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USD/JPY Inter-Market: Watch Divergence US-Japan Yield Spread USD/JPY presents some significant divergence when analyzed against its 10-year US-JP yield spread, as a result of what has been an major withdraw of liquidity by market makers ever since BOJ's disappointing inaction on April 28th, paire...

EUR/USD Bulls Shortchanged on Dollar Strength It might be expected that we are headed for a 5th trading day of losses for the single currency, starting out wrong footed after last week's sell-off and in a continuation of the bearish theme...

Fed Hike Forecasts Set Back - Nomura In response to the weak employment report and a string of other unimpressive economic data, we changed our forecast for the timing of the next interest rate hike to September from June...

NZD/USD Out of Favour on RBNZ, Target April Lows? NZD/USD is currently in a weekly and daily uptrend, consolidating on a shorter term basis with a double top at the mid-point of the 0.70 handle...

RBNZ to Cut Rates Again in June? - Westpac Imre Speizer, analyst at Westpac explained that they retain our forecast the next cut will be in June...

Oil Jumps Towards $46 on Saudi Arabia, Canada Fires Oil has opened over $1 higher in early Asia, currently trading just shy of $46/barrel from $44.58 last Friday close, following news that Saudi Arabia ousted its long-time oil minister Ali Al-Naimi...

AUD/USD: Worst of a Bad Bunch, Targeting 100 DMA AUD/USD is the worst of the bunch on the back of the RBA's downgrading of their inflation outlook by 1% and leaving the idea open that more interest rate cuts could be on the way...

Where Now After NFP? - ANZ Analysts at ANZ explained that the NFP report had something for everyone, but it does confirm the ongoing improvement and absorption of slack in the labour market...

BoJ to Intervene? - BBH Analysts at Brown Brothers Harriman explained that while the BOJ could intervene, we continue to attribute a low risk in the run-up to the G7 meeting toward the end of the month...

EUR/USD: Wave Analysis and Forecast for 06.05 – 13.05 EUR/USD: Uptrend continues. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 1.1211. Our opinion: Buy the pair from correction above the level of 1.1211 with the medium-term target of 1.18 – 1.20...

GBP/USD: Wave Analysis and Forecast for 06.05 – 13.05 GBP/USD: Correction has completed. The pair is likely to decline. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 1.4770. Our opinion: Sell the pair from correction below the level of 1.4770 with the target of 1.4285 - 1.4040...

USD/CHF: Wave Analysis and Forecast for 06.05 – 13.05 USD/CHF: The pair is likely to decline. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 0.9790. Our opinion: Sell the pair from correction below the level of 0.9790 with the target of 0.9130...

USD/JPY: Wave Analysis and Forecast for 06.05 – 13.05 USD/JPY: The pair is likely to grow. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 105.50. Our opinion: Buy the pair from correction above the level of 105.50 with the target of 109.40 – 111.90...

USD/CAD: Wave Analysis and Forecast for 06.05 – 13.05 USD/CAD: The pair is likely to grow. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 1.2453. Our opinion: Buy the pair from correction above the level of 1.2453 with the target of 1.33 – 1.3540...

US Stocks end Higher, but Post Second Weekly Loss in a Row US stocks reversed early losses and managed to close the day with gains, although main Wall Street indexes posted the second weekly loss in a row. The Dow Jones gained 79.92 points, or 0.45%, to close at 17,740.63. The S&P 500 rose 6...

Oil Posts Daily Gain but Finishes the Week Lower Oil prices settled higher on Friday, although off session highs, supported by a decline in US oil rig count while wildfires in Canada continue to raise supply concerns. West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery reached a high of $45...

Exclusive Currencies Forecast Poll EUR/USD up next week, before fading towards 1.1100: bullish sentiment towards the EUR menaced by a possible US rate hike. GBP/USD capped below 1.4500 ahead of Brexit referendum: the pair is seen up and down around 1.43/1...

USD/JPY Rises above NFP Levels The Japanese weakened in the market during the last hours of the week amid a strong bounce in Wall Street. The Dow Jones is now up by 70 points after being down by almost a hundred points. USD/JPY rose sharply and is now above 106...