by Jack Crooks Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 7:30am President Obama got some good news yesterday morning: The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent from 8.7 percent. Imagine, though, the bragging…
The Euro Could Fall all the Way to 90 Cents
By Evaldo Albuquerque, Editor, Exotic FX Alert and Currency Capitalist Europe’s woes will not be banished – and this week, just when you thought it was safe, things got even worse. Spain…
Dukascopy Afternoon Forex Overview
Dukascopy Fundamental Analysis EUR Germany’s factory orders decreased more than expected in December. The orders declined by 4.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis from 5.2% increase in November, reported Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft…
Dukascopy Morning Forex Overview
Dukascopy Fundamental Analysis EUR “It’s the first French auction of the year and it has broadly gone as expected” – Peter Goves, a fixed-income strategist at Citigroup Inc French long-term bond yields rose…
U.S. Dollar & Currencies: Review and Outlook
Axel Merk & Kieran Osborne, CFA, Merk Funds In 2012, policy makers around the world may be driven by the realization that the theme of 2011 was not a Euro-specific crisis, but…
Dukascopy Afternoon Forex Overview
Dukascopy Fundamental Analysis EUR The EU announced it has reached a preliminary agreement on total ban of Iranian oil exports, the measure supported by the US and aimed at reducing Iran’s oil…
Dukascopy Morning Forex Overview
Dukascopy Fundamental Analysis EUR “Euro-zone inflation has now passed its peak and is likely to fall further in the coming months” – Nick Kounis, head of macro research at ABN Amro Inflation in…
Man vs Machine – The Future of Algorithmic Trading
Hi everyone. Did you know that as of September 2010, 56% of daily NYSE trading volume was due to the use of high-frequency trading systems. Automated trading systems are not just used…