyly and Griffin offer a rare look into the real spending habits of billionaire families. While all billionaires are

Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW.N) is weeks away from introducing an automated investing service aimed at winning business from novice investors it does not currently serve, company officials told Reuters. The service is being developed in-house and

In 1993, a prospector named Michael de Guzman walked out of the jungles of Borneo with extraordinary news: he found gold. This is according to MasterMinds, a Canadian true crime documentary television series produced by truTV. For the next three

"We expect this EUR depreciation trend to be a multi-year one, returning EURUSD to lows not seen in over a decade. As a market consensus develops around this idea, we expect already negative hedging costs at a multi-year horizon to accelerate the

No single stock market forecasting model is infallible. It's an unsettling thought. But it's true. And some of the most respected stock market experts would warn that even the most reliable and consistent models are capable of breaking down. In his

Each currency pair has its own trading characteristics, with some enjoying a better technical behavior than others. A more predictable currency pair either slows down ahead of a clear support or resistance line, or conversely makes a convincing break